Frank Burlison

LAGUNA NIGUEL – My tentative weekly – in this case, Tuesday thru Saturday – high school hoops viewing slate:

Tuesday: Oceanside El Camino at Carlsbad (San Diego Section Division I semifinal/7 p.m.)

Wednesday: Taft at Gardena (L.A. City Open fifth-place game/7 p.m.)

Thursday: San Diego Division III championship game at Montgomery High (7:30 p.m.)

  Friday: Sierra Canyon vs. Mater Dei at Long Beach State Walter Pyramid (SS Open final/8:30 p.m.)

  Saturday: Six boys and girls Southern Section title games at Azusa Pacific University (10 a.m. to 10 p.m.)

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LOS ANGELES – The most significant high school boys’ basketball rivalry in Southern California is going to get a third renewal this season.

Western League foes Fairfax and Westchester bagged L.A. City Section Open semifinal victories Saturday night at L.A. Southwest College to earn their spots in the championship game, on the same court, seven nights later.

The Lions (26-4), who knocked off Westchester twice in league play and came into the playoffs as the top seed, locked into No. 4 seed Birmingham, defensively, from Jump Street Saturday night to prevail, 58-39.

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CALABASAS – Five No. 1 seeds in the CIF Southern Section boys’ basketball brackets earned spots in next week’s championship games with victories Friday night throughout Southern California. A sixth got its final-clinching victory Thursday:

*The Sierra Canyon Trailblazers improved to 27-4 and earned a pop at a second consecutive Open title next Friday night at Long Beach State with its 73-62 win over Etiwanda at Calabasas High. They’ll take on Mater Dei – a program they beat in the post season twice a year ago – in the Walter Pyramid;

*Windward hit the road for the second time in the week, traveling to San Juan Capistrano in the southern reaches of Orange County to topple JSerra, 67-61, for a Feb.

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CALABASAS – Rematches of Classic at Damien semifinals tonight will dictate half the championship fields in the CIF Southern Section’s Open and Division 2AA championship games next week.

*In an Open Division Pool-A contest, No. 1 and defending champion Sierra Canyon (26-4) plays host to No. 4 Etiwanda (28-2) at Calabasas High.

Sierra Canyon edged the Eagles, 57 -53, in a Dec. 28 Classic Platinum semi.

Etiwanda has won 17 in a row since, including Pool A games with St. Anthony (71-55) and St. John Bosco (60-38).

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COSTA MESA – The La Verne Bonita High Bearcats pushed their record to 28-2 with their 15^th consecutive win with their 62-53 victory over host Newport Pacifica Christian in a Wednesday night, CIF Southern Section 2A quarterfinal at Vanguard University.

The No. 4 seed Wildcats of Coach Tim Godley will play host to top seed Ribet Academy in a Friday night semifinal, with the winner advancing to the Feb. 29 divisional championship game.

The Wildcats became the 23^rd team (including Ribet Academy) Classic at Damien tournament field from the Southern or L.A.

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