The San Diego Section girls are 21-8 overall in the Southern California regional tournament and guaranteed two teams in next week’s state finals in Sacramento. That’s because the D-IV and V finals will offer a rarity among rarities:
All four regional finalists are from the San Diego Section.
Fallbrook’s 42-35 D-IV win over Oceanside advanced the No. 7 seed Warriors (26-8) to a match at No. 4 Grossmont (26-8), which defeated No. 1 Newbury Park, 57-39. Escondido Charter (24-11), also known as the White Tigers, will meet D-V No. 1 Montgomery (24-11), which edged No. 4 Reedley Immanuel, 41-39.
Overshadowed by the success of the four surviving teams is Cathedral (23-12), a seemingly no-chance No. 16 seed that scrambled the D-III bracket with its shock of No. 1 Dana Hills, 54-45, and continued to fight through the rounds. The Dons topped No. 8 Anaheim Canyon, 61-54, and led, 34-25, at halftime before running out of gas, or emotion, in a 54-51 loss at No. 5 Granada Hills.
Only games with a San Diego section team are listed. Complete brackets are here.
All games played at higher (low number) seed.
| Round 1 Teams Tuesday, February 27 | Round 2 Teams Thursday, February 29 | Regional Semifinal Saturday, March 2 | Regional Final Tuesday, March 5 | Final Saturday, March 9 |
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| Open Division | 5 Mission Hills (23-9) 47 4 Santa Ana Mater Dei (25-7) Southern 71 | ||||
| Division I | 13 Orange Lutheran (21-9) Southern 42 4 La Jolla Country Day (25-7) 64 | 5 Garden Grove Orangewood (22-10) Southern 39 4 La Jolla Country Day (26-7) 42 | 4 La Jolla Country Day (26-8) 60 1 Torrance Bishop Montgomery (21-5) Southern 74 | ||
| 14 Westview (19-12) 41 3 Lake Balboa Birmingham (25-6) L.A. City 49 |
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| Division II | 14 Westview (19-12) 41 3 Lake Balboa Birmingham (25-6) L.A. City 49 | 8 Del Norte (20-11) 51 1 Oak Park (21-7) Southern 62 | |||
| 9 Alhambra Mark Keppel (21-12) Southern 59 8 Del Norte (20-10) 64 |
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| 12 Sherman Oaks Notre Dame (20-13) Southern 58 7 Poway (19-10) 50 |
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| Division III | 16 Cathedral (22-11) 54 1 Dana Hills (27-6) Southern 45 | 16 Cathedral (23-11) 61 8 Anaheim Canyon (22-12) 54 | 16 Cathedral (23-12) 51 5 Granada Hills Charter (21-11) L.A. City 54 | ||
| 9 Scripps Ranch (17-10) 60 8 Anaheim Canyon (23-11) Southern 68 |
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| 11 Torrance (16-15) Southern 46 6 Rancho Bernardo (19-10) 48 | 14 Palos Verdes Peninsula (25-8) Southern 51 6 Rancho Bernardo (21-10) 67 | 6 Rancho Bernardo (21-11) 52 2 Bakersfield Christian (28-7) Central 74 |
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| 10 Francis Parker (21-9) 59 7 Santa Monica St. Monica (22-11) Southern 46 | 10 Francis Parker (21-10) 46 2 Bakersfield Christian (27-7) Central 58 |
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| Division IV | 12 Victory Christian (22-8) 59 3 Los Angeles Crenshaw (17-10) L.A. City 65 | 5 L.A. Crenshaw (18-11) 51 L.A. City 4 Grossmont (25-8) 57 | 4 Grossmont (26-8) 57 1 Newbury Park (27-8) Southern 39 | 7 Fallbrook (26-9) 52 4 Grossmont (27-8) 56 | 1 Eureka St. Bernards (30-5) 47 4 Grossmont (27-9) 29 @ Golden 1 Center |
| 13 Santa Paula (22-10) Southern 41 4 Grossmont (24-8) 60 |
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| 11 Oceanside (20-9) 55 6 Sun Valley Poly (18-8) L.A. City 45 | 14 Chatsworth (19-13) 42 L.A. City 11 Oceanside (21-9) 51 | 11 Oceanside (21-10) 35 7 Fallbrook (26-8) 42 |
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| 10 Granada Hills Kennedy (26-5) L.A. City 47 7 Fallbrook (24-8) 61 | 7 Fallbrook (25-8) 58 2 Woodland Hills El Camino Real (15-13) L.A. City 48 |
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| Division V | 16 Temecula Prep (16-10) Southern 27 1 Montgomery (22-11) 88 | 8 La Mirada (22-7) Southern 41 1 Montgomery (23-11) 75 | 4 Reedley Immanuel (26-10) Central 39 1 Montgomery (24-11) 41 | 6 Escondido Charter (24-12) 51 1 Montgomery (25-11) 55 | 13 Oakland (23-10) 56 1 Montgomery (25-12) 50 |
| 12 Escondido (19-13) 44 5 Sage Creek (20-10) 60 | 5 Sage Creek (20-11) 40 4 Reedley Immanuel (26-9) Central 51 |
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| 11 L.A. Foshay (16-6) L.A. City 24 6 Escondido Charter (22-11) 66 | 6 Escondido Charter (23-11) 67 3 Antelope Valley (17-7) Southern 60 | 6 Escondido Charter (24-11) 44 2 Anaheim Savanna (26-8) Southern 37 |
