High school basketball: California state playoff brackets

Harvard-Westlake, Salesian College Prep grab top seed in boys Open Division while Etiwanda, Archbishop Mitty are one-seeds in girls Open field.

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Feb 25, 2024, 5:30pm
The California Interscholastic Federation announced the brackets for the boys and girls state basketball playoffs Sunday. The finals will be held March 8-9 at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.

As expected, Harvard-Westlake (Studio City) grabbed the top-seed in the boys Southern California Open Division regional after the Wolverines downed Roosevelt 53-47 in the Southern Section Open Division final on Friday. Harvard-Westlake, the reigning CIF Open Division champion, grabbed the top seed in the Southern California Open Division regional. In the north, Salesian College Preparatory (Richmond) earned the top seed and a first-round bye as did No. 2 Archbishop Riordan (San Francisco).

On the girls side, No. 1 Archbishop Mitty (San Jose) earned a top seed in the Northern California Open Division regional and will look to win the state title after falling the past two seasons to No. 3 Etiwanda and No. 4 Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth). Those two squads highlight the Southern California Open Division regional with the Etiwanda grabbing the top seed after winning the Southern Section title 65-44 on Friday. Etiwanda won last year's Open Division title 69-67 on a last-second putback over Archbishop Mitty.

Robert Hinton leads Harvard-Westlake on a quest for the Wolverines second straight CIF Open Division title. Harvard-Westlake grabbed the No. 1 seed in Southern California in brackets released Sunday by the CIF. (Photo: Jay Johnson)
Robert Hinton leads Harvard-Westlake on a quest for the Wolverines second straight CIF Open Division title. Harvard-Westlake grabbed the No. 1 seed in Southern California in brackets released Sunday by the CIF. (Photo: Jay Johnson)
CIF finals schedule
Friday, March 8
10 a.m. — Division V Girls
Noon — Division V Boys
2 p.m. — Division III Girls
4 p.m. — Division III Boys
6 p.m. — Division I Girls
8 p.m. — Division I Boys

Saturday, March 9
10 a.m. — Division IV Girls
Noon — Division IV Boys
2 p.m. — Division II Girls
4 p.m. — Division II Boys
6 p.m. — Open Division Girls
8 p.m. — Open Division Boys

Defending boys champions include Harvard-Westlake (Studio City) (Open), Notre Dame (SO) (Sherman Oaks) (Division I), San Joaquin Memorial (Fresno) (Division II), Oakland (Division III), Valencia (Division IV), Lynwood (Division V), San Francisco Waldorf (San Francisco) (Division VI, NorCal only).

Defending girls champions include Etiwanda (Open), Oakland Tech (Oakland) (Division I), Central (Fresno) (Division II), Los Osos (Rancho Cucamonga) (Division III), Shalhevet (Los Angeles) (Division IV), Bret Harte (Angels Camp) (Division V), Cornerstone Christian (Antioch) (Division VI, NorCal only).

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