Frank Burlison

State Southern Regionals/Division I

Wednesday’s first-round matchups (all 7 p.m. unless noted)

Upper bracket: No. 16 La Crescenta Crescenta Valley (26-7) at No. 1 Santa Ana Mater Dei (29-2), 7:30; No. 9 Mission Viejo (27-4) at No. 8 San Diego Torrey Pines (22-10); No. 12 Vista (25-8) at No. 5 Etiwanda (30-2); No. 13 L.A. Crenshaw (24-5) at No. 4 L.A. Loyola (25-4).

Lower bracket: No. 14 Clovis West (22-6) at No. 3 Woodland Hills Taft (29-3); No. 11 L.A. Westchester (22-7) at No. 6 Fresno Bullard (28-3); No.

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ANAHEIM, CA – Orange Lutheran joined fellow Trinity League member as a CIF Southern Section champion Saturday night in the Anaheim Convention Center Arena.

The Lancers finally pulled away from another determined Orange County-based foe, Mission Viejo, 64-58, to bag the IA crown.

University of Arizona-bound guard Gabe York paced the winners with 28 fairly spectacular points.

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ANAHEIM, CA – After winning 20 CIF Southern Section championships during his first 29 seasons as the Mater Dei High coach, would Gary McKnight think winning titles is a bit monotonous?

Uh, what do you think?

The Monarchs made it 21 in 30 for McKnight Saturday night, edging second seed Long Beach Poly, 63-59, in front of a noisy crowd in the Anaheim Convention Center Arena during the IAA final.

The first Southern Section crown that the Monarchs rung up under McKnight? Well, it came in 1983, in the Long Beach Arena, against the same Jackrabbits’ program when it was coached under the legendary Ron Palmer.

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ANAHEIM, CA –The Mayfair Monsoons haven’t lost a game since dropping a consolation game of the Torrey Pines Tournament to San Jose Mitty on Dec. 30.

And the way they looked on Saturday afternoon in the Anaheim Convention Center Arena, that could prove to be their final loss of this season.

Coach Tony Davis’ club got 20 points from senior forward Dion Wright and 13 more from his junior brother, guard Brian Wright, to pull away from Santa Maria Righetti, 60-45, in the CIF Southern Section’s Division IIA championship game.

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ANAHEIM, CA – It wasn’t the most dazzling of championship affairs – but, in the end, CIF Southern Section championship hardware still left the building with the Pasadena High Bulldogs Saturday afternoon.

The Bulldogs led Arroyo Grande 9-2 after one quarter, 20-10 at intermission and 27-23 after three quarters before “erupting” for 23 points in the final stanza to come away with a 50-35 victory during the IIIAAA title game in the Anaheim Convention Center Arena.

The Bulldogs shot only 36 percent from the field but had just 12 turnovers to Arroyo Grande’s 21.

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