2021-22 Week 14: Girls Southern California Regionals First-Round Results

San Diego Section girls won eight of 16 first-round games, including 14th-seeded The  Bishop’s knocking off host No. 3 Rancho Santa Margarita, 67-53.

La Jolla Country Day, Rancho Bernardo, Scripps Ranch, Victory Christian, Imperial, and Carlsbad were favored and won.

My hunch “Should Win” clubs, Scripps Ranch, Carlsbad, Rancho Buena Vista, Victory Christian, all moved on.

I was 44 points off when I chose Cathedral as an upset winner over Sierra Canyon.

DIVISION TEAM OPPONENT SCORE
Open 7 Santa Ana Mater Dei (26-5) @2 La Jolla Country Day (25-2) Torreys overcome 10×24 from free-throw line, 53-45.
Open 6 Cathedral (22-6) @3 Chatsworth Sierra Canyon (27-2) 94-50, ouch!
I 14 El Camino (21-7) @3Torrance Bishop Montgomery (18-6) Wildcats declawed, 57-43.
I 15 Mount Miguel (19-9) @2 Garden Grove Orangewood (22-9) Matadors out, 62-48.
II 9 Bonita Vista (17-12) @8 Irvine Crean Lutheran (23-4) Barons win in can-do-either-way seed game, 51-40.
II 13 The Bishop’s (16-7) @4 Rancho Santa Margarita (17-8) Big San Diego Section win and for The Bishop’s, 67-53
II 15 Del Norte (22-11) @2 Ontario Christian (30-4) Nighthawks out, 67-53.
II 9 Westview (18-13) @8 L.B. Poly (24-5) Wolverines led, 18-12, after 1/4 but fell, 59-51.
III 9 Capistrano Christian (17-7) @8 Rancho Bernardo (19-10). Bronchos winner, 47-44, in another 8-9 game.
III 12 Newhall Hart (21-8) @5 Scripps Ranch (23-6) Falcons move on impressively, 57-37.
III 6 Carlsbad (19-13) 11 Cerritos (24-8) Lancers girls join boys in loss column, 62-48.
III 10 Fallbrook (24-7) @7 Indio Shadow Hills (27-4) Coachella Valley team wins, 50-44.
IV 15 Maranatha (18-11) @2 Valencia Trinity (20-10) Eagles battle but fall short, 71-63.
V 14 Santa Ana (16-18) @3 Rancho Buena Vista (18-11) Longhorns roll, 64-40.
V 10 Blythe Palo Verde Valley (18-12) @L.A. Price (16-2) What Price defeat, 53-43.
V 15 Costa Mesa Estancia (14-14) @2 Victory Christian (18-11). On to victory, 71-25.

 



2021-22 Week 14: Boys’ Southern California Regionals First-Round Results

It was not pretty.  San Diego Section teams posted a 3-15 record in the opening round of the Southern California regional playoffs.

My “should win” hunches, San Ysidro, Torrey Pines, San Diego, Monte Vista, and St. Joseph, were 0-5.  Most upper level seeds were ousted in a disappointing finish to an arguably mediocre season.

Division I No. 10 seed La Costa Canyon, D-II No. 10 Mt. Carmel, and D-IV No. 2 Scripps Ranch all came through and moved on to the semifinals Friday.

 DIVISION TEAM OPPONENT  SCORE
Open 6 St. Augustine (23-8) @3 Chatsworth Sierra Canyon (26-4) Saints fell, 80-74, to team that beat them by six in season opener.
I 16 Mission Hills (21-8) @1 La Verne Damien (28-4) Grizzlies routed, 81-50.
I 12 Sun Valley Village Christian (28-4) @5 San Ysidro (23-10)  Cougars stunned, 88-76.
I 14 San Marcos (22-7) @3 Sherman Oaks Notre Dame (21-7) Grizzlies outclassed, 75-50.
I 11 L.B. St. Anthony (19-9) @6Torrey Pines (23-8)  Another favorite falls, 64-52.
I 10 Bellflower St. John Bosco (22-12) @7 La Costa Canyon (22-7) Mavericks live up to seeding, 67-55.
I 15 Cathedral Catholic (19-11) @2 Irvine Crean Lutheran (23-6) Dons come close to upset, 63-60.
II 16 Francis Parker (18-8) @1 Santa Ana Foothill (28-3) Lancers battle but lose, 67-59.
II 8 Woodland Hills Taft (17-7) @9 Carlsbad (22-11) Carlsbad pulls away, 67-55.
II *6 Mission Bay (19-10) @11 Huntington Beach Edison (27-5) Buccaneers almost pirate win but fall short, 66-63.
15 La Jolla Country Day (19-11) @2 Hacienda Heights Los Altos (23-7) Torreys not close, 64-35.
III 13 Woodland Hills El Camino Real (12-14) @4 San Diego (19-13) Unlikely disappointment for Cavers, 67-65.
III 14 San Dieguito (21-7) @3 Calabasas Viewpoint (19-6) Mustangs close but denied, 64-59.
III 11 Otay Ranch (18-13) @6 Santa Barbara Bishop Diego (24-7) It was 48-46 and ride of more than 200 miles home for Otay.
III 10 Mt. Carmel (24-7) @7 Dana Point Dana Hills (19-11). SunDevils looking good, 66-52
IV 13 Fullerton Sunny Hills (25-8) @4 Monte Vista (24-6) Ugly finish for Monte Vista, 68-51; tied at 34 at half.
IV 15 Goleta Dos Pueblos (23-10) @2 Scripps Ranch (22-11) Closer than expected for Falcons, 75-70.
V 10 Malibu (156-6) @2 St. Joseph (20-10). Beach Boys make it look easy, 54-41.

*Seedings should have been reversed. Mission Bay really was No. 11 and home-team Edison No. 6.