It is not often that a high school basketball team that lost in the CIF Southern Section semifinals is seeded No. 1 in the ensuing CIF Southern California Regional tournament.
That is what happened to Canyon’s boys team. Canyon is seeded No. in in SoCal Regional Division II.
Canyon lost to Etiwanda in the CIF-SS Division 1 semifinals. CIF-SS semifinalists qualified so Canyon is in the tournament that begins Tuesday when Canyon is at home against No. 16-seeded King/Drew.
Like Canyon, Pacifica Christian and Tarbut V’Torah lost in their CIF-SS division semifinals and are in the SoCal Regional.
Regional play begins with Round 1 games in Divisions I-V on Tuesday. Round I games in the Open Division and in Division VI are Wednesday. The Regional tournament continues with Round II games Thursday, semifinals Saturday and finals on March 7. CIF Southern California Regional champions and CIF Northern California Regional champions meet in the CIF State Championships March 10 and 11 at Sacramento.
All Regional games are played at host-school sites and begin at 7 p.m. Starting times can be changed if both participating teams agree to the change and the CIF State office approves the change.
The schedule for Tuesday’s SoCal Regional Round I games that involve Orange County teams …
Division I: La Costa Canyon (16-12) at Mater Dei (27-6).
Division II: King/Drew (15-16) at Canyon (25-6); Pacifica Christian (23-9) at Birmingham (20-9); Stockdale (27-4) at Orange Lutheran (20-11); Centennial/Bakersfield (23-5) at Tesoro (29-4).
Division IV: Sage Hill (15-12) at Grant (21-10).
Division V: Tarbut V’Torah (14-8) at Ramona (21-10).
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