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Etiwanda embraces all challenges and excels despite adversity to enjoy familiar ending with exceptional third consecutive Open Divison girls basketball state title

Basketball Blog Central Coast Section Features High School Basketball News NewsTicker Southern Section StaffPicks March 16, 2025 0

Etiwanda High girls basketball coach Stan Delus takes each season as its own entity. It’s not about defending a title, it’s about winning a new championship with a slightly different team. Even so, coming off a year in which the Eagles went 32-3, won a second straight CIF State... Read more

Archbishop Riordan boys basketball team thrives in third quarter to knock off Concord De La Salle in Northern California Regional Open Division final

Basketball Blog Central Coast Section Features High School Basketball News NewsTicker North Coast Section Southern Section StaffPicks March 12, 2025 0

SAN FRANCISCO – Archbishop Riordan won the CIF Northern California Regional Open Division championship Tuesday night in two five-minute windows. First came the five minutes the top-seeded Crusaders spent at halftime shoring up their defense and rebounding. Then came the opening five minutes of the third quarter, where they... Read more

Etiwanda girls basketball team emerges victorious against Ontario Christian in Southern California Regional championship to reach third straight Open Division state final, Archbishop Mitty awaits again

Basketball Blog Features High School Basketball News NewsTicker Southern Section StaffPicks March 12, 2025 0

ONTARIO – Defending national champions don’t go down easily. The No. 1-nationally ranked Ontario Christian girls basketball team found that out the hard way Tuesday night. Chasity Rice sank a go-ahead 3-pointer with 2:08 left and No. 2 Etiwanda went on to defeat the top-seeded Knights 67-62 in the... Read more

Brayden Burries comes up big in fourth quarter, scores 37 points to lead Eastvale Roosevelt boys basketball team to 79-76 win against Sherman Oaks Notre Dame in Southern California Regional Open Division final

Basketball Blog Central Coast Section Features High School Basketball News NewsTicker North Coast Section Southern Section StaffPicks March 12, 2025 0

Brayden Burries’ final career performance on his home court left a lasting impression in Eastvale Roosevelt High boys basketball program history Tuesday night, giving the McDonald’s All-American and the top-seeded Mustangs an opportunity to play for an Open Division state championship following a 79-76 victory against No. 3 Sherman... Read more

Eastvale Roosevelt boys basketball team knocks off two-time Open Division state champion Harvard-Westlake to reach Southern California Regional final; Sherman Oaks Notre Dame edges Tounde Yessoufou, Santa Maria St. Joseph to earn rematch

Basketball Blog Central Section Features High School Basketball News NewsTicker Southern Section StaffPicks March 9, 2025 0

Brayden Burries scored 19 of his game-high 29 points in the second half, including 13 in the third quarter for the McDonald’s All-American, and top-seeded Eastvale Roosevelt earned a measure of revenge Saturday night against No. 4 Harvard-Westlake with a 71-59 victory in the Southern California Regional semifinals of... Read more

Aliyahna “Puff” Morris and Etiwanda girls basketball team have enough depth to offset Addie Deal and returning Kaeli Wynn for Mater Dei in Southern California Regional semifinals of Open Division state playoffs

Basketball Blog Features High School Basketball News NewsTicker Southern Section StaffPicks March 9, 2025 0

Even the inspiring return of one of the state’s top 3-point shooters wasn’t enough Saturday night for Mater Dei to keep pace with the depth of perimeter options showcased by Etiwanda. Despite another remarkable postseason performance by Iowa-bound guard Addie Deal for the No. 3 Monarchs, fellow McDonald’s All-American... Read more

Ontario Christian girls basketball team outlasts Sierra Canyon in overtime to reach Open Division regional final in state playoffs

Basketball Blog Features High School Basketball News NewsTicker Southern Section StaffPicks March 9, 2025 0

ONTARIO – With four minutes left Saturday, the No. 1 girls basketball team in the country was on the brink of having its season end prematurely. Seventeen consecutive points later, Ontario Christian was firmly in control. Alanna Neale made the tying 3-pointer with 1:27 to play in regulation and... Read more

Mater Dei girls basketball team gets big lift with return of Devyn Kiernan in win against Bishop Montgomery in Southern California Regional quarterfinals in Open Division state playoffs; Sierra Canyon also advances

Basketball Blog Features High School Basketball News NewsTicker San Diego Section Southern Section StaffPicks March 6, 2025 0

Mater Dei welcomed the return Wednesday night of Southern Utah-bound senior Devyn Kiernan to the lineup, helping the third-seeded Monarchs cruise to a 76-40 victory against No. 6 Bishop Montgomery in the opening round of the Southern California Regional in the Open Division girls basketball state playoffs. Kiernan was... Read more

Harvard-Westlake boys basketball team goes deep to prevail against St. John Bosco in Southern California Regional opener in Open Division state playoffs

Basketball Blog Central Section Features High School Basketball News NewsTicker San Diego Section Southern Section StaffPicks March 6, 2025 0

STUDIO CITY – A showdown involving reigning California state champions turned into a showcase of efficient and effective 3-point shooting Wednesday night for host Harvard-Westlake in the opening round of the Southern California Regional in the Open Division boys basketball state playoffs. The fourth-seeded Wolverines knocked down 10 3-point... Read more

Archbishop Riordan, Eastvale Roosevelt secure No. 1 regional seeds in Open Division boys basketball state playoffs

Basketball Blog Central Coast Section Central Section Features High School Basketball Los Angeles City Section News NewsTicker North Coast Section Northern Section Oakland Section Sac-Joaquin Section San Diego Section San Francisco Section Southern Section StaffPicks March 3, 2025 0

Harvard-Westlake is attempting to become the first boys basketball team in California prep history to win three consecutive Open Division state titles, but it will be a challenging journey for the Wolverines (30-2) in the Southern California Regional in order to return to the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.... Read more

Eastvale Roosevelt gets big second half from Brayden Burries against Sherman Oaks Notre Dame to capture first CIF-Southern Section Open Division boys basketball crown

Basketball Blog Features High School Basketball News NewsTicker Southern Section StaffPicks March 2, 2025 0

ONTARIO – Even after one of the more challenging halves of basketball in his entire high school career Saturday night, Brayden Burries could only look around the Eastvale Roosevelt bench and smile. Burries was able to appreciate the unselfish approach of Isaac Williamson, applaud the confidence of freshman Cameron... Read more

Ontario Christian outlasts Etiwanda to capture first CIF-Southern Section Open Division girls basketball title

Basketball Blog Features High School Basketball News NewsTicker Southern Section StaffPicks March 2, 2025 0

ONTARIO – It was a scenario Kaleena Smith had visualized numerous times during her career, even as recently as the night before the CIF-Southern Section Open Division girls basketball final. The point guard had the opportunity to win the first Open Division title in program history by making clutch... Read more