CIF-SoutheSection playoff and post-season action in spring sports begins next week forrnlocal high schools, and continues into early June.
Boys’rnvolleyball starts the parade of activity this weekend with wild card playoffrngames, followed by boys’ golf and tennis, as well as boys’ and girls’ swimmingrnand diving, early next week. Track and field divisional meets (boys’ andrngirls’) take place at the end of next week, and baseball and softball commencernplayoff action May 15.
Followingrnis a sport-by-sport schedule of post-season activity, as provided by thernCalifornia Interscholastic Federation:
Boys’ Volleyball
May 5: CIF-SSrnTournament begins with wild card matches.
May 8-18: CIF-SSrnTournament continues with first round matches, followed by second round May 10,rnquarterfinals May 16, and championship matches May 19 at Cerritos College,rnCerritos.
May 22, 24 and 26: SoutheCalifornia Regional Tournament.
Boys’ Golf
May 7: CIF-SSrnIndividual Regionals at Victoria CC, Riverside (Central); Soule Park GC, Ojairn(Northern); and Skylinks GC, Long Beach (Southern). The top 20 players fromrneach regional event will advance to the CIF-SS Individual Finals.
May 14 & 15: CIF-SS DivisionrnTeam Championships. The top two teams from each of the seven divisionrnchampionship events will advance to the CIF-SS SCGA Team Qualifier. May 14: Central at Lakewood CC,rnLakewood; Central Coast at River Ridge CC, Oxnard; Eastern at Los Serranos CC,rnChino Hills; Southern at Mile Square GC, Fountain Valley; Western at MountainrnMeadows GC, Pomona. May 15: Northeat Santa Anita GC, Arcadia; South Coast at Talega GC, San Clemente,
May 17: CIF-SS SCGA TeamrnQualifier and CIF-SS Individual Finals at Rancho San Marcos, Santa Barbara. Therntop four of the 14 competing teams will advance to the CIF/SCGA Southern StaternRegional Championship, as will the top 28 individual players who are not partrnof a team already advancing.
May 24: CIF/SCGArnSouthern State Regional Championship at Brookside GC, Pasadena.
May 30: StaternChampionship at San Gabriel CC, San Gabriel.
Swimming and Diving
May 7-12: CIF-SSrnChampionships at Riverside City College Aquatics Complex, Riverside, in allrnfour divisions (Diving May 7-8, Swimming May 9-12).
May 18 & 19: StaternChampionships at Clovis West HS, Clovis.
Boys’ Tennis
May 8: CIF-SS TeamrnTennis Tournament begins with wild card play, followed by first round May 9,rnsecond round May 10, quarterfinals May 14, semifinals May 16, and finals May 18rnat Claremont Club, Claremont.
May 25 & 26: CIF SoutheCalifornia Regional Team Tournament at Claremont Club, with quarterfinals andrnsemifinals May 25, and finals May 26.
Track and Field
May 12: CIF-SSrnPreliminaries in 4 divisions: Division 1 at Trabuco Hills HS; Division 2 atrnMoorpark HS; Division 3 at Estancia HS; Division 4 at Carpinteria HS.
May 19: CIF-SS Finalsrn(all divisions) at El Camino College, Torrance.
May 26: CIF-SS MastersrnMeet and State Qualifying at El Camino College.
June 1 & 2: StaternChampionships at Buchanan HS, Clovis.
Softball
May 15: CIF-SSrnTournament (7 divisions) begins with wild card games.
May 17: CIF-SSrnTournament continues with first round games, followed by second round games Mayrn22, quarterfinal games May 24, semifinal games May 29, and finals June 1 and 2rnat Deanna Manning Stadium, Irvine.
Baseball
May 15 & 16: CIF-SSrnTournament (7 divisions) begins with wild card games.
May 17 & 18: CIF-SSrnTournament continues with first round games, followed by second round games Mayrn22, quarterfinal games May 25, semifinal games May 29, and finals June 1 and 2.
