Sierra Canyon girls set to battle in Open Division regional final while Bronny James and the boys are in the Division I regional title game with a trip to Golden 1 Center on the line.
The high school basketball season in California enters its final week with regional finals Tuesday. The winners advance to Golden 1 Center in Sacramento for state championships March 10-11.
In the Open boys,
Centennial (Corona) is ranked No. 4 in the nation and looking to win its second straight state crown behind
Jared McCain (Duke) and
Devin Williams (UCLA). The Huskies will take on No. 14
Harvard-Westlake (Studio City) in the Southern half of the bracket, a rematch of last season's CIF Southern Section Open Division championship.
Modesto Christian (Modesto) and
St. Joseph (Santa Maria) battle for the Northern Open title. San Diego State signee
B.J. Davis is looking to get the Crusaders back to the state final while
Tounde Yessoufou of St. Joseph is the No. 2-ranked sophomore recruit in the state.
Bronny James and
Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth) will take on
Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks) in the Division I Southern boys game. Led by
Caleb Foster (Duke) and
Dusty Stromer (Gonzaga), Sherman Oaks has won all three previous matchups this season between the squads by scores of 66-62, 70-53 and 88-61.
In the boys Division III Southern final, five-time NBA champion Michael Cooper is looking to take
Culver City to the state championship game as head coach.
John Paye is looking to win his fifth state championship as the girls head coach of
Menlo School (Atherton), which takes on
San Domenico (San Anselmo) in the Division IV Northern final. Paye was the 1982 USA Today High School Football Offensive Player of the Year at Menlo before he headed to Stanford to succeed John Elway at quarterback.
Senior Jared McCain and Centennial will take on Harvard-Westlake in the CIF State Open Division Regional finals March 7 with a trip to the state championship on the line. (Photo: Jerrell Jordan)
vs.
Archbishop Mitty (San Jose)SouthernEtiwanda vs.
Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth)Division I
NorthernOakland Tech (Oakland) vs.
St. Mary's (Stockton)SouthernDel Norte (San Diego) vs.
Santiago (Corona)Division II
Northern
Central (Fresno) vs.
Pleasant Valley (Chico)Southern Leuzinger (Lawndale) vs.
Bonita Vista (Chula Vista)
Division III
Northern
Caruthers vs.
ColfaxSouthernRedondo Union (Redondo Beach) vs.
Los Osos (Rancho Cucamonga)Division IV
NorthernMenlo School (Atherton) vs.
San Domenico (San Anselmo)SouthernCampbell Hall (North Hollywood) vs.
Shalhevet (Los Angeles)Division V
Northern
Bret Harte (Angels Camp) vs.
Fall River (McArthur)Southern
Marina (Huntington Beach) vs.
San PedroBoys
Open Division
NorthernSt. Joseph (Santa Maria) at
Modesto Christian (Modesto)SouthernHarvard-Westlake (Studio City,) vs.
Centennial (Corona)Division I
NorthernGranada (Livermore) vs.
Salesian College Preparatory (Richmond)SouthernSierra Canyon (Chatsworth) vs.
Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks)Division II
NorthernSan Joaquin Memorial (Fresno) vs.
Vanden (Fairfield)SouthernPacifica Christian (Newport Beach) vs.
Orange Lutheran (Orange)
Division III
Northern Oakland vs.
Oakland Tech (Oakland)Southern Buena (Ventura) vs.
Culver CityDivision IV
NorthernHalf Moon Bay vs.
ChicoSouthernSt. Bonaventure (Ventura) vs.
ValenciaDivision V
NorthernSierra (Tollhouse) vs.
Ripon Christian (Ripon)SouthernPacifica Christian (Santa Monica) vs.
Lynwood
