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The Daily News All-Area teams for girls' water polo, wrestling, boys' soccer and girls' soccer will run Wednesday, April 18 and Thursday, April 19, and the week will be capped off with the boys' basketball and girls' basketball teams both running in the Sunday, April 22 edition.

DIV. I, Tuesday

Crescenta Valley at No. 4 Buchanan

DIV. II, Tuesday

Mt. Whitney at No. 4 Sun Valley

DIV. III, Monday

Fulton Prep at No. 1 Cate
Paraclete at No. 3 Pacific Ridge

SOUTHERN SECTION DIV. IV

No. 1 El Rancho vs. No. 3 Crescenta Valley, 5 p.m. Friday at Warren

CITY SECTION SMALL SCHOOL

No. 2 Sun Valley vs. No. 5 East Valley, 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Contreras Learning Complex

CITY SECTION CHAMPIONSHIP

No. 3 San Fernando vs. No. 5 Fremont, 5:30 p.m. Saturday at Contreras Learning Complex

DIV. III

Palmdale at Channel Islands

DIV. IV

No. 3 Crescenta Valley at Oak Hills

DIV. VII

No. 1 Cate vs. Paraclete at Lancaster National Soccer Complex

CHAMPIONSHIP SEMIFINALS

No. 5 Fremont at No. 1 Bell
No. 7 Narbonne at No. 3 San Fernando

SMALL SCHOOL SEMIFINALS

No. 5 East Valley at No. 1 Annenberg (No. 8 Foshay forced to forfeit win over Annenberg)
No. 3 Fulton Prep at No. 2 Sun Valley

DIV. III
No. 3 Knight at Santa Ana Valley
Palmdale at No. 1 Warren

DIV. IV
No. 3 Crescenta Valley at Salesian

DIV. VII
Academy for Academic Excellence at Paraclete

DIV. I
Marina at Thousand Oaks
Ventura at St. Francis
Loyola at Royal
DIV. III
Nipomo at Palmdale
Santa Ynez at No. 3 Knight
No. 2 Paramount at West Ranch
DIV. IV
Santa Monica at Burroughs
Diamond Bar at No. 3 Crescenta Valley
DIV. V
Mountain View at La Canada
DIV. VI
Buckley/Tahquitz winner vs. Desert Hot Springs
DIV. VII
Paraclete at Concordia South
Santa Clarita Christian at Academy of Academic Excellence
Lennox at Kilpatrick

CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET SECOND ROUND
No. 16 Canoga Park at No. 1 Bell
No. 9 Taft at No. 8 Palisades
No. 21 Sylmar at No. 5 Fremont
No. 29 Belmont at No. 13 Van Nuys
No. 19 Huntington Park at No. 3 San Fernando
No. 11 Jefferson at No. 6 Birmingham
No. 15 Banning at No. 2 El Camino Real

SMALL SCHOOL FIRST ROUND
No. 12 Animo Venice at No. 5 East Valley
No. 14 Central City Value at No. 3 Fulton Prep
No. 10 SOCES at No. 7 LACES
No. 15 Vaughn at No. 2 Sun Valley

Playing in its first match since goalkeeper Francisco Rodriguez was killed Wednesday outside his Winnetka home, the visiting El Camino Real boys' soccer team received goals from Lucas Ladek and Josh Cohen and leads West Valley League rival Cleveland 2-0 at halftime Friday.

There was a 26-second moment of silence before the match to honor Rodriguez, whose No. 26 jersey lay next to the El Camino Real bench.

El Camino Real also started the match with 10 field players and no goalkeeper as a tribute to the 17-year-old Rodriguez.

After leading the La Canada boys' soccer team to a 24-1-2 record, a Rio Hondo League title and an appearance in the Southern Section Div. V quarterfinals last season, Barry Ritson has resigned as Spartans head coach to pursue other professional opportunities.

Ritson, also the director of coaching for Los Angeles Premier Futbol Club, guided La Canada to a 47-4-3 record in two seasons after coaching the Mayfield girls' soccer team from 2005-09.

No candidates to replace Ritson have been named. With the season scheduled to begin in less than five weeks, La Canada will be expeditious in its search to find a successor for Ritson, who replaced Jordan Jones following the 2008-09 season.