The San Diego Section girls are 21-8 overall in the Southern California regional tournament and  guaranteed two  teams in next week’s state finals in Sacramento.  That’s because the D-IV and V finals will offer a rarity among rarities:

All four regional finalists are from the San Diego Section.

Fallbrook’s 42-35 D-IV win over Oceanside advanced the No. 7 seed Warriors (26-8) to a match at No. 4 Grossmont (26-8), which defeated No. 1 Newbury Park, 57-39. Escondido Charter (24-11), also known as the White Tigers, will meet D-V No. 1 Montgomery (24-11), which edged No. 4 Reedley Immanuel, 41-39.

Overshadowed by the success of the four surviving teams is Cathedral (23-12), a seemingly no-chance No. 16 seed that scrambled the D-III bracket with its shock of No. 1 Dana Hills, 54-45, and continued to fight through the rounds.  The Dons topped No. 8 Anaheim Canyon, 61-54, and led, 34-25, at halftime before running out of gas, or emotion, in a  54-51 loss at No. 5 Granada Hills.

Only games with a San Diego section team are listed. Complete brackets are here.
All games played at higher (low number) seed.

	Round 1 Teams Tuesday, February 27	Round 2 Teams  Thursday, February 29	Regional Semifinal  Saturday, March 2	Regional Final  Tuesday, March 5	Final  Saturday, March 9
Open Division	5 Mission Hills (23-9) 47 4 Santa Ana Mater Dei (25-7) Southern 71
Division I	13 Orange Lutheran (21-9) Southern 42 4 La Jolla Country Day (25-7) 64	5 Garden Grove Orangewood (22-10) Southern 39 4 La Jolla Country Day (26-7) 42	4 La Jolla Country Day (26-8) 60 1 Torrance Bishop Montgomery (21-5) Southern 74
	14 Westview (19-12) 41 3 Lake Balboa Birmingham (25-6) L.A. City 49
Division II	14 Westview (19-12) 41 3 Lake Balboa Birmingham (25-6) L.A. City 49	8 Del Norte (20-11) 51 1 Oak Park (21-7) Southern 62
	9 Alhambra Mark Keppel (21-12) Southern 59 8 Del Norte (20-10) 64
	12 Sherman Oaks Notre Dame (20-13) Southern 58 7 Poway (19-10) 50
Division III	16 Cathedral (22-11) 54 1 Dana Hills (27-6) Southern 45	16 Cathedral (23-11) 61 8 Anaheim Canyon (22-12) 54	16 Cathedral (23-12) 51 5 Granada Hills Charter (21-11) L.A. City 54
	9 Scripps Ranch (17-10) 60 8 Anaheim Canyon (23-11) Southern 68
	11 Torrance (16-15) Southern 46 6 Rancho Bernardo (19-10) 48	14 Palos Verdes Peninsula (25-8) Southern 51 6 Rancho Bernardo (21-10) 67	6 Rancho Bernardo (21-11) 52 2 Bakersfield Christian (28-7) Central 74
	10 Francis Parker (21-9) 59 7 Santa Monica St. Monica (22-11) Southern 46	10 Francis Parker (21-10) 46 2 Bakersfield Christian (27-7) Central 58
Division IV	12 Victory Christian (22-8) 59 3 Los Angeles Crenshaw (17-10) L.A. City 65	5 L.A. Crenshaw (18-11) 51 L.A. City 4 Grossmont (25-8) 57	4 Grossmont (26-8) 57 1 Newbury Park (27-8) Southern 39	7 Fallbrook (26-9) 52 4 Grossmont (27-8) 56	1 Eureka St. Bernards (30-5) 47 4 Grossmont (27-9) 29 @ Golden 1 Center
	13 Santa Paula (22-10) Southern 41 4 Grossmont (24-8) 60
	11 Oceanside (20-9) 55 6 Sun Valley Poly (18-8) L.A. City 45	14 Chatsworth (19-13) 42 L.A. City 11 Oceanside (21-9) 51	11 Oceanside (21-10) 35 7 Fallbrook (26-8) 42
	10 Granada Hills Kennedy (26-5) L.A. City 47 7 Fallbrook (24-8) 61	7 Fallbrook (25-8) 58 2 Woodland Hills El Camino Real (15-13) L.A. City 48
Division V	16 Temecula Prep (16-10) Southern 27 1 Montgomery (22-11) 88	8 La Mirada (22-7) Southern 41 1 Montgomery (23-11) 75	4 Reedley Immanuel (26-10) Central 39 1 Montgomery (24-11) 41	6 Escondido Charter (24-12) 51 1 Montgomery (25-11) 55	13 Oakland (23-10) 56 1 Montgomery (25-12) 50
	12 Escondido (19-13) 44 5 Sage Creek (20-10) 60	5 Sage Creek (20-11) 40 4 Reedley Immanuel (26-9) Central 51
	11 L.A. Foshay (16-6) L.A. City 24 6 Escondido Charter (22-11) 66	6 Escondido Charter (23-11) 67 3 Antelope Valley (17-7) Southern 60	6 Escondido Charter (24-11) 44 2 Anaheim Savanna (26-8) Southern 37

San Diego Section boys teams exited early from the Southern California regional tournament, but No. 4 seed Carlsbad stuck around and almost knocked out No. 1.

Coach Clark Allard’s Lancers lost a semifinal battle, 73-72, at Studio City Harvard-Westlake, the same team that had routed Carlsbad, 83-44, in the season’s first game.

The Lancers led by as much as 13 points at 32-19 in the second quarter and were ahead, 41-33, at halftime.  The Wolverines nudged ahead, 55-52, in the third quarter and were in front, 65-58 in the fourth quarter before Carlsbad clawed back in the waning moments.

Boys’ Division I teams were disappointments, not only in the 0-5 record.  Examples:  No. 13 seed Redondo Beach Redondo Union ousted 4 Montgomery, 84-69.  No. 12 La Verne Damien beat 5  St. Augustine, 69-44.

The boys’ season, Open to Division V, ended After 7 seed University City lost, 68-55, to 3 Mission Hills Bishop Alemany in the D-III semifinals.  San Diego teams were 9-17 overall.

Only games with a San Diego section team are listed. Complete brackets are here.
All games played at higher (low number) seed.

	Round 1 Teams Tuesday, February 27	Round 2 Teams Thursday, February 29	Semifinals Saturday, March 2
Open Division  Wednesday, February 28		5 Downey St. Pius X-St. Matthias (24-7) Southern 72 4 Carlsbad (30-2) 75, overtime	4 Carlsbad (30-3) 72 1 Studio City Harvard-Westlake (31-3) Southern 73
Division I	9 La Jolla Country Day (23-7) 59 8 L.A. Windward (29-4) Southern 74
	10 Torrey Pines (21-8) 47 7 Sherman Oaks Notre Dame (30-3) Southern 89
	11 La Habra (30-4) Southern 79 6 Cathedral (19-11) 68
	12 Pomona Damien (27-5) Southern 69 5 St. Augustine (25-6) 44
	13 Redondo Beach Redondo Union (25-6) Southern 84 4 Montgomery (28-4) 69
Division II	9 Mission Bay (22-11) 57 8 Corona Del Mar (25-8) Southern 55	9 Mission Bay (22-12) 69 1 Northridge Heritage (25-9) L.A. City 74
	13 Ventura St. Bonaventure (24-10) Southern 63 4 La Costa Canyon (20-8) 75	12 Bakersfield Christian (21-11) Southern 75 4 La Costa Canyon (20-9) 68
Division III	9 Santa Barbara (24-9) Southern 81 8 San Marcos (25-7) 85	16 L.A. Price (21-12) Southern 55 8 San Marcos (26-7) 74	8 San Marcos (26-9) 60 3 Rosemead Bosco Tech (26-9) Southern 79
	11 L.A. Southern California Yeshiva (20-12) Southern 52 6 Scripps Ranch (21-12) 60	6 Scripps Ranch (21-13) 62 3 Mission Hills Alemany (22-15) Southern 76
	10 Cerritos (22-11) Southern 65 7 University City (25-8) 68	7 University City (26-8) 52 2 Hesperia (24-10) Southern 51	7 University City (26-9) 55 3 Mission Hills Alemany (23-15) Southern 68
Division IV	9 Costa Mesa Estancia (24-9) Southern 50 8 Monte Vista (23-10) 42
	11 Mission Hills (21-9) 58 6 Corona Centennial (21-13) Southern 77
	13 Rancho Buena Vista (24-9) 83 4 Rosemead Bosco Tech (24-9) Southern 87
	14 Olympian (28-4) 46 3 Mission Hills Bishop Alemany (21-15) Southern 57
Division V	12 Del Lago (21-11) 43 5 L.A. Garfield (25-3) L.A. City 66	7 Sherman Oaks Buckley (21-11) L.A. City 64 2 Mount Miguel (24-9) 53
	15 L.A. New Designs (9-7) L.A. City 39 2 Mount Miguel (24-8) 53