San Diego Section girls won eight of 16 first-round games, including 14th-seeded The Bishop’s knocking off host No. 3 Rancho Santa Margarita, 67-53.
La Jolla Country Day, Rancho Bernardo, Scripps Ranch, Victory Christian, Imperial, and Carlsbad were favored and won.
My hunch “Should Win” clubs, Scripps Ranch, Carlsbad, Rancho Buena Vista, Victory Christian, all moved on.
I was 44 points off when I chose Cathedral as an upset winner over Sierra Canyon.
| DIVISION | TEAM | OPPONENT | SCORE |
| Open | 7 Santa Ana Mater Dei (26-5) | @2 La Jolla Country Day (25-2) | Torreys overcome 10×24 from free-throw line, 53-45. |
| Open | 6 Cathedral (22-6) | @3 Chatsworth Sierra Canyon (27-2) | 94-50, ouch! |
| I | 14 El Camino (21-7) | @3Torrance Bishop Montgomery (18-6) | Wildcats declawed, 57-43. |
| I | 15 Mount Miguel (19-9) | @2 Garden Grove Orangewood (22-9) | Matadors out, 62-48. |
| II | 9 Bonita Vista (17-12) | @8 Irvine Crean Lutheran (23-4) | Barons win in can-do-either-way seed game, 51-40. |
| II | 13 The Bishop’s (16-7) | @4 Rancho Santa Margarita (17-8) | Big San Diego Section win and for The Bishop’s, 67-53 |
| II | 15 Del Norte (22-11) | @2 Ontario Christian (30-4) | Nighthawks out, 67-53. |
| II | 9 Westview (18-13) | @8 L.B. Poly (24-5) | Wolverines led, 18-12, after 1/4 but fell, 59-51. |
| III | 9 Capistrano Christian (17-7) | @8 Rancho Bernardo (19-10). | Bronchos winner, 47-44, in another 8-9 game. |
| III | 12 Newhall Hart (21-8) | @5 Scripps Ranch (23-6) | Falcons move on impressively, 57-37. |
| III | 6 Carlsbad (19-13) | 11 Cerritos (24-8) | Lancers girls join boys in loss column, 62-48. |
| III | 10 Fallbrook (24-7) | @7 Indio Shadow Hills (27-4) | Coachella Valley team wins, 50-44. |
| IV | 15 Maranatha (18-11) | @2 Valencia Trinity (20-10) | Eagles battle but fall short, 71-63. |
| V | 14 Santa Ana (16-18) | @3 Rancho Buena Vista (18-11) | Longhorns roll, 64-40. |
| V | 10 Blythe Palo Verde Valley (18-12) | @L.A. Price (16-2) | What Price defeat, 53-43. |
| V | 15 Costa Mesa Estancia (14-14) | @2 Victory Christian (18-11). | On to victory, 71-25. |
