Basketball: February 2012 Archives

Lynwood High's girls basketball team will make its first CIF Southern Section divisional final since 2006 on Friday, playing J.W. North of Riverside in the II-AA final at 3:30 p.m. at Anaheim Arena.
The fifth-seeded Knights improved to 24-4 overall with Tuesday's 62-60 victory over No. 1 Mark Keppel. Lynwood's 2006 finals appearance - a victory over Poly in Division I-AA - was the last of its run of seven consecutive that began in 2000. During that span, the Knights won five I-AA crowns, including four in a row from 2001-2004, as well as two state Division I championships (2002, 2003) and a national title in 2002.
North brings a 29-4 record into the game and is seeded third in the division.

Boys BasketballSaturday
Division 1AA
Poly vs. Mater Dei at Anaheim Arena, 6:30 p.m.

Division 2A
Mayfair vs. Righetti, 2:45 p.m.

Girls BasketballFriday
Division 2AA
Lynwood vs. JW North at Anaheim Arena, 3:30 p.m.

Saturday
Division 5A
Avalon vs. Rolling Hills Prep at Mater Dei HS, 1:30 p.m.

Only Poly, Downey, Lynwood and Avalon are among the area girls basketball teams still alive in the CIF Southern Section playoffs after Wednesday night. Millikan, Wilson, Gahr, St. Joseph and Whitney all saw their seasons come to an end.
Top-seeded Poly (27-2) will visit No. 8 Eitwanda on Saturday for a Division I-AA quarterfinal game. With second-round losses from Wilson (17-11) and Millikan (17-10), Poly is the only Moore League team left playing and is the only local squad remaining in I-AA.
Downey (19-9) made its free throws down the stretch vs. Katella in Division I-A on Wednesday and will host No. 1 Summit in the quarters Saturday.
Lynwood (22-4) reached Saturday's II-AA quarterfinal round, where it will visit Anaheim Canyon.
In Division V-A, Avalon (18-4) has reached the semifinals and will host Desert Christian on Saturday.
Gahr (III-AAA) and Whitney (IV-A) both suffered tough two-point losses to keep them out of the semifinals. Gahr finished the season at 20-9 while Whitney was 24-4. St. Joseph's season ended at 19-10 with its III-A quarterfinal loss to visiting Bishop Amat.

The girls basketball teams from St. Anthony, Norwalk, Gahr, Artesia and Whitney all survived Thursday's first round of the CIF-SS playoffs and will return to action Saturday.
With its road victory in Division IV-AA, St. Anthony (15-11) will host Muir in the second round. Artesia will hit the road for the second round of the III-A playoffs, but it won't have to go very far. The Pioneers (11-16) visit St. Joseph (18-9), which drew a first-round bye.
In Division III-AAA, Norwalk and Gahr will play road games Saturday. The Lancers (20-7) travel to Esperanza while the Gladiators (19-8) visit South Torrance. In Division IV-A, Whitney (23-3) travels to Immaculate Heart.
Cerritos (III-AAA), La Mirada (III-AA), Firebaugh (III-A), Centennial (IV-AA) and St. Matthias (V-AA) all saw their seasons come to an end Thursday.
First-round play in I-AA, I-A, II-AA, II-A and V-A begins Saturday. Poly, Wilson and Warren (all I-AA), Lynwood (II-AA), Mayfair (II-A) and Avalon (V-A) all have home games.

P-T TOP 10
Boys Basketball
1. Poly
2. Mayfair
3. St. John Bosco
4. Compton
5. Downey
6. Jordan
7. Los Alamitos
8. Gahr
9. Dominguez
10. Bellflower

Girls Basketball
1. Poly
2. Lynwood
3. Gahr
4. Warren
5. Wilson
6. Millikan
7. St. Anthony
8. Los Alamitos
9. Downey
10. Mayfair

Mater Dei will host a daylong boys basketball spectacle on Saturday. Some locals,including Poly and Los Alamitos, and lots of great games.

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