2018-19 Week 16: La Jolla Country Day Boys Are Last Ones Standing

La Jolla Country Day’s Boys Division III team will try to become the ninth San Diego Section squad to win a state championship Friday afternoon against San Francisco University High in Sacramento.

The Torreys, who were 5-5 in the Coast League but have won eight in a row on the section and regional level, are 22-13.  They’ll face the North Coast Section champion Red Devils, who have won 10 of their last 11 and are 27-9.

Torreys are ranked 73^rd in the state by Max Preps, University 89^th.

The 8 seed La Jollans roared past 6 seed La Crescenta Crescenta Valley, 71-43, in the Southern California final.  University topped Monterey, 44-41.

The two other San Diego Section teams that reached the Southern championship were knocked off by higher seeds.

The 2 seed San Diego Southwest boys fell to No. 1 Bakersfield Foothills, 69-55, in D-V and the 5 seed La Jolla Country Day girls were eliminated by No. 2  Fullerton Rosary, 62-53 in D-I.

The last San Diego Section boys to win a state championship was in 2013, when St. Augustine defeated San Francisco Sacred Heart, 59-52, in overtime, and Horizon topped Alameda St. Joseph Notre Dame, 47-44.

The most recent San Diego champion was in 2015, when the La Jolla Country Day girls defeated Palo Alto Eastside Prep, 40-36.

Past San Diego Section Boys champions and runners-up in state tournament competition, which resumed in 1981; the CIF did not hold championships on the state level from 1928-80: