2023-2024 Boys Week 10A: Carlsbad Loses Epic Struggle Against Top Seed
San Diego Section boys teams exited early from the Southern California regional tournament, but No. 4 seed Carlsbad stuck around and almost knocked out No. 1.
Coach Clark Allard’s Lancers lost a semifinal battle, 73-72, at Studio City Harvard-Westlake, the same team that had routed Carlsbad, 83-44, in the season’s first game.
The Lancers led by as much as 13 points at 32-19 in the second quarter and were ahead, 41-33, at halftime. The Wolverines nudged ahead, 55-52, in the third quarter and were in front, 65-58 in the fourth quarter before Carlsbad clawed back in the waning moments.
Boys’ Division I teams were disappointments, not only in the 0-5 record. Examples: No. 13 seed Redondo Beach Redondo Union ousted 4 Montgomery, 84-69. No. 12 La Verne Damien beat 5 St. Augustine, 69-44.
The boys’ season, Open to Division V, ended After 7 seed University City lost, 68-55, to 3 Mission Hills Bishop Alemany in the D-III semifinals. San Diego teams were 9-17 overall.
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 | Semifinals Saturday, March 2 |
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| Open Division Wednesday, February 28 | 5 Downey St. Pius X-St. Matthias (24-7) Southern 72 4 Carlsbad (30-2) 75, overtime | 4 Carlsbad (30-3) 72 1 Studio City Harvard-Westlake (31-3) Southern 73 |
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| Division I | 9 La Jolla Country Day (23-7) 59 8 L.A. Windward (29-4) Southern 74 | ||
| 10 Torrey Pines (21-8) 47 7 Sherman Oaks Notre Dame (30-3) Southern 89 |
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| 11 La Habra (30-4) Southern 79 6 Cathedral (19-11) 68 |
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| 12 Pomona Damien (27-5) Southern 69 5 St. Augustine (25-6) 44 |
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| 13 Redondo Beach Redondo Union (25-6) Southern 84 4 Montgomery (28-4) 69 |
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| Division II | 9 Mission Bay (22-11) 57 8 Corona Del Mar (25-8) Southern 55 | 9 Mission Bay (22-12) 69 1 Northridge Heritage (25-9) L.A. City 74 | |
| 13 Ventura St. Bonaventure (24-10) Southern 63 4 La Costa Canyon (20-8) 75 | 12 Bakersfield Christian (21-11) Southern 75 4 La Costa Canyon (20-9) 68 |
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| Division III | 9 Santa Barbara (24-9) Southern 81 8 San Marcos (25-7) 85 | 16 L.A. Price (21-12) Southern 55 8 San Marcos (26-7) 74 | 8 San Marcos (26-9) 60 3 Rosemead Bosco Tech (26-9) Southern 79 |
| 11 L.A. Southern California Yeshiva (20-12) Southern 52 6 Scripps Ranch (21-12) 60 | 6 Scripps Ranch (21-13) 62 3 Mission Hills Alemany (22-15) Southern 76 |
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| 10 Cerritos (22-11) Southern 65 7 University City (25-8) 68 | 7 University City (26-8) 52 2 Hesperia (24-10) Southern 51 | 7 University City (26-9) 55 3 Mission Hills Alemany (23-15) Southern 68 |
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| Division IV | 9 Costa Mesa Estancia (24-9) Southern 50 8 Monte Vista (23-10) 42 | ||
| 11 Mission Hills (21-9) 58 6 Corona Centennial (21-13) Southern 77 |
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| 13 Rancho Buena Vista (24-9) 83 4 Rosemead Bosco Tech (24-9) Southern 87 |
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| 14 Olympian (28-4) 46 3 Mission Hills Bishop Alemany (21-15) Southern 57 |
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| Division V | 12 Del Lago (21-11) 43 5 L.A. Garfield (25-3) L.A. City 66 | 7 Sherman Oaks Buckley (21-11) L.A. City 64 2 Mount Miguel (24-9) 53 |
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| 15 L.A. New Designs (9-7) L.A. City 39 2 Mount Miguel (24-8) 53 |
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