San Diego Section teams are favorites in 5 of the 17 boys games and in 6 of the 15 girls contests in the Southern California regional playoffs that begin Wednesday in Divisions I-V. Open Division teams tip Friday.
Eleven of the San Diego entries have earned home games. The other 21 are on the road. Bonita Vista (27-6) is the section’s lone No. 1 seed, that in Girls D-IV. Torrey Pines is a 2 seed in Boys D-1.
The seedings are based on the same Max Preps ratings system that prevailed in the San Diego Section playoffs. Ten of 18 higher seeds (5 and below) were victorious in the local semifinals and finals.
Mission Bay (27-5), which defeated 28-3 Torrey Pines, 64-62, in a tense semifinal and 26-6 Foothills Christian, 52-45, in the San Diego Section Open Division finals, was voted No. 1 in the final Union-Tribune poll.
The Buccaneers are the section’s only Open Division participant in the Southern California state regionals, seeded sixth in the eight-team bracket and opening on the road against traditional toughie Torrance Bishop Montgomery (28-1), the 3 seed. Pairings:
BOYS
| DIVISION | TEAM | RECORD | OPPONENT | RECORD |
| Open | 6 Mission Bay | 27-5 | @3 Torrance Bishop Montgomery | 28-1 |
| 7 Foothills Christian | 26-6 | @2 Chatsworth Sierra Canyon | 23-4 | |
| I | 2 Torrey Pines | 28-3 | 15 Woodland Hills Taft | 26-9 |
| 11 Mater Dei | 24-7 | @6 Chino Hills | 21-11 | |
| 13 Vista | 23-8 | @4 Temecula Rancho Christian | 28-4 | |
| II | 4 St. Augustine | 18-7 | 13 Lake Balboa Birmingham | 12-14 |
| 9 San Marcos | 23-5 | @8 Pasadena Muir | 23-8 | |
| 10 La Jolla Country Day | 21-7 | @7 Riverside Poly | 24-8 | |
| III | 6 Santa Fe Christian | 20-11 | 11 Murrieta Mesa | 24-9 |
| 9 El Camino | 18-13 | @8 Riverside Notre Dame | 29-3 | |
| 14 Orange Glen | 18-13 | @3 Irvine Crean Lutheran | 23-9 | |
| IV | 8 Francis Parker | 14-12 | 9 Covina | 22-10 |
| 12 Mount Miguel | 30-4 | @5 San Pedro Rolling Hills Prep | 22-6 | |
| 13 Christian | 21-9 | @4 Santa Ana Sagerstrom | 19-10 | |
| 16 Carlsbad | 15-16 | @1 Riverside Hillcrest | 31-3 | |
| V | 5 San Diego | 22-7 | 12 Canoga Park | 16-8 |
| 11 San Diego Southwest | 17-12 | @La Puente | 18-13 |
GIRLS
| DIVISION | TEAM | RECORD | OPPONENT | RECORD |
| Open | 5 Mount Miguel | 30-1 | @4 Rancho Cucamonga Etiwanda | 24-5 |
| I | 3 Mission Bay | 23-6 | 14 Harbor City Narbonne | 23-8 |
| 12 La Costa Canyon | 23-6 | @5 L.A. Ribet | 25-5 | |
| 4 La Jolla Country Day | 19-8 | 13 Rancho Alamitos | 25-6 | |
| II | 3 San Marcos | 19-7 | 14 Venice | 15-10 |
| 6 Santa Fe Christian | 20-4 | 11 Cerritos Valley Christian | 22-7 | |
| 15 Cathedral | 19-11 | @2 Lynwood | 23-7 | |
| III | 1 Bonita Vista | 27-6 | 16.L.A. Hamilton | 17-11 |
| 9 Mater Dei | 19-3 | @8 La Canada Flintridge Prep | 24-7 | |
| IV | 3 Eastlake | 21-7 | 14 Burbank Providence | 22-8 |
| 9 Olympian | 17-12 | @8 Cathedral City | 24-3 | |
| 11 Vista | 15-16 | @6 San Pedro Rolling Hills Prep | 26-2 | |
| 13 Christian | 22-9 | @4 Palmdale Knight | 22-6 | |
| 11 San Dieguito | 12-15 | @6 N. Hollywood Oakwood | 23-3 | |
| 14 Madison | 21-5 | @3 Bermuda Dunes Desert Christian | 26-3 |
