Here is the link for my college hoops roundup Saturday night for Sports Illustrated
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Frank Burlison | High School Basketball | College Basketball
Here is the link for my college hoops roundup Saturday night for Sports Illustrated
LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA – The CIF’s Southern and L.A. City Sections’ hoops playoffs are into the quarterfinal- and semifinal-stages.
Here are my observations about how some (not all) of the divisions are playing out:
SOUTHERN SECTION
IAA
Games tonight: No. 1 seed Mater Dei at Foothill; No. 4 Loyola at Upland; Santa Monica at No. 3 Etiwanda; Eisenhower at No. 2 L.B. Poly.
Comments: There were no significant surprises, obviously, in the first two rounds of play. Call this the “Can anyone beat Mater Dei?” division.
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L.A. City
Div. I
Upper bracket: Taft over West Adams; Birmingham over University; Crenshaw over Sylmar; Palisades over Manual Arts
Lower bracket: Westchester over L.A. Poly; Washington over Fremont; Dorsey over Cleveland; Fairfax over Roybal
Quarterfinals: Taft over Birmingham; Crenshaw over Palisades; Westchester over Washington; Fairfax over Dorsey
Semifinals: Taft over Crenshaw; Westchester over Fairfax
Final: Taft over Westchester
Div. II
Upper bracket: El Camino over Van Nuys; L.A. Jordan over San Pedro; Narbonne over Torres; Kennedy over South Gate
Lower bracket: Granada Hills over Gardena; Venice over Reseda; Carson over Verdugo Hills; Garfield over Belmont
Quarterfinals: El Camino over L.A.
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5-AA
First Round: St. Bernard-bye; San Gabriel Academy over Cate; Aquinas over Silver Valley; Saddleback Valley Christian over Vistamar; Santa Clara over Flintridge Prep; Bloomington Christian over Arrowhead Christian; Desert over Pilibos; Mission Prep over Nuview Bridge; Ribet Academy over Webb; Bishop Diego over Lennox Academy; Thacher over Yeshiva; Calvary Chapel over Academy of Academic Excellence; Brethren Christian over Animo Leadership; Linfield Christian over Chadwick; Mojave over Public Safety; Village Christian over Bell-Jeff.
Second Round: St. Bernard over San Gabriel Academy; Saddleback Valley Christian over Aquinas; Santa Clara over Bloomington Christian; Mission Prep over Desert; Ribet Academy over Bishop Diego; Calvary Chapel over Thacher; Brethren Christian over Linfield Christian; Village Christian over Mojave.
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