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Santa Margarita “D” the difference for CIF SS title

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RIVERSIDE – The Santa Margarita High boys’ basketball team finished in fourth place in the Trinity League on Jan. 30.

  On Feb. 23, the Eagles finished atop the CIF Southern Section’s Division 1 playoff bracket.

  The Eagles used a stunning final seven minutes – four of those in overtime – to knock off defending champion and top seed Chino Hills, 62-61, Saturday afternoon at Cal Baptist University.

  Santa Margarita’s Jake Kyman put things into overtime with a 3-pointer with nine seconds to go – his only points after intermission.

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Three “all-Classic at Damien matchups” set Saturday

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   Nine teams that played in the Dec. 26-29, 2018 Classic at Damien will be competing in boys’ basketball CIF sectional championships games Saturday.

  Six of those are playing in three of the Southern Sectional matchups:

  *Defending champion Chino Hills, led by 2018 State Player of the Year and USC-bound Onyeka Okongwu (PICTURED), takes on Santa Margarita at 3 o’clock at Cal Baptist for the Division I crown;

   *Rolling Hills Prep and Santa Clarita Christian (the 2018 champions in the 4A and 5AAA divisions, respectively, a year ago) hook up in the 3AA title game, at 4 o’clock, at Godinez High;

   *And, at 8:30, Colony and La Canada meet for the 2A championship.

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CVS earns first trip to championship game

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  MISSION VIEJO – A head coach in his second season heading the program, and a player in his third year in the United States, helped a school in its 45th year of existence earn its first ever spot in a CIF Southern Section boys’ basketball championship game Saturday night.

   San Juan Capistrano’s Capistrano Valley Christian High Christian Eagles got a 10-point first-quarter effort from 6-foot-7 Festus Ndumanya for an early advantage that they were able to maintain throughout on their way to a 48-34 Division 3A semifinal victory over the Palos Verdes Sea Kings at Mission Viejo High.

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Bishop Montgomery earns title trip through long trips

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  ETIWANDA – A year ago the Bishop Montgomery High boys’ basketball team suffered gut-twisting losses to Sierra Canyon in the CIF Southern Section and State Southern Regional Open semifinals.

   Next Saturday night (Feb. 23), the Knights will get another pop at the program that blocked it from 2018 championship games – in a 2019 championship game.

   Coach Doug Mitchell’s team earned that trip to Riverside’s Cal Baptist University for the Southern Section Open title game against the Trailblazers by holding off host Etiwanda, 72-65, in a final-round, Pool A game.

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Fifteen Damien teams just one win from title games

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  LAGUNA NIGUEL – Fifteen teams that were part of the third Classic at Damien Tournament in December play in CIF sectional championship semifinal games Saturday night.

 *In the L.A. City Open semifinals at Venice High, top seed Fairfax faces another Damien team, Washington Prep, while Damien participant Birmingham takes on No. 2 seed Westchester.

   *In the Southern Section’s Division 1 semifinals, Classic at Damien Platinum Bracket teams Chino Hills (at Windward) and Santa Margarita (at Harvard-Westlake).

   *CAD Gold Division champion Valencia travels to another Damien Gold Bracket participant, Rancho Cucamonga in a 2AA contest.

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