CIF-SS playoffs: Basketball, soccer title schedule set

Championship play in the CIF-Southern Section boys’ and girls’ basketball and soccer tournaments is scheduled Feb. 23, with Catholic teams vying for divisional titles in each sport. The schedule:

Girls’ basketball

Division 1: No. 5 Chaminade (21-10) vs. No. 2 M.L. King (29-1), Feb. 23, 1 p.m. at Cal Baptist University in Riverside.

Division 5A: No. 6 Bishop Conaty-Loretto (20-12) vs. No. 1 seed Bloomington Christian (25-2), Feb. 23, 10:30 a.m. at Colony High School in Ontario.

In the Open Division round-robin Open Division tournament Feb. 16, Bishop Montgomery was edged, 61-59, by top seed Sierra Canyon on a late basket, falling short of the championship game. Mater Dei beat Rosary 67-57.

Boys’ basketball

Open Division: No. 8 Bishop Montgomery (24-5) vs. No. 1 Sierra Canyon (27-3), Feb. 23, 7 p.m. at Cal Baptist.

Division 1: No. 7 Santa Margarita (22-10) vs. No. 1 Chino Hills (20-9), Feb. 23, 3 p.m. at Cal Baptist.

Division 4A: No. 1 Providence/Burbank (26-6) vs. No. 2 Ribet Academy (18-3), Feb. 23, 12:15 p.m. at Colony HS.

Division 5AA: No. 1 Santa Clara (26-6) vs. No. 3 Sage Hill (22-10), Feb. 23, noon at Godinez HS, Santa Ana.

Girls’ soccer

Division 1: No. 1 J.Serra (19-0-3) vs. No. 2 Los Alamitos (25-0-5), Feb. 23, 6:30 p.m. at Warren HS, Downey.

Division 3:  No. 10 Flintridge Sacred Heart (11-4-3) vs. No. 1 Oak Hills (21-2-2), Feb. 23, 5 p.m. at St. Francis HS, La Canada.

Division 4: No. 5 La Salle (17-5) vs. No. 2 St. Margaret’s Episcopal (20-1-4), Feb. 23, 5 p.m. at La Salle HS, Pasadena.

Boys’ soccer

Division 1: No. 2 Cathedral (21-2-2) vs. No. 5 San Clemente (21-2-4), Feb. 23, 4 p.m. at Warren HS.

Mike Nelson is the former editor of The Tidings (predecessor of Angelus News).

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