Wilson and Dominguez are playing in the IAA semifinals (but not one another) Tuesday night.
And the Valley Christian Crusaders will be playing at The Colony High in Ontario next Friday night in the title game of the CIF Southern Section's IVA title game against Twentynine Palms.
Who could have imagined that the Wilson Bruins, and not No. 3 seed Simi Valley or six-seeded Mayfair, would be hooking up against Mater Dei, just a win away from playing in the Honda Center on March 1 with a section title on the line?
Ted Hollister's team is one of the real cool "stories" of the season.
And, while one Compton team (Dominguez, which mounted a couple of rallies to pull away from visiting JSerra, 75-68), is also a victory away from a trip to Anaheim, another tipped it off for the final time Friday.
When will the Moore League have another player as spectacular as Demar DeRozan? It will be a while.
And it's too bad he couldn't have played at least once in a championship (aka, The Honda Center) setting before ending his Compton career.
But Santa Margarita, even with its best player (Klay Thompson, who Lakers' broadcaster Mychal Thompson was in the stands at Compton High Friday night), the Eagles appeared to be more complete team than were this collection of Tarbabes.
The final score was 62-55 but the visitors from south Orange County dominated from the start of the second quarter on.
The Dominguez Dons are going to have to play a lot better than they have in the playoffs, or than the last time they played the Eagles (winning, 59-55, in the Nike Extravaganza at Mater Dei), if they're going to make it 2-0 against the Trinity League runner-up.
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