LAGUNA NIGUEL – Twenty-five teams that played in December’s fourth The Classic at Damien are still in contention for CIF Southern Section or L.A. City Section championships.
Notable among those are the squads in the Southern Section (Sierra Canyon, Rancho Christian, Etiwanda and St John Bosco) and L.A. City (Fairfax, King-Drew, Birmingham and Washington Prep) eight-team Open playoffs.
In Tuesday Southern Section action, there will be three “all-Classic at Damien” matchups: St. John Bosco at Etiwanda (Open/Pool A game); Valencia at Damien (D-1 quarterfinal) and Heritage Christian at St. Francis (2AA quarterfinal).
Fairfax and Birmingham, both of which were in the Classic’s Platinum Division, meet in an L.A. City Open semifinal Saturday night (8) at L.A. Southwest College.
L.A. City and Southern Section divisional top seeds from the Classic at Damien are Fairfax (City Open); Sierra Canyon (SS Open); Windward (SS D-1); Santa Clarita Christian (SS 2AA); Ribet Academy (SS 2A); and Village Christian (SS 3A).
Each of the L.A. City and SS Open teams (eight in each) are guaranteed spots in the State Southern Regional competition, brackets for which will be unveiled on March 1.
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