GIRLS PLAYOFFS
FIRST ROUND
DIVISION I
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 26.
Orange Glen (12-17) 50, @5 Morse (14-12) 42.
Holly Tribbey (16 points) and Rebecca Riddle (13) did the damage to favored Morse.
Granite Hills (10-16) 34, @1 Rancho Buena Vista (24-3) 74.
Torrey Pines (20-8) 60, Point Loma (15-10) 41.
2 Rancho Bernardo (22-6) 76, San Pasqual (8-18) 31.
Mt. Carmel (15-12) 77, @Mira Mesa (16-9) 56.
Lika Black scored 28 points and dished 7 assists for the Sundevils.
Southwest (17-9) 45, @3 Poway (19-7) 66.
Bonita Vista (15-11) 44, @4 Vista (21-7) 81.
La Costa Canyon (15-10) 61, @Valhalla (17-13) 58, OT.
QUARTERFINALS
SATURDAY, MARCH 1.
Poway (19-8) 60, @Torrey Pines (22-8) 64.
La Costa Canyon (15-11) 35, @1 Rancho Buena Vista (26-3) 55.
Orange Glen (13-18) 33, @4 Vista (23-7) 65.
Mt. Carmel (15-12), @2 Rancho Bernardo (22-6).
SEMIFINALS
2 Rancho Bernardo (24-6) 61, Torrey Pines (22-9) 44, @West Hills.
Nicholle Bromley’s 20 points and 11 rebounds were augmented by 14 points from Sarah Wilkins and 13 from Robyn Fortney.
4 Vista (23-8) 38, @1 Rancho Buena Vista (27-3) 50.
The Longhorns pulled away with a 10-2 run in the final 5:27 to earn their first trip to the championship game.
CHAMPIONSHIP
Rancho Bernardo (24-7), 54, Rancho Buena Vista (27-3) 47, @UCSD Rimac Arena.
“Unbelievable.” Broncos coach Peggy Brose said it to herself three times as her team defeated the Longhorns after losing to them three times during the season.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL
Harbor City Narbonne, L.A. City (23-5) 59, @Rancho Bernardo (24-8) 51. The visiting Gauchos, trailing, 41-40, after three quarters took the lead and pulled away with a 14-2 run in the fourth quarter.
D-II
1 Santana (24-4), bye.
3 Montgomery (20-4), bye.
2 El Capitan (20-7), bye.
Serra (10-16) 57, @Oceanside (18-8) 63.
Marcella Taylor’s 16 points complemented Kehaulani Galeai’s 21 and gave Taylor the Pirates’ all-time lead with 1,549.
El Cajon Valley (10-15) 46, @El Camino(17-9) 69.
LaToya Bristow scored 25 points and Sherita Williams 18 for the Wildcats.
West Hills (10-14) 39, @Scripps Ranch (16-12) 34.
Sophomore Sandra Goins scored 19 points and had 13 rebounds as the Sultans upset the defending D-II champion.
University City (8-16) 42, @Mount Miguel (21-8) 55.
Monte Vista (10-16) 27, @4 Escondido (20-8) 53.
QUARTERFINALS
El Camino (17-10) 48, @3 Montgomery (21-4) 50.
The Aztecs were outscored in every quarter but the first, when they took a 14-7 lead.
West Hills (10-15) 45, @1 Santana (25-4) 83.
Mount Miguel (21-9) 32, @Escondido (21-8) 55.
Oceanside (18-9) 40, @2 El Capitan (21-7) 57.
SEMIFINALS
Escondido (21-9) 52, @1 Santana (26-4) 56.
“I’m very unhappy,” said winning coach Wade Vickery, whose team committed 38 turnovers and saw the underdog Cougars cut a late-third quarter, 15-point deficit to three with nine seconds remaining.
3 Montgomery (22-4) 49, @2 El Capitan (21-8) 38.
The Vaqueros turned the ball over 20 times in the middle quarters and were outscored, 18-4, in the third as Montgomery advanced to the championship game for the first time in the school’s 27-year history.
CHAMPIONSHIP
@UC-San Diego Rimac Arena.
Santana (27-4) 49, Montgomery (22-5) 48.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL
Moorpark, Southern (26-3) 81, @Santana (27-5) 67.
It was a quiet ending for Sultans coach Wade Vickery, who earlier had announced that this would be his final season.
Montgomery (22-6) 39, @Fresno Edison, Central (25-4) 59.
The Aztecs were out of it after a 4-19 first quarter.
D-III
QUARTERFINALS
1 Eastlake (23-3), bye.
Clairemont (10-9), @4 Kearny (14-12).
Madison (13-11) 38, @3 La Jolla (22-3) 66.
Mission Bay (12-12), @2 University (14-9)
SEMIFINALS
Eastlake (24-3) 75, Kearny (15-13) 42, @Mira Mesa High.
Jackie Montalban scored 22 points and Lorraine Gomez 15 for the defending division champion Titans, who shot to a 42-19 halftime lead following a 24-5 second quarter.
University (16-9) 54, La Jolla (22-4) 53. OT.
Uni trailed by 10 points in the first quarter before taking a 49-47 lead, which La Jolla’s Amber Englund forced to overtime with two late free throws. Kelly Crafton (22) and Megan Bryan (16) led the winning Dons.
CHAMPIONSHIP
Eastlake (25-3) 51, University (16-10) 35, @UC-San Diego Rimac Arena.
“We put so much heart into this game,” said the Titans’ Jackie Montalban, who scored 22 points and declined coach Larry Armbrust’s signal to leave the game with one second left.
“Usually the last game of CIF is what you remember,” said Montalban. “I wanted to be right in the middle of the celebration.”
Montalban’s teammate, 6-foot-2 forward Erin McGrath, came away with 18 rebounds and blocked six shots.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL
Shafter, Central (20-7) 46, @Eastlake (26-3) 69.
Jackie Montalban (30) and Erin McGrath (16) equaled Shafter’s total.
University (16-11) 64, @Torrance Bishop Montgomery, Southern (27-3) 90.
Kelly Crafton scored 21 for the Dons, who couldn’t keep up with the state No. 13-ranked Knights.
RRGIONAL SEMIFINALS
Pasadena Muir (25-8) 69, @Eastlake (27-3) 70.
REGIONAL CHAM[PIONSHIP
D-IV
SEMIFINALS
THURSDAY, FEB. 27.
3 Imperial (17-9) 25, 2 The Bishop’s (14-11) 53, @Francis Parker.
Kristen Grimm’s line for the Knights included 17 points, 13 rebounds, and 4 steals.
SATURDAY, MARCH 1.
1 Coronado (22-3) 61, 4 Holtville (12-12) 29, @Grossmont College.
CHAMPIONSHIP
2 The Bishop’s (15-11) 56, 1 Coronado (22-4) 38, @UC-San Diego Rimac Arena.
Sophomore point guard Angela Ortega scored 23 points, which included six three-point baskets. “It’s the highlight of my career!” shouted Ortega to a question and then added, “It’s the best day of my life!”
Ortega and her teammates, including 5-9 freshman Kristen Grimm, 13 points and 10 rebounds, swarmed the favored Islanders on defense, who had the advantage of size and experience.
SOUTHERN CALIFORIA REGIONAL
The Bishop’s (15-12) 33, @Cerritos Valley Christian, Southern (27-4) 66, @Torrey Pines.
The Lady Knights trailed the state’s 14th-ranked team, 29-24, one minute into the second half and then the roof fell in, beginning with five consecutive turnovers.
Coronado (22-5) 44, @Burbank Bellarmine-Jefferson (30-1) 67. Josee Lalonde had 25points and 18 rebounds but her Islanders teammates couldn’t keep up with the Guards, who listed Hollywood star Angie Dickerson among their alumni.
D-V
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 26.
FIRST ROUND
(19-8), bye.
4 Francis Parker (8-13), bye.
1 Christian (24-0), bye.
3 Julian (23-7), bye.
2 Horizon (19-8), bye.
Borrego Springs (12-13) 28, @Santa Fe Christian (4-18) 38.
Citrus League player of the year Ana Landeros led the losing Rams with 16 points, while Alison Slamon scored 13 and added six steals for Santa Fe.
Calipatria (18-13) 41, @Lutheran (13-5) 39.
Tri-City (10-17) 43, @La Jolla Country Day (11-13) 61.
QUARTERFINALS
Francis Parker (9-13) 48, Calvin Christian 34.
La Jolla Country Day (11-14) 43, @3 Julian (24-7) 61.
Horizon (20-8) 62, Calipatria 26.
The Panthers won their 14th game in a row and 19th in the last 20.
SEMIFINALS
Horizon (21-8) 67, Julian (24-8) 56, @University City High.
Overcoming a bout with the flu, Katrina Vestal scored 26 points for the Panthers. Coach Richard Andujo said, “More than anything, we had fresh legs in the fourth quarter and they didn’t”.
Christian (25-0) 77, Francis Parker (9-14) 49, @Eastlake High.
CHAMPIONSHIP
Horizon (22-8) 49, Christian (26-1) 45, @UC-San Diego Rimac Arena.
In what was described as the upset of the season, the Panthers overcame the undefeated Patriots behind Katie Magnuson’s 19 points and nine rebounds.
“I knew we could pull through because we played them close (losing, 43-39) early in the season,” said Magnuson, a 6-foot, 1-inch junior who scored seven consecutive points after the Patriots, the state’s No. 1-ranked D-V team, had taken a 39-26 lead five minutes into the third quarter.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL PLAYOFFS
Christian (27-1) 59, @L.A. Pilgrim Southern (26-5) 34. Alyssa Frederick led the scoring with 24 points.
Capistrano Valley Christian, Southern (23-7) 48, @Horizon (23-8) 69.
REGIONAL SEMIFINAL
Christian (28-1) 62, @Horizon (23-9) 43.
Unlike the San Diego Section championship game in which Horizon
upset the Patriots, this game was not close. The hosts, riding an 18-game winning streak, were behind, 38-17, at intermission, stunned by a 17-1 Christian run in the second quarter.
Alyssa Frederick, Christian’s 6-foot, 3-inch center was 10 for 10 from the field and 2 for 3 from the free throw line to lead with 22 points.
REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Christian (29-1) 73, San Luis Obispo Mission Prep (21-9) 55, @Anaheim Arrowhead Pond.
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Rincon Valley Christian (29-4)) 53, Christian (29-2) 38, @Anaheim Arrowhead Pond.
Scott Oatsvall’s team, which rode to the game in two limousines could not overcome Rincon’s opening, 11-0 run. The Patriots made a trip to Knotts Berry Farm in nearby Buena Park after the game.
Christian shot 24 per cent on field goal attempts and 30 per cent from the free-throw line and never got closer than seven points, with 2:43 remaining in the second quarter.
