Frank Burlison

LOS ALAMITOS – The 16-team bracket for the fourth CIF Southern Section Division boys’ playoff field includes some obvious – and familiar – names.

The top four seeds (in order) Sierra Canyon, Chino Hills, Mater Dei and Bishop Montgomery are 4 for 4 in Open Division appearances.

Two other programs are also represented for the fourth time in the field, Corona Centennial and Redondo.

The bracket was announced at the CIF Southern Section Sunday afternoon.  The teams were selected, seeded and assembled into “bracket form” Friday morning at the Southern Section office.

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SANTA ANA, Ca. – A winning streak that had reached 60 finally met its match Saturday night during the 22^nd Nike Extravaganza in Mater Dei High’s Meruelo Center.

The Chino Hills Huskies seemed well on their way to extending that streak to 61 in front of a elbow-to-elbow gathering of 3,300 plus while building that first-half advantage against Mouth of Wilson (VA) Oak Hill Academy behind the dynamic play of sophomore point guard Melo Ball.

But the first 59 victims in that remarkable run didn’t have what the Warriors threw right back at the Huskies – and that streak.

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SANTA ANA, Ca. – The national powerhouse program of legendary coach Steve Smith that is Mouth of Wilson (VA) Oak Hill Academy saw its 56-game, two-season winning streak snapped by Chatsworth (CA) Sierra Canyon in December.

Saturday night at Mater Dei High, in the finale of the 22^nd Nike Extravaganza, Smith’s Warriors will get a chance to turn that trick on another California program.

Chino Hills, which extended its own two-season winning streak to 60 Friday night with its 91-60 Baseline League victory over Upland, takes on Oak Hill Saturday (at approximately 8:45 Pacific Time) in the finale of the 14-game, two-day event in Mater Dei’s Meruelo Athletic Center.

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NORWALK, Ca. – The programs that hooked up in the California State Southern Open championship game last March were in the same building for the first time this season Saturday night at Cerritos College.

Although they didn’t play one another again – that’s not going to happen until, at the earliest, on Feb. 24, during a possible Southern Section Open semifinal – it was quite apparent why the Chino Hills Huskies and Torrance Bishop Montgomery Knights are strong candidates for Southern Section and state championships.

Each rolled to impressive victories during the Rolling Hills Prep State Preview, as presented by ScorebookLive.com.

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LAGUNA NIGUEL, Ca. – Six of the first 14 teams in the latest BurlisonOnBasketball Southern California Top 25 will be on display Saturday at Cerritos College during the Rolling Hills Prep State Preview Classic, presented by Scorebooklive.com.

The first of the eight games scheduled for the event tips off at 9:30 a.m. with host Rolling Hills Prep facing L.A. Brentwood.

Things conclude at approximately 8:30 p.m., when top-ranked Chino Hills faces Wasatch Academy of Utah.

Chino Hills will take its 21-0 record – and two-year winning streak of 56 – into its Baseline League game at No.

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