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:

DIVISION	TEAM	OPPONENT	SCORE	YEAR
II	Lincoln	Mountain View St. Francis	74-59	2010
III	University	Redding Enterprise	51-48	1998
	St. Augustine	San Francisco Sacred Heart	59-52, OT	2013
IV	Lincoln	San Anselmo Sir Francis Drake	63-50	1993
	Horizon	San Jose Valley Christian	78-45	2002
	Horizon	Hercules	77-62	2003
	Horizon	San Francisco Sacred Heart	60-52	2006
V	Horizon	Alameda St. Joseph Notre Dame	47-44	2013
	RUNNER-UP	CHAMPION
II	La Costa Canyon	San Jose Mitty	78-57	2002
	Oceanside	Modesto	50-47	1984
III	St. Augustine	Santa Cruz	67-56	2005
	Lincoln	Daly City Jefferson	77-71	1988
IV	Lincoln	Salinas Palma	55-54	1992
	Helix	Vallejo St. Patrick-St. Vincent	59-46	2017
V	Christian	Colusa	62-48	1990
	Horizon	Modesto Christian	56-47	1997

 

Five-year-old Patrick Henry High, located in the sprawling Del Cerro-San Carlos area, had become a glamour school in the San Diego Section and one of the largest in the state with 3,800 students and growing.

The Patriots already had been to a section championship game in football, became powers in baseball and track and field, and had won championships in a host of so-called minor sports.

Basketball caught up with the others this season.

Coach Alan (Fritz) Ziegenfuss, a standout at Crawford in 1960-61 and a member of San Diego State teams coached by his father, George Ziegenfuss, took the Patriots’ program through a difficult initiation.

The Patriots were a painful 2-23 in 1968-69, their first season, and followed with records of 12-15, 21-9 and 18-12, before running the table in the rowdy Eastern League (12-0) and playoffs (4-0) to finish with a 29-2 record and a hard-earned championship this year.

Bill Finley of the Evening Tribune ranked Henry third in his preseason Top 10, behind No. 1 Madison and 2 Helix and ahead of 4 Poway and 5 Kearny.

Madison was living up to its billing early, with a 77-51 rout of Poway, as 6-foot-10 Rock Lee scored 33 points and pulled down 22 rebounds, giving coach John Hannon’s Warhawks victories over their three closest rivals in Finley’s ranking, all before the mid-December Kiwanis Tournament.

Days before trouncing Poway, Madison visited Henry and pulled away to a 77-69 victory as Rock Lee and Mark Oswalt combined for 52 points; Mark Fitzner had 21 and Mike Larch-Miller 16 for Henry. The school named after Dolly’s husband James, who was the third president of the United States, also had scored a 71-69 victory over Helix.

26^TH ANNUAL KIWANIS TOURNAMENT

Forty-five teams entered, making the event one of the largest in the country.

Fifteen Helix players, led by Wilbert Olinde’s 17, scored in an 88-56 win over Vista.  Twelve players made the box score in Kearny’s 71-50 win over Santana.

Patrick Henry shot 70 per cent from the field in the first half and 62% for the game, and sent Helix home, 82-63. Mike Larch-Miller was 10×13 (77 per cent) from the floor for all of his 20 points in the first half as Henry opened a 48-32 lead.

The win put the Patriots in the Unlimited finals against Madison, 50-41 winner over Kearny.

Madison was favored, having won 11 in a row against the Patriots, not counting a playoff in which the Warhawks snapped a 14-game, Summer League winning streak by Henry.

Ziegenfuss’ club finally prevailed, winning the championship, 59-57, in overtime before about 2,000 persons at San Diego State’s Peterson Gym.  Mark Fitzner’s 12-foot shot over Rock Lee with five seconds remaining in the extra session was the difference. Fitzner was 8×10 from the field in the second half and scored 26 points.

Madison-Henry marked the first time since 1965 that two teams from the city had gotten to the finals.

POWAY DENIES EVELETH

La Jolla’s 3-0 start was its best since the 1963-64 squad won its first 28.  Rick Eveleth and Charlie Buchanan were the Vikings’ most valuable players on that team and Eveleth coached this one.

La Jolla won the 1963 Kiwanis Tournament, 68-50 over Monte Vista and Eveleth’s club this year faced Poway in the Limited Division finals, the Vikings’ first appearance since he was a player.

“I’d want to win this game even if I hadn’t played back then,” Eveleth said, but Poway scratched out a 58-57 victory.

Marian outscored Fallbrook, 58-41, for the Classified Division championship.

COVINA

–Poway moved to the consolation division after being seeded fifth and losing to unseeded Fullerton, 64-45, in the first round.  The Titans rebounded to defeat Rosemead Bosco Tech, 55-54, and Covina Northview, 72-60, but dropped the consolation final to Whittier California, 75-55.

BARON-OPTIMIST

Host Bonita Vista and the community optimist club, in their third year, attracted the County’s three top teams, Madison, Henry, and Helix, to its 12-team field, which featured slate of 25 games over four days.

A Henry-Madison repeat of the Kiwanis Tournament finale almost didn’t take place as Helix, shooting 58 per cent, raced to a 41-27, third quarter lead over the Warhawks, who then went on a 24-6 run that stunned the Highlanders into a 65-61, semifinals defeat.

“What really happened, we choked,” Highlanders coach Gordon Nash told Jack Williams of the Evening Tribune. “We haven’t shown we can play under pressure yet.  We haven’t put four quarters together all season against a good team.”

Fueled by the comeback, Madison made it two out of three against Henry in the final, 59-53.

UNIVERSITY

The host Dons fell to top seed Kearny, 66-54, after knocking off second-ranked Hoover, 50-41, in the semifinals.

EL CENTRO ELKS

Calipatria defeated Coronado (6-20), 64-53, for the Limited Division championship.

A four-overtime, 84-77 victory over Indio must have exhausted Orange Glen (11-16), which went down in succeeding games to Las Vegas Rancho, 100-44, and to El Central, 66-49, the latter in the game for third place.

–Morse topped Yuma King of Arizona (KOFA), 66-58, for the consolation title.

CHINO

It was over quick. Escondido (8-16), San Dieguito (6-18), and Chula Vista (11-15) dropped first-round games and lost consolation games the next day.

PLAYOFFS

Madison was No. 1 in the final Evening Tribune Top 10, followed by Henry, Helix, and Kearny and the Warhawks were making their seventh consecutive trip to the playoff on the heels of a sixth straight Western League championship.

“We know how to get to the Sports Arena (site of the final three rounds), but we don’t know what to do when we get there,” said Coach John Hannon.

Madison had finished second once and third four times, eliminated on five occasions by the eventual champion.

Hannon did not suspect how prescient his words were.

LUCK DOESN’T CHANGE

Madison denied that its first-round playoff game with Bonita Vista (19-10) was a grudge match, but the Warhawks remembered the sting of a 113-56 loss in the 1971-72 playoff third-place contest. Madison pulled away to an easy, 68-43 victory to cruise into a quarterfinals game at the Sports Arena against Morse.

With 35 seconds the play, Morse, which trailed early, 10-0, and 35-30 at halftime, had taken a 49-39 lead in the third quarter.  The Warhawks battled back, but the Tigers retrieved the lead on Ollie brown’s 12-foot jump shot, 68-67, with 15 seconds remaining.

Madison’s Jim Hoffmann went up for a shot on the next possession but Alan Cunningham blocked Hoffman’s effort and drove for a basket at the other end of floor.

Final score Morse, 70, Madison 67.

All five Tigers starters were in double figures, led by Andre Robinson’s 17.  Cunningham had 15, Mark Bernard and Sam Williams, 14 each, and Brown, 10.

“The playoffs aren’t an annual thing with us and when you get to them it’s something to get excited about,” Morse coach Tom Williams said to Bill Finley of the Tribune after more than 300 Tigers supporters stormed the floor.

Morse (21-9) was eliminated by Kearny, 66-50, in the semifinals and lost to Helix, (28-4), 90-68, in the third-place game.

PATRIOTS AT TOP OF GAME

Henry flattened University (17-12), 62-38, in its first playoff test and took out Poway (23-7), 70-49, before meeting Helix in the semifinals.

Helix was better in March than it was in the 19-point loss to Henry in December, but the Patriots outscored the Highlanders, 38-22, in the middle two quarters and won, 61-56.

The Patriots led Kearny (25-7) by 14 points after three quarters and out rebounded the Komets, 42-26, in a title-clinching, 64-53 victory.

Patriots guard Bruce Gorder was a unanimous choice by the media as the tournament’s’ most valuable player after scoring 20 points and pulling down 13 rebounds.

THEY SAID IT

Helix coach Gordon Nash, to Jack Williams on the officiating after Helix clinched the Grossmont League championship, 66-55 over Monte Vista (16-12):  “I felt we played poorly, so I don’t feel anything.  Yes, it was physical.  I thought we got butchered out there.  But I can’t call it for the refs.  If I do they give me a T.”

La Jolla coach Rick Eveleth after a 67-44 loss to Madison: “They must have a lot of respect for us; they left their starters in all the way.”

Madison coach John Hannon in response to Eveleth: “We wanted to establish our superiority; we wanted to build our confidence.”

Hoover coach Hal Mitrovich:  “When I think of Patrick Henry I break into a cold sweat.”

Patrick Henry coach Fritz Ziegenfuss, after the Patriots clinched the Eastern League title, 73-57, over Morse: “What a relief.  We should have won this league two years ago and we could have won it last year.”

John Hannon, after the quarterfinals loss to Morse, to Bill Finley:  “I don’t know what you can say.  We had a great year.  We went 25-4, won a tournament and won our league.  But unless you win the playoffs nobody remembers your name. I thought this was a team that could do it.  Maybe us winning this thing isn’t in the cards.”

Kearny’s Mark Zielinski, to Jack Williams after scoring 17 points and pulling down 12 rebounds in the Komets’ semifinal win over Morse:  “I can’t dribble and I can’t drive, but I shoot well and play defense.”

BRUIN BOUND

Helix’ Wilbert Olinde, the County’s leading scorer with 621 points, demonstrated why UCLA wanted Olinde to follow Helix’ Bill Walton to the Westwood campus.

Olinde’s performance against Mount Miguel (19-9) underscored his all-around play.  The 6-foot, 7-inch senior made 12×13 shots from the field from the field and 9×11 from the free-throw line for 33 points, plus contributed 13 rebounds, 5 assists, and 8 blocked shots in an 80-63 win over Mount Miguel.

MARIAN CRUSADES

Terry Belsan, coach Manny Silva’s nominee as the best player in the South Bay, pulled 26 rebounds and scored 18 points in a 67-50 win over Hilltop that lifted the Crusaders’ record to 12-4, signaling as many wins as in 71-72 and better than the 9-16, and 6-17 of the previous two years.

Silva’s team finished 24-6, setting a school record for wins and tying Jan Chapman’s 19-6 and 21-6 clubs of 1966-67 and ’67-8 for fewest losses.

Belsan had 24 points and five others scored in double figures in a 109-39 victory over Coronado.  Marian won its other game with the Islanders by the football score of 26-19, after a first half  of 16-14.

It was a shock of quake intensity when the Crusaders, winners of 18 in a row, lost at 6-17 Castle Park, 76-73 in overtime.  The loss prevented the South Bay squad from a 16-0 Metropolitan League season.

Castle Park was 28×32 from the free throw line.  The Trojans’ Jim Damesworth scored 29 points, including all nine of Castle’s in overtime.

HOW ‘BOUT HOOVER?

Hoover had descended into mediocrity following the retirement of Charlie Hampton after the 1962-63 campaign.

The Cardinals’ record since Hampton’s departure was a flaccid 124-123 with one winning season in the last six, until Hal Mitrovich coached the Redbirds to a 21-8 record and second place in the Eastern League.

Hoover had not won a league championship in 11 years or posted 20 wins since Hampton’s 25-2 club in 1961-62.

“I think it’s hard for kids around here to believe we have a good team,” noted guard Bobby Brinn after the Cardinals opened 3-0 for the first time since 1965-66.  “It’s been so long since anybody went to a basketball game they’ve forgotten where the gym is.”

Basketball scoring leaders, not including Southern Prep League teams, whose results were not always available:

Name	Team	Games	Points	Average
Wilbert Olinde	Helix	32	621	19.4 (6)
Jody Schmitz	Fallbrook	26	602	23.2 (1)
Tim Ness	Orange Glen	27	550	20.4 (3)
Jim March	Bonita Vista	28	539	19.3 (7)
Rock Lee	Madison	27	528	19.6 (4)
Craig Brown	Crawford	27	527	19.5 (5)
Chuck Zink	Poway	30	518	17.3
Dave Moore	San Marcos	24	510	21.2 (2)
Geoff Northrup	La Jolla	30	496	16.5
Mike Mace	Orange Glen	27	495	18.3 (10)
Mark Oswalt	Madison	29	493	17.0
Mark Dobransky	Mount Miguel	28	473	16.9
Joel Kramer	Patrick Henry	31	468	15.1
Terry Belsan	Marian	29	462	15.9
Angelo Branch	Lincoln	27	458	17.0
Harvey	Mar Vista	27	453	17.8
Mike Davis	Helix	32	453	14.2
Donald Page	Kearny	32	437	13.7
Bob Golden	Hoover	23	433	18.8 (8)
Rick Taylor	Poway	30	432	14.4
Ted Hike	University	28	420	15.0
Mark Fitzner	Patrick Henry	31	409	12.9
Tony Russell	La Jolla	29	407	14.0
Jackson	St. Augustine	22	406	18.5 (9)
Dan DeKock	Grossmont	26	404	15.5
Frank Prowse	Hoover	29	402	13.9

		CLASS A
Clarence Clark	Ramona	19	485	25.5
Dan Stockalper	Ramona	23	418	18.2
Spain	La Jolla Country Day	22	366	16.6
Donald Tavie	San Diego Military Academy	19	332	17.5
Ferrari	Francis Parker	20	319	15.9
Conklin	Ramona	21	307	14.6

Oakes, Borrego Springs, averaged 23.3 points with 327 points in 14 games. White, San Miguel School, averaged 23.2 points with 186 points in 8 games. Wiggins, St. Augustine, averaged 19.1 points with 286 points in 15 games.

KRAMER GOES PRO

Patrick Henry’s Joel Kramer, a 6-foot-7 forward and the Patriots’ leading scorer, played collegiately at San Diego State and was drafted in the third round, No. 67 overall, by the NBA Phoenix Suns. Kramer got into all 82 NBA games as a rookie and played five seasons with Phoenix and one season in Israel.

CLASS A

Ramona (18-5) won its second straight title and third  in four years, out running San Diego Military Academy, 86-80, in a game in which defense did not seem to be a priority.

Ramona’s Dan Stockalper scored 19 of his 21 points in the second half and Clarence Clark led with 31 as the Bulldogs got down 35×70 field goal attempts to the Eagles’ 35×92.

EASTERN DUSTUP

Hoover trailed Lincoln (12-15), 52-46, at the end of three quarters and then blew out the Hornets at Lincoln, 71-63, with a 25-11 fourth quarter.  “Unruly” Hive spectators provoked referee Doug Harvey into a visit with Lincoln officials.  Harvey declared that unless one spectator, a member of the Lincoln track team, was not removed from the building the game would be suspended.

Several incidents reportedly took place after the game, one resulting in a Hoover cheerleader being treated for a head injury, according to the Evening Tribune.

SAN PASQUAL ARRIVES

Winless at 0-9 in football and winless in gymnastics and cross country, the first-year San Pasqual Eagles also lost their first seven games in basketball.

But then was a light.  The Eagles scored their first athletic achievement, 63-49, over Imperial and then claimed the El Centro Elks tournament Limited Division consolation title, 51-47, over Calexico.

The light dimmed. The Eagles were 1-17, 10^th in the Avocado League, and 3-22 overall.

SIGN OF TIMES

Greenfield, favored in the Class S regional playoff in Missouri, overcame a stall to beat Miller, 13-7. Greenfield led, 6-1, after three quarters and kept Miller at a distance in fourth.

JUMP SHOTS

Patrick Henry’s 70-46 win over Grossmont (13-13) in December snapped a 19-game winning streak for the Foothillers…Inglewood Morningside, which defeated Madison, 66-58, in early December, was 28-0 before bowing to Glendale Hoover, 67-59, in the Southern Section playoffs…Hoover, closing with a 20-1 run, defeated San Diego, 82-65, after trailing, 64-62…Henry set an Eastern League scoring record in a 95-51 win over St. Augustine and shared the mark a week later when the Morse beat St. Augustine, 95-47…Lincoln had defeated Henry, 91-40, in 1968-69…Hoover’s 6-foot-5 center Bill Gay was better known later as a defensive lineman in the NFL…Gay was a second-round draft choice out of USC by Denver in 1978 but played almost all of all of his 11 seasons with the Detroit Lions and had  44.5 career quarterback sacks…Clarence Clark’s 45 points led Ramona past Borrego Springs, 115-19, for the season’s single-game high by one team… Jody Schmitz of Fallbrook (21-5) led all individual scorers with 49 in a 103-77 win over Escondido…Schmitz’ outburst also broke the school record of 47, set by Paul Lockridge in a 90-31 win over Brown Military in 1950-51…Schmitz’s 23.2 average led the section and he was the first North county player to achieve that distinction since San Dieguito’s John Fairchild led with 428 in 1960-61…the 2, 3, and 4 highest averages behind Schmitz also were by North County players…Craig Brown of Crawford (10-17) scored 527 points, the second most ever by a sophomore…Bonita Vista’s Paul Halupa scored 575 in 1967-68…by finishing first in the final Evening Tribune Top 10, Madison became the first school to finish first in the Top 10 in football and basketball…the first time the teams met in the Eastern League, Henry topped Morse, 51-45, in three overtimes…two of the three-minute extra sessions were scoreless…Rock Lee had 31 points in Madison’s 108-66 triumph over Point Loma (13-14), the Warhawks joining Marian, Ramona, and Fallbrook as the only teams to reach triple figures…Henry was the third team in Eastern League history to go undefeated…Hoover (8-0 in ’60-61) and St. Augustine (12-0 in ’69-70) also were perfect…

 

Three San Diego Section teams remain in play in the Southern California regional basketball playoffs, with La Jolla Country Day having representatives in Boys’ Division III and Girls’ D-I.

San Diego Southwest also reached the finals in Boys’ D-V.

The three local squads all face daunting tasks, as they will be on the road Tuesday night in the last stop before the state finals March 8-9 in Sacramento.

Coach Terry Bamford’s seasoned and tough 5 seed La Jolla Country Day Torreys visit No. 2 Fullerton Rosary. Coach Ryan Meier’s Boys’ No. 8 are at No. 6 La Cresenta  Cresenta Valley.

Bamford’s Torreys were the last San Diego Section team to win a state title when they defeated Palo Alto Eastside Prep, 40-36, in 2014-15.

DIVISION	TEAM	RECORD	OPPONENT	RECORD
		BOYS
III	8 La Jolla Country Day	21-13	@6 *La Cresenta Cresenta Valley	29-5
V	2 San Diego Southwest	28-7	@1 **Bakersfield  Foothill	22-11
		GIRLS
I	5 La Jolla Country Day	22-11	@2 *Fullerton Rosary	25-8

BOYS SEMIFINALS

DIVISION III

8 La Jolla Country Day 73, @4 *Anaheim Fairmont 62.

V

2 San Diego Southwest 45, 3 *Perris Orange Vista 43.

GIRLS SEMIFINALS

DIVISION I

5 La Jolla Country Day 57, 8 *Riverside King 53.

III

5 Serra 50, @1 **McFarland 75.

6 *^Pacific Palisades 59, @2 San Marcos 48.

V

5 *Anaheim 47, @1 Madison 41.

*Southern Section.

*^Los Angeles City Section.

**Central Section.

Two boys’ and four girls’ squads passed quarterfinals tests in the CIF state regional playoffs last night.

Most significant was the 66-58 Division 1 win by the 5 seed La Jolla Country Day girls on the road at No. 4 Granada Hills.

Cathedral, the top seed in Girls D-I, sustained a stunning loss, 49-44, to No. 8 Riverside King, better known as the alma mater of NBA star and former San Diego State Aztec Kawhi Leonard.

The La Jolla Country Day Torreys thus will have boys and girls teams in the mix as play resumes in the semifinals Saturday.  The 8 seed Torrey males will visit No. 4 Anaheim Fairmont Prep.

An all-San Diego Section final in D-III is possible, with 2 survivors in the semifinals.  D-III No. 2 San Marcos meets visiting 6 Pacific Palisades. No. 5 Serra has the  most daunting challenge with a 255-mile trip and a matchup with the No. 1 McFarland Cougars.

D-V top seed Madison will play host to No. 5 Anaheim.

DIVISION	TEAM	RECORD	OPPONENT	RECORD
		BOYS
III	8 La Jolla Country Day	20-13	@4 *Anaheim Fairmont Prep	27-7
V	2 San Diego Southwest	27-7	3 Perris Orange Vista	24-8
		GIRLS
I	5 La Jolla Country Day	21-11	8 Riverside King	31-2
III	2 San Marcos	17-17	6 *^Pacific Palisades	25-8
	5 Serra	16-10	@1 **McFarland	29-5
V	1 Madison	29-3	5 *Anaheim	26-5

BOYS QUARTERFINALS

DIVISION I
5 Foothills Christian 66, @4 *Rancho Santa Margarita 76.
II
12 Cathedral 62, @4 *Valencia 74.
10 Santa Fe Christian 55, @2 *Riverside Notre Dame 70.
III
8 La Jolla Country Day 73, 16 *^L.A. University 57.
10 Rancho Buena Vista 66, @2 *^ Granada Hills 78.
IV
6 San Diego 67, @3 *Victorville Silverado 72.
V
2 San Diego Southwest 54, 10 *Oxnard Hueneme 35.

GIRLS QUARTERFINALS
DIVISION I
8 *Riverside King 49, @1 Cathedral 44.
5 La Jolla Country Day 66, @4 *^Granada Hills 58.
14 Mount Miguel 31, @6 *Fullerton Troy 49.
II
3 The Bishop’s 46, 6 *San Pedro Rolling Hills Prep 59.
7 *Eastvale Roosevelt 75, @2 Mater Dei 73.
III
5 Serra 61, 13 *Pomona Diamond Ranch 57.
2 San Marcos 75, 7 Carlsbad 62.
IV
3 *^Carson 65, 3 Mission Vista 51.
V
1 Madison 56, 8 *^Bell 33.

*Southern Section
*^Los Angeles City Section
**Central Section

Sixteen of the 30 San Diego Section boys’ and girls’ teams remain in the Southern California regional playoffs, with quarterfinals putting everyone back on the court tonight.

Girls squads won nine of 14 opening round contests, the boys seven of 16, with most of the successes coming in Division II through V.

Three of the four male teams in the final The San Diego Union poll were wiped out, concluding with No. 1 Torrey Pines’ 82-38 Open Division defeat at Chatsworth Sierra Canyon last night.

St. Augustine and Mission Bay also exited earlier.  Foothills Christian plays Rancho Santa Margarita this evening after defeating Woodland Hills El Camino Real, 70-56.

Boys won six of 11 games in D-II through V,  and girls, 9-5 overall, won six of eight from D-III to V and swept in III.

The most significant victory among the males was 12 seed Cathedral’s 67-55 win at 5 seed La Canada.  Most surprising loss was Montgomery’s 78-74 defeat by Los Angeles University in overtime.  The host Aztecs were seeded No. 1 in D-IV and went down to a No. 16 seed.

The two girls No. 1 seeds, Cathedral in D-I and Madison in D-V, moved along easily, the Dons defeating Woodland Hills El Camino Real, 66-47, and Madison ushering out Santa Ana Saddleback, 68-20.

Tonight’s pairings with section affiliations cited at end of scores:

DIVISION	TEAM	RECORD	OPPONENT	RECORD
		BOYS
I	5 Foothills Christian	24-6	@4 *Rancho Santa Margarita	24-10
II	12 Cathedral	24-9	@4 *Valencia	25-7
	10 Santa Fe Christian		@2 *Riverside Notre Dame	22-11
III	8 La Jolla Country Day	19-13	16 *^L.A. University	20-10
	10 Rancho Buena Vista	28-5	@2 *^Granada Hills	18-12
IV	6 San Diego	23-8	@3 *Victorville Silverado	27-6
V	2 San Diego Southwest	26-7	10 *Oxnard Hueneme	20-9
		GIRLS
I	1 Cathedral	26-6	8 *Riverside King	30-2
	5 La Jolla Country Day	20-11	@4 *^Granada Hills	25-5
	14 Mount Miguel	24-6	@6 *Fullerton Troy	23-9
II	2 Mater Dei	21-8	7 *Eastvale Roosevelt	28-5
	3 The Bishop’s	20-11	6 *Palos Verdes Rolling Hills	23-4
III	2 San Marcos	16-17	7 ^^Carlsbad	21-12
	3 Poway	24-8	6 *^Pacific Palisades	24-8
	5 Serra	15-10	13 *Pomona Diamond Ranch	21-6
IV	6 Mission Vista	22-2	@3 *^Carson	15-8
V	1 Madison	28-3	8 *^Bell	19-14

BOYS QUARTERFINALS

OPEN

1 *Chatsworth Sierra Canyon 82, 8 Torrey Pines 38.

DIVISION I ROUND ONE

1 *Etiwanda 68, 16 St. Augustine 57.

5 Foothills Christian 70, 12 *^Woodland Hills El Camino Real 56.

4 *Rancho Santa Margarita 68, 13 Mission Bay 50.

3 *Bellflower St. John Bosco, 96, 14 Vista 71.

II

9 *Canyon Country Santa Clarita Christian 59, @8 Poway 53.

12 Cathedral 67, 5 *La Canada 55.

3 *Ontario Colony 88, 14 Francis Parker 79.

10 Santa Fe Christian 64, 7 *Palmdale Highland 44.

6 *San Pedro Rolling Hills Prep 70, 11 San Marcos 46.

III

16 *^L.A. University 78, @1 Montgomery 74, OT.

8 La Jolla Country Day 66, 9 ^^Carlsbad 55.

10 Rancho Buena Vista 66, 7 *Capistrano Valley Christian 58.

IV

8 **Visalia Central Valley 55, 9 Valhalla 46.

6 San Diego 53, 11 **San Luis Obispo 34.

V

2 San Diego Southwest 67, 15 *Santa Monica New Roads 55.

GIRLS QUARTERFINALS

DIVISION I

1 Cathedral 66, 16 *^Woodland Hills El Camino Real 47.

5 La Jolla Country Day 87, 12 *^Westchester 61.

14 Mount Miguel 49, 3 ^^Mission Hills 48.

II

3 The Bishop’s 54, 14 *^L.A. Eagle Rock 32.

6 *San Pedro Rolling Hills 77, 11 La Costa Canyon 53.

7 *Eastvale Roosevelt 85, 10 Bonita Vista 66.

2 Mater Dei 63, 15 *^Lake Balboa Birmingham 48.

III

5 Serra 47, 12 *Cathedral City 43.

3 Poway 58, 14 *Lakewood Mayfair 42.

7 Carlsbad 49, 10 *Santa Monica Crossroads 43.

2 San Marcos 61, 15 *Ventura St. Bonaventure 54.

IV

12 *Temecula Linfield Christian 63, 5 Grossmont 53.

3 *^Carson 59, 14 San Dieguito 43.

6 Mission Vista 55, 11 *Irvine Crean Lutheran 48.

V

1 Madison 68, 16 *Santa Ana Saddleback 20.

^^San Diego Section.

*Southern Section.

*^Los Angeles City Section.

**Central Section.

Torrey Pines emerged from a season-long, four-team battle to claim the No. 1 position in the final The San Diego Union top 10.  The first four finishers each occupied the top rung during the regular season.

Union-Tribune Week 10 final poll, Monday, Feb 25:

Rank	Team	Record	Points	Last Week
1	Torrey Pines (14)	25-6	140	2
2.	Foothills Christian	23-7	125	1
3	Mission Bay	18-12	109	5
4	St. Augustine	22-7	87	4
5	Cathedral	23-9	80	7
6	Vista	21-9	53	8
7	Poway	22-7	43	6
8	Carlsbad	26-6	37	NR
9	Santa Fe Christian	20-8	35	4
10	Francis Parker	20-10	24	NR

NR–Not ranked.

Others receiving votes: La Jolla Country Day (16-12, 9 points), San Diego (22-8, 8),  Rancho Buena Vista (27-5, 6), San Marcos (17-10, 5), Sweetwater (24-7, 2).

Voters: John Maffei, The San Diego Union-Tribune; Terry Monahan, Freelance; Steve Brand, San Diego Sports Association;  Carlton Hoggard (CIF San Diego Section), Adam Paul,  Ramon Scott, EastCountySports.com; John Kentera, Braden Suprenant, 97.3 FM, The Fan; Rick Smith, partletonsports.com; Bodie DeSilva, sandiegopreps.com; Steve Dolan, Mountain Country 107.9 FM; Christian Pedersen, S.D. Preps Insider; Aaron Burgin, Fulltime Hoops; Brad Enright, L.A. Court Report.