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All-star basketball games are certainly fun, but in a different way than regular season games.

If you're looking for polished team offense and defense, look elsewhere.

If you're looking for fast-paced action with slam dunks (for the boys) and a great collection of individual talent, then this is for you. And that's what you got to see on Friday night at Cajon High School in the Inland Empire All-Star Basketball Games.

All-Mountain Valley League basketball teams

BOYS BASKETBALL
Coach of the Year Citrus Valley - Yon Okorodudu
MVP Citrus Valley - Justin Snavely 11 F
First Team Grade Position
1st Team - CV LJ Harris 10 G
1st Team - CV Alec Carda 12 F
1st Team - CV Stephen Harper 12 G

All-Citrus Belt League Basketball Teams
BOYS BASKETBALL
1st Team
Marvelle Harris Eisenhower (Player of the Year)
Antonyeo George Eisenhower
Toriano Harris Eisenhower
Terence Sims Eisenhower

It's the dreaded 4-5 matchup, the one that messes up many a NCAA men's basketball pool and both Summit and Etiwanda hope to pull the minor upset on Saturday.
Both the Summit girls and Etiwanda boys are seeded fifth in the Division I South Regional, and are playing at the No. 4 seeded team in the second round on Saturday. Summit is at Corona Santiago, while Etiwanda is at Los Angeles Loyola.

Here are Tuesday's CIF-SS playoff scores for San Bernardino County teams. We were still missing a couple of scores as of Tuesday night.

BOYS SOCCER
Second Round
DIVISION 3
Fontana 3, Newport Beach Corona del Mar 1
DIVISION 4
Oak Hills 1, North Torrance 1 (Oak Hills advances on PKs, 4-2)
DIVISION 5
Cajon 4, Monrovia 0
Granite Hills 1, San Luis Obispo 0
Colton 1, South Pasadena 0
Santa Maria Pioneer Valley 1, Silverado 0
DIVISION 6
Crossroads 4, Ontario Christian 3 (OT)
Los Angeles Brentwood at Jurupa Hills
DIVISION 7
AAE 2, Santa Clarita Christian 1

BOYS BASKETBALL
DIVISION 1AA
Second RoundSanta Ana Foothill 74, Rancho Cucamonga 59
Upland 80, Palmdale Quartz Hill 55
Etiwanda 60, Cerritos Gahr 52
Santa Monica 68, Silverado 55
Eisenhower 51, Moreno Valley Rancho Verde 50
DIVISION 1A
Second Round
Vista Murrieta 69, Chino Hills 68
DIVISION 2AA
Second Round
Riverside Poly 44, Ayala 42
Cajon 51, Cypress 48 (OT)
Fullerton Sunny Hills 71, Summit 69
DIVISION 2A
Second Round
North Torrance 77, Don Lugo 75
Colony 96, Culver City 82
DIVISION 4A
Quarterfinals
Ontario Christian 55, Los Angeles Brentwood 54
DIVISION 5AA
Quarterfinals
Playa Del Rey St. Bernard 78, Aquinas 61
DIVISION 6
Quarterfinals
L.A. Adventist vs. Joshua Springs
Hesperia Christian 79, Santa Maria Valley Christian 57

It was a racuous, hot and overflow crowd on Thursday night as Ontario Christian pulled out a 65-58 victory over host Aquinas to take home the Ambassador League boys basketball title.
Aquinas, which earlier endured a 6 minute,15 second scoreless stretch late in the 3rd and early in the fourth quarter, went cold again in overtime as the Falcons were held scoreless for the first 3:15 of overtime while Ontario Christian was scoring the first nine points.
Ontario Christian won despite a poor night from the foul line, as the Knights made just 19 of 32 free throws.
it wasn't quite as thrilling a finish as my other overtime game this week, when Cajon beat Arroyo Valley by 1 on a Michael Henley buzzer-beater in overtime. It could have been, as Ontario Christian's Kevin Ross missfired on a long attempt in the final seconds of regulation.
Demetrius Overstreet scored 20 points, Joseph Rushing had 15 and Carlos Padilla had 13 for Aquinas. Brandon Zuidema scored18 points, Cameron Levise scored 16 and Daylan Lawrence and Ross had 13 points apiece for the Knights.

That had to be the most tightly contested game I've seen all year on Tuesday night, when Cajon downed Arroyo Valley 62-61 in overtime, to clinch the San Andreas League boys basketball crown.
It probably wasn't the best-played game, but it was definitely the most fun to watch.
Great crowd at Arroyo Valley on senior night.
It was a tight game that featured 8 lead changes and 6 ties.
The last tie came after Arroyo Valey's Bobby Bonner sank a 3-pointer with 5.7 seconds left in regulation to tie the score 55-55.
Arroyo Valley scoring machine Stephen Marshall (no relation to me, as far as I know) made eight 3-pointers, including two in overtime and scored 31 points. His last 3-pointer with 1:52 to play in overtime gave Arroyo Valley at 61-59 lead.
Alonzo McCain missed a chance to tie the game when he made only one of two free throws with 1:05 to play in overtime. But Michael Henley made the off-balance jumper as time expired in overtime to lift the Cowboys to victory.

I was at the Southern California Shootout at Azusa Pacific, with some very intriguing games involving county boys basketball teams.

First, I arrived for the end of the Chino Hills-Upland game, which went into overtime tied 50-50. Myles Pearson went 6-for-6 from the line in the final minute of overtime, snapping a 53-53 tie en route to a 59-53 Upland win.

Next, it was Bloomington Christian and coach Danny Fuller facing his former JV high school coach Mike LeDuc of Glendora. Bloomington Christian, from 5AA, represented itself well, but ultimately came up short, losing 57-46 to the 2A Tartans.

Then it was a wild-and-woolly game between Colony and Santa Maria Righetti. Colony's offense was way off in the first half and the Titans trailed 33-22 at halftime. They picked it up in the second half, and got to within 69-66 in the final minute before Righetti held on for a 77-71 victory. So there were 55 points scored combined in the first half and 93 combined in the second half.

Next was the marquee game of the event, Etiwanda and Damien. Two years ago the same teams played in the same event at APU, and Etiwanda won it on a shot at the buzzer.

This time, Damien led for most of the first half and was ahead 25-23 at halftime. Etiwanda's defense went from very good to stifling in the second half. Damien went more than six minutes from late in the second quarter to the third quarter without scoring a point and Etiwanda began the second half with a 14-0 run. The Eagles never really looked back (Damien never got closer than 9 points) and sophomore Jordan McLaughlin scored 15 of his 27 points in the second half of a 64-45 Etiwanda victory.

Some of the county's best basketball teams are playing in one-day events the next two weekends: Jan. 28 at the SoCal Shootout at Azusa Pacific University and Feb. 3-4 in the Nike Extravaganza at Mater Dei.

I don't have the SoCal Shootout Schedule yet, but here is the one for Mater Dei:

Friday Feb. 3
3:00pm Fairmont Prep (Boys) vs Laguna Blanca (Boys)
4:30pm Rialto (Girls) vs Rosary (Girls)
6:00pm Orange Lutheran (Girls) vs Oaks Christian (Girls)
7:30pm Mater Dei (Boys) vs St. John Bosco (Boys)
9:00pm Mater Dei (Girls) vs Winward (Girls)

Saturday, Feb. 4
Boys Morning Session
9:00am Upland vs Los Alamitos
10:20am Colony vs JSerra
11:40am Ocean View vs Mission Viejo

Boys Evening Session
1:30pm Fairfax vs Eisenhower
3:00pm Westchester vs Capistrano Valley
4:30pm Taft vs Loyola
6:00pm Long Beach Poly vs Orange Lutheran
7:30pm Mater Dei vs La Verne Lutheran
9:00pm Bishop Gorman vs Whitney Young (IL)

Here are my rankings for this week, as published on Thursday.
Boys Basketball
1. Etiwanda
2. Chino Hills
3. Eisenhower
4. Summit
5. Silverado
Girls Basketball
1. Etiwanda
2. Summit
3. Rialto
4. Cajon
5. Eisenhower
Boys Soccer
1. Fontana
2. Redlands East Valley
3. Oak Hills
4. Granite Hills
5. Cajon
Girls Soccer
1. Los Osos
2. Granite Hills
3. Serrano
4. Ayala
5. Ontario Christian
Girls Water Polo
1. Los Osos
2. Upland
3. Ayala
4. Redlands East Valley
5. Citrus Valley

Los Osos High hosts an annual MLK boys basketball showcase event and here is this year's schedule for the games on Monday:

9:30 a.m. Twentynine Palms vs. Walnut
11 a.m. Miller vs. Irvine Northwood
12:30 p.m. Los Osos vs. Pomona
2 p.m. Chino vs. La Puente Bishop Amat
3:30 p.m. Los Angeles Pacific Hills vs. Chino Hills
5 p.m. Claremont vs. Glendora
6:30 p.m. Ventura vs. Damien
8 p.m. Ayala vs. Eisenhower

OK, here they are, for better or for worse.
I compiled the first Top 5 rankings for the county in the winter sports. They are running in Thursday's paper. Due to coaches not submitting results, some of the rankings are based on CIF polls as much as anything. Rialto girls basketball, unranked despite being 14-1, is the biggest slight I've found in the CIF polls. Are there others?
Boys basketball
1. Etiwanda
2. Chino Hills
3. Eisenhower
4. Summit
5. Silverado

Girls basketball
1. Etiwanda
2. Summit (beat Corona Centennial)
3. Rialto (lost to Corona Centennial)
4. Cajon
5. Eisenhower

Boys soccer
1. Fontana (beat Redlands East Valley)
2. Redlands East Valley (beat Oak Hills on penalty kicks in the San Gorgonio Tournament)
3. Oak Hills
4. Cajon
5. Colton

Girls soccer
1. Los Osos
2. Granite Hills
3. Serrano
4. Ayala
5. Ontario Christian

Girls water polo
1. Los Osos
2. Upland
3. Ayala
4. Redlands East Valley
5. Cajon

Dual-meet wrestling
(which is not in Thursday's paper)
1. Oak Hills
2. Sultana
3. Alta Loma
4. Bloomington
5. San Gorgonio

Newly-appointed Summit athletic director Steve Hickey has decided that he will not resume his duties as boys basketball coach, as the school has opened up the position within the Fontana Unified School District.

The 41-year old Hickey, the all-Sun boys basketball Coach of the Year, was named Summit's athletic director June 29 replacing Ed Kearby, who was promoted to assistant principal at the school. After nearly a month on the job, Hickey wasn't comfortable with the task of balancing his old position with his new job.

"You have to be 100 percent sure, and I wasn't," Hickey said. "I didn't want it to be a situation where I didn't take care of my duties with the other sports on campus because I was focusing on the basketball team. I didn't want to be put in that position, so I will not participate in the day-to-day duties (of the boys basketball team)."

Summit boys basketball coach Steve Hickey was officially named the school's athletic director Wednesday night, getting approval from the Fontana Unified School District's school board to replace Ed Kearby. Kearby was promoted to assistant principal at the high school.

"It hasn't really sunk in," Hickey said. "I have some big shoes to fill, because Ed did a great job of getting this thing going and building a lot of success in the five years since this school was opened."

The 41-year-old Hickey was an integral piece of Summit's overall athletic success, as he led the SkyHawks to the CIF-State Division II championship game this year en route to All-Sun Coach of the Year honors. But the new position might prevent Hickey from a return trip, as the veteran coach isn't sure whether he'll be able to coach with his new responsibilites.

"I don't want to shortchange other sports because I'm focusing on my sport," Hickey said. "That wouldn't be fair and I don't want other coaches to perceive that I'm showing favoritism to my sport. I'd like to coach, but I have to do what's best for the athletic department first.

"I'll have a decision by the end of August. Once school starts, I'll see how everything works out and go from there."

Summit basketball coach Steve Hickey, the All-Sun boys basketball coach of the year this past season, will be promoted to athletic director Wednesday at the Fontana Unified School District board meeting according to the FUSD agenda. Hickey would replace Ed Kearby, who will be the assistant principal at Summit.

Hickey led the SkyHawk boys basketball team to the CIF-State Division II championship game at Arco Arena in Sacramento this past March, where it fell to San Jose Archbishop Mitty. How the promotion will affect his status as Summit's coach is unclear at this time.

A little outside of my normal reach, but I just got an email from IEBP club basketball coach Keith Howard saying that former Damien guard Chris Adams has committed to the University of San Francisco. Adams, a 2010 graduate of Damien, has played for the last year at Mack Academy in Charlotte, N.C. Local fans might remember him from the 2010 CIF-SS Division 2-A semifinal against Eisenhower, as he valiantly scored 34 points in an 82-74 loss to the eventual CIF champion Eagles.

Five county-based basketball players made ESPNRise's All-State Underclass Junior teams recently. Three county girls -- Summit center Jillian Alleyne, Cajon guard Sophia Bhasin and Rialto center Denae Williams were among 20 recognized by the website for their achievements this past season. Bhasin and Wiliams were first-team all-Sun selections this past season while Alleyne was a second-team pick.

Two boys with county selections were among 15 juniors selected for the boys underclass team. Chino Hills native Grant Jerrett, who attends two-time defending state champion La Verne Lutheran, and Chino native Chris Reyes, who is at Damien, were both selected. Jerrett has verbally committed to the University of Arizona.

The complete teams:

Girls
Jordan Adams (Mater Dei, Santa Ana) 6-1 PG
Jillian Alleyne (Summit, Fontana) 6-2 F/C
Aly Beebe (St. Joseph, Santa Maria) 6-5 C
Sophie Bhasin (Cajon, San Bernardino) 5-7 G
Kelsey Brockway (Palos Verdes, PV Estates) 6-1 C/F
Ashlie Bruner (Palisades, Pacific Palisades) 5-6 G
Elisha Davis (Berkeley) 5-8 G
Tia Dixon (San Diego) 5-7 G
Nyre' Harris (Lincoln, Stockton) 5-8 G
Lauren Holiday (Campbell Hall, North Hollywood) 5-9 G
Maya Hood (La Jolla Country Day, La Jolla) 5-10 F
Hannah Huffman (Carondelet, Concord) 5-10 G
Michelle Miller (Poly, Pasadena) 5-6 G
Terilyn Moe (Terra Nova, Pacifica) 5-9 G
Jeanier Olukemi (Brea Olinda, Brea) 6-0 F
Christine Salvatore (Canyon, Anaheim) 5-10 G
Imani Stafford (Windward, Los Angeles) 6-7 C
Annie Tarakchian (Chaminade, West Hills) 6-0 C
Keitra Wallace (Brea Olinda, Brea) 5-11 F
Denae Williams (Rialto) 6-1 F

Boys
Brandon Ashley (Bishop O'Dowd, Oakland) 6-9 C
Zena Esomwan (Harvard-Westlake, N. Hollywood) 6-8 F
Julian Harrell (Loyola, Los Angeles) 6-5 F
Grant Jerrett (Lutheran, La Verne) 6-8 C
Donovan Johnson (Palisades, Pacific Palisades) 6-0 G
Tajai Johnson (Vallejo) 6-2 G
Xavier Johnson (Mater Dei, Santa Ana) 6-6 F
Joe Rahon (Torrey Pines, San Diego) 6-1 G
Katin Reinhardt (Mater Dei, Santa Ana) 6-3 G
Chris Reyes (Damien, La Verne) 6-7 F
Matt Shrigley (La Costa Canyon, Carlsbad) 6-4 G
E.J. Twyman (Elsinore, Lake Elsinore) 6-1 G
Grant Verhoeven (Central Valley Christian, Visalia) 6-8 C
Tyrone Wallace (Bakersfield) 6-3 F
Gabe York (Lutheran, Orange) 6-3 G

Alta Loma High School has hired Colony assistant coach David Furman as its next basketball coach according to an e-mail sent last night by ALHS prinicipal James Cronin. Furman takes over for Thomas Nixon, who was 2-22 - including 0-10 in the Baseline League - in his only season as the head man of the Braves.

The rosters for the 31st Annual boys San Bernardino vs. Riverside Senior All-Star Showcase on April 22 at 8 p.m. at Cajon high School were released moments ago. Here they are

San Bernardino

Julian Nichols, Upland
Marquis Kirkwood, Oak Hills
Terrell Todd, REV
Zeke DeBlase, Victor Valley
Samuel Holmes, Chino
Steven Reneau, Carter
Albert Hecox, Chino Hills
Montigo Alford, Summit
Raymond Brooks, Ontario
Brandaon Agapay, Chaffey
Choncey White, San Bernardino
James Millias, Rim
Royal Mathews, Rancho Cucamonga
Paulin Mpawe, REV
Jeremiah Tardy, San Bernardino
Khoury White, Miller
Dashun Hardrick, Arroyo Valley
Dorian Cason, Summit
Bernard Ireland, Eisenhower

Coach: Darrin Graham, San Bernardino

Riverside

Andy Farra, Temecula Valley
Gelaun Wheelwright, Centennial
Dominique Dunning, Centennial
Bryan Saffel, Patriot
Darren Skinner, JW North
Charles Carlisle, West Valley
Spencer Poston, Rancho Verde
Mason Biddel, Arlington
Michael Caffey, Centennial
Robert James, Desert Hot Springs
Josh Richardson, Temecula Valley
Andre Wilson, Valley View
Danny Hopkins, Arlington
Peter Parks, Jurupa Valley
Mark Ringnell, Perris
Leon Wells, Ramona
Anthony Collins, San Jacinto
Taj Spencer Canyon Springs

Coach: Josh Giles, Centennial

Division 1AA
Player of the Year - Ryan Anderson, Long Beach Poly
Coach of the Year - Sharrief Metoyer, Long Beach Poly

Byron Wesley, Etiwanda
Jordan Daniels, Etiwanda
Michael Caffey, Corona Centennial
Dominique Dunning, Corona Centennial
Gelaun Wheelwright, Corona Centennial
Xavier Johnson, Mater Dei
Katin Reinhardt, Mater Dei
John Gilliam, Upland
Lonnie Jackson, Valencia
Alexis Moore, Long Beach Poly

Division 1A
Player of the Year - Joe Stein, Loyola (12); Julian Harrell, Loyola (11)
Coach of the Year - Jamal Adams, Loyola

Parker Cartwright, Fr., Loyola
Taylor Hamasaki, Sr., Capistrano Valley
Bryan Fisher, Jr., Aliso Niguel
Paulin Mpawe, Sr., Redlands East Valley
Christian Misi, Jr., Crescenta Valley
Dusty Baker, Sr., Tesoro
Garrett Neilan, Jr., Downey
Bryan Gholar, Sr., Walnut
Devyn Sampson, Jr., Montclair

Division 2AA
Player of the Year - Chris Anderson, Canyon/Anaheim (12); Dylan Houck, Ventura (12)
Coach of the Year - Dan Larson, Venture

Dorian Cason, Sr., Summit
Jonathan Davis, Sr., Simi Valley
Zeke Deblase, Sr., Victor Valley
Dylan Garrity, Sr., Edison
Allan Guei, Sr., Compton
Shaquille Hunter, Sr., Villa Park
Billy Kelly, Sr., Ocean View
Isaac Neilson, Sr., Mission Viejo
Kevin Ramirez, Sr., Katella

Division 6A
Player of the Year - Daniel Soto, Padre Pio (12)
Coach of the Year - Chuck Selway, Padre Pio

Mikeal Anderson, Sr., Redlands Adventist
Tino Mkorombindo, So., Redlands Adventist
Jack Karapetian, Jr., Arshag Dickranian
James Brooks, Jr., Trinity Classical Academy
Daniel LaMoureaux, Sr., Boron
Evan Kidd, Sr., Midland
Shands McCoy, Jr., Westmark
Danny Taylor, Sr., Lee Vining
Vincent Smith, Jr., Padre Pio
Josh Pimentel, So., Calvary Baptist

Summit trailed by 10 points after a quarter, nine at halftime, and was still down eight after three quarters, but outscored top-seeded San Diego LIncoln 26-13 in the fourth quarter for a 72-67 victory in the Division II Regional Final at the Galen Center.
It was a 14-1 run to start the fourth that gave Summit a five point lead. Lincoln, the defending state champion, never got closer than two points the rest of the way.
Montigo Alford outscored Lincoln 9-1 by himself at one point during that run.
It is the first trip to the state finals for Summit, which will play on Friday at 8 p.m. in Sacramento.

Lincoln started off fast against Summit in the Division II boys basketball regional final, taking a 22-12 lead after a quarter.
But the SkyHawks got their legs in the second, and trimmed the lead ever so slightly, trailing 37-28 at halftime. Darrick Arnold leads Summit with six points, while Doran Cason has seven rebounds.
Lincoln's UCLA-bound guard Norman Powell has a game-high 10 points at the half.

Just got this e-mail highlighting the all-SAL team. Leading the way was San Bernardino senior guard Choncey White, who won Most Valuable Player honors after averaging 16.9 points and 2.6 assists per game in leading the Cardinals to their first league title since 1993.

The entire team:

Most Valuable Player: Choncey White, SR, San Bernardino

First Team
Steven Reneau, SR, Carter
Devin Jones, JR, Cajon
Stephen Marshall, JR, Arroyo Valley
Richie Ragoo, JR, Colton
Jeremiah Tardy, SR, San Bernardino

Second Team-
Kevin Batiste, JR, Rialto
Bill Belvins, JR, Cajon
Kalen Fair, SO, Pacific
Dashun Hardrick, SR, Arroyo Valley
Khleem Perkins, SO, San Bernardino

Honorable Mention-
Channing Runkle, SR, Arroyo Valley
Lorelle Martin, SR, Cajon
Marcus Marshall, SR, Carter
Richard Medina, SO, Colton
Bobby Jackson, SR, Pacific
Devon Blackwell, SR, Rialto
Deantonio Harris, SR, San Bernardino
Kevin Poku, SR, San Gorgonio

Cajon girls basketball coach Mark Lehman and boys basketball coach Randy Murray are once again spearheading the annual Boys and Girls Senior All-Star Basketball Game between All-Star teams from San Bernardino and Riverside counties. The 31st Annual edition of these games will be played April 22 at 6 p.m. (girls) and 8 p.m. (boys) at Cajon High School and both coaches are looking for nominations for the game, which will feature a 3-point shooting contest at halftime of the girls game and a slam-dunk contest at halftime of the boys game.

Nominating coaches and athletic directors should send Lehman (girls) and Murray (boys) the following information in their nominaton -- player's name, jersey number, high school, position, email address, cell and/or home phone number, height, statistics and why they should be representing their county. This information should be e-mailed to Lehman for the girls at mark.lehman@sbcusd.com or Murray for the boys at randy.murray@sbcusd.com.

The brackets for the next step of California's February/March Madness were released today by the CIF-State offices. Leading the way is Division 2AA girls champion Rialto, who got the top seed in the Southern California part of the Division II girls bracket and a first-round bye, pushing its first game of the state playoffs back to Thursday.

Here are the Southern California regions that involve county teams. All first-round games will be played Tuesday at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

GIRLS
Division I
Fairfax at No. 1 Mater Dei, 6 p.m.
Santa Monica at Carson
San Diego at Troy
Narbonne at No. 4 Edison
Washington Prep at No. 3 Canyon Springs
Woodbridge at Hanford
Rancho Cucamonga at La Costa Canyon, 6 p.m.
Clovis East at Brea Olinda

Division II
No. 1 Rialto, bye
Canyon Country Canyon at Monache
Mt. Carmel at Inglewood, 6 p.m.
Yosemite at No. 4 Harvard-Westlake, 6 p.m.
Southeast at No. 3 Anaheim Canyon
Indio at Westview
Mark Keppel at Palisades Charter
No. 2 Buena, bye

Division V
No. 1 View Park Prep, bye
Chadwick at Rolling Hills Prep
Rio Hondo Prep at Horizon, 6 p.m.
Tri-City Christian at No. 4 St. Bernard
Redlands Adventist at No. 3 Central Valley Christian
Vincent Memorial at Pasadena Poly
Christian Life at Mesa Grande Academy
Kings Christian at No. 2 Santa Clara

BOYS
Division I
Palisades Charter at No. 1 Long Beach Poly
Etiwanda at Bullard
Torrey Pines at Loyola
Aliso Niguel at No. 4 Mater Dei, 7:30 p.m.
Clovis West at No. 3 Taft
Washington Prep at La Costa Canyon, 7:30 p.m.
Capistrano Valley at Westchester
Redlands East Valley at No. 2 Corona Centennial

Division II
No. 1 Lincoln, bye
Compton at Clovis North
Tulare at Mayfair
University at No. 4 Gahr
Foothill at No. 3 Mission Viejo
Hoover at Peninsula
Summit at Narbonne, 7:30 p.m.
No. 2 Ventura, bye

Division V
No. 1 Sierra Canyon, bye
Bishop Diego at Fresno Christian
Foothills Christian vs. View Park Prep at RFK HS
Calvin Christian at No. 4 Valley Torah
The Rock Academy at No. 3 Montclair Prep
Arshag Dickranian at Horizon, 7:30 p.m.
St. Bernard at Redlands Adventist
Tranquility at No. 2 Flintridge Prep

Redlands East Valley boys basketball coach Bill Berich will be honored at halftime of tomorrow's CIF-SS Division 1A boys championship game between Los Angeles Loyola and Capistrano Valley. Berich will be honored by the Southern California Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association for his longevity in coaching.

Berich had one of his best years of a stellar career at REV this past season, leading the Wildcats to a 25-6 record and a berth in the D1A semifinals, where they fell to top-seeded Loyola.

48 hours ago, there were zero Seventh-Day Adventist schools with CIF-Southern Section titles. Now there are two, as the Redlands Adventist Academy boys team joined Mesa Grande Academy's girls team with a 61-42 victory over Los Angeles Arshag Dickranian this afternoon at Mater Dei High School.

RAA (21-7) overwhelmed Dickranian with a 15-2 run to start the fourth quarter, outscoring Arshag 21-6 in the final eight minutes. Mikael Anderson had 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Bulldogs, including a thunderous dunk right before the end of the first half that put RAA up four points. Tino Mkorombindo had 15 points and 12 rebounds for RAA while Kamaal Thomas added 10 points.

Jack Kerepetyan had 20 points and 15 rebounds for Arshag, but all of his points came in the first half, as RAA's pesky 5-foot-10 duo of seniors Stephen Lawson and Chido Mutodo frustrated the 6-6 Kerepetyan in the second half.

The neutral sites for Friday's CIF-SS boys basketball semifinal matchups were chosen Wednesday. Summit, the No. 6 seeded team in Division 2AA, will "host" No. 2 seeded Mission Viejo at 7 p.m. at Miller High School. Redlands East Valley, the No. 5 seed in the Division 1A playoffs, will play top-seeded Los Angeles Loyola at 7 p.m. at Cal State Los Angeles while Redlands Adventist Academy, the No. 3 seed in Division 6A, will play at Boron at 2:45 p.m.

The other county boys team still alive is Etiwanda, the No. 4 seed in Division 1AA. The Eagles will play No. 1 seeded Long Beach Poly Tuesday at the Anaheim Convention Center as part of doubleheader that also involves No. 3 Corona Centennial and No. 2 Santa Ana Mater Dei.

The girls basketball neutral sites for semifinal games that will be played Saturday will be decided today.

To be played Tuesday. Division 6AA has quite a few games today so we'll update that one later.

Division 1AA
No. 1 Long Beach Poly at No. 8 Montebello
No. 4 Etiwanda at No. 12 Valencia
No. 11 Upland at No. 3 Corona Centennial
No. 2 Mater Dei at No. 7 Eisenhower

Division 1A
No. 9 Montclair at No. 1 Loyola
No. 5 Redlands East Valley at No. 4 Downey
No. 3 Capistrano Valley at No. 6 Silverado
Walnut at No. 2 Aliso Niguel

Division 2AA
No. 1 Ventura at No. 9 Villa Park
No. 5 Edison at No. 4 Compton
No. 3 Anaheim Canyon at No. 6 Summit
No. 10 Colony at No. 2 Mission Viejo

Division 4A
No. 8 Whittier Christian at No. 1 Oaks Christian
No. 5 JSerra at No. 4 Morningside
No. 6 Buckley at No. 14 La Salle
No. 7 Ontario Christian at No. 2 Maranatha

Division 5A
No. 1 Sierra Canyon at No. 9 Aquinas
No. 4 Pasadena Poly at No. 5 Renaissance Academy
No. 6 Brethren Christian at No. 3 Montclair Prep
No. 8 Ribet Academy at No. 2 St. Bernard

Division 6A
No. 1 Padre Pio at No. 8 Midland
No. 4 Calvary Baptist at No. 5 Arshag Dickranian
No. 6 Trinity Classical Academy at No. 3 Redlands Adventist
No. 2 Boron at No. 7 Bethel Baptist

Division 1AA
Palmdale Knight at No. 1 Long Beach Poly
No. 8 Montebello at No. 10 Roosevelt
No. 12 Valencia at No. 5 Murrieta Valley
No. 13 Chino Hills at No. 4 Etiwanda
No. 3 Corona Centennial at No. 14 Los Alamitos
No. 6 Pasadena at No. 11 Upland
No. 7 Eisenhower at Lakewood
No. 15 Rancho Verde at No. 2 Mater Dei

Division 1A
No. 16 Highland at No. 1 Loyola
No. 8 El Toro at No. 9 Montclair
No. 12 Cajon at No. 5 Redlands East Valley
No. 13 Fountain Valley at No. 4 Downey
No. 3 Capistrano Valley at No. 14 San Clemente
Palmdale at No. 6 Silverado
Walnut at Quartz Hill
Arroyo Valley at No. 2 Aliso Niguel

I was going to have an article in tomorrow's paper on San Bernardino senior guard Choncey White. However, the Cardinals were upset 62-54 by Manhattan Beach Mira Costa last night in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 2A playoffs, so the story won't run.

Luckily, this is one of the main reasons I enjoy having this blog, because, quite frankly, White is one of the more impressive players I've had the pleasure to watch this season and deserves to be lauded. He stands about 5-foot-10, which means I can look him straight in the eye. But anyone who watches White knows that he plays much bigger than that.

"I go into the lane without fear because I really feel that no one can stop me," White said. "They may be bigger than me, but I'm going to get where I want to go and I'm not going to be scared off by bigger players."

White exhibited this tenacity in San Bernardino's historic 83-57 victory at Cajon Jan. 19 - the Cardinals first victory over the Cowboys in 18 years. At a key juncture in the second quarter of what was a close game, White and Cajon's 6-7 center Lorelle Martin were locked in a scramble for a loose ball when the bigger Martin pushed White out of the way.

White was unintimidated, getting right back into Martin's face (or more accurately, arching his neck to talk to Martin at close range) and bugging the Cajon player to the point where Martin pushed him off, earning a technical foul and setting the fire for a Cardinal burst that eventually overwhelmed Cajon.

The San Andreas League saw three basketball streaks, all of which involved Cajon in some way, shape or form, disinegrate during this season. The most notable of the three came on the girls' side, as the Cowgirls saw their 85-game league winning streak -- a streak that dated back to the 2002-03 campaign -- snapped Jan. 28 with a 43-41 loss against Rialto. Cajon and the Knights, the No. 1 seed in the Division 2AA playoffs, tied for the league championship. Summit now has the longest league win streak in the county for girls basketball, having won all 50 of its Sunkist League games since opening its doors in 2006.

San Bernardino also broke a pair of streaks this past season, as the Cardinals defeated Cajon for the first time in 18 years en route to winning their first league title since 1993. San Bernardino, the No. 6 seed in the D2A playoffs, broke their streak of futility against Cajon with an 83-57 win Jan. 19 and extended their winning streak over the Cowboys with a 79-71 win last Monday. San Bernardino has now won 18 SAL games in a row dating back to last year.

Other boys basketball teams with long league winning streaks include Eisenhower and Summit, who won undefeated league titles in the Citrus Belt and Sunkist Leagues, respectively. The Eagles have now won 32 CBL games in a row dating back to the 2008-09 season while the SkyHawks have won 29 games in the Sunkist League dating back to 08-09.

The highest county seed is actually Redlands Adventist Academy, which is the No. 3 seed in Division 6-AA. Etiwanda is the leader of the bigger schools, grabbing the No. 4 seed in Division 1-AA, three spots ahead of two-time D2-A champion Eisenhower.

Division 1-AA
First Round (Wednesday)
Corona Santiago at No. 1 Long Beach Poly
No. 16 Los Osos at Knight
No. 10 Roosevelt at Perris
Redlands at No. 8 Montebello
Corona at No. 5 Murrieta Valley
Oxnard at No. 12 Valencia
Leuzinger at No. 13 Chino Hills
Long Beach Wilson at No. 4 Etiwanda
Great Oak at No. 3 Corona Centennial
Lynwood at No. 14 Los Alamitos
Santa Monica at No. 11 Upland
Trabuco Hills at No. 6 Pasadena
Chaparral at No. 7 Eisenhower
Lakewood at No. 9 Thousand Oaks
Bell Gardens at No. 15 Rancho Verde
Rancho Cucamonga at No. 2 Mater Dei

Division 1-A
First Round (Wednesday)
No. 1 Loyola, bye
Arcadia at No. 16 Highland
Rialto at No. 9 Montclair
Santa Fe at No. 8 El Toro
Dana Hills at No. 5 Redlands East Valley
Diamond Bar at No. 12 Cajon
No. 13 Fountain Valley at California
No. 4 Downey, bye
West Covina at No. 3 Capistrano Valley
No. 14 San Clemente at El Rancho
No. 11 Vista Murrieta at Palmdale
No. 6 Silverado, bye
Quartz Hill at No. 7 Crescenta Valley
No. 10 Tesoro at Walnut
No. 15 Warren at Arroyo Valley
No. 2 Aliso Niguel, bye

San Bernardino High School boys basketball coach Darin Graham gives his team the night of and the morning after a big win to celebrate. After Monday's 79-73 victory over Cajon clinched the Cardinals' first league championship in 18 years, Graham will give his players the afternoon to celebrate as well.

"In one word, the feeling is great," Graham said. "This was a long time coming and the mood around campus is something I haven't seen here in a while. Students, teachers, administrators, everyone is happy and school spirit is as high as it has been in years."

That school spirit contributed to an electric atmosphere at Cardinal City Arena Monday night, as famed alumni such as Mark Seay and Jack Brown were among the fans attending. Recent Cardinal alumni spearheaded the Gatorade bath of Graham after the victory and helped lead the throng of fans who rushed the floor to celebrate the historic win.

"Everyone who has been in this program can share in this victory," Graham said. "Cajon has dominated across the board for a long time and for us to get this victory meant so much, from our current players to our former players. They all were a part of what led up to this."

After losing to the Cardinals 83-57 at Cajon Jan. 19 for their first loss to San Bernardino in 18 years, Cajon came out playing well, leading for most of the first two quarter and only being down 33-32 at halftime. But a 22-13 Cardinal spurt in the third quarter led by seniors Choncey White, who ended with 23 points, and Jeremiah Tardy, who had 17 on the game, gave San Bernardino wiggle room and eventually got the party started.

"We were 12-0 coming in, they were 11-1," Graham said. "I told our guys that they weren't going to back down and let us have this, that we had to take it. That's exactly what we did."

Just released about an hour ago. Etiwanda stays undefeated and No. 2 in Division 1-AA.

Division 1-AA
1. Long Beach Poly
2. Etiwanda
3. Mater Dei
4. Corona Centennial
5. Montebello
6. Murrieta Valley
7. Thousand Oaks
8. Rancho Verde
9. Upland
10. Chino Hills
11. Pasadena
12. Los Osos
13. Valencia
14. Roosevelt
15. Eisenhower
16. Los Alamitos

Division 1-A
1. Aliso Niguel
2. Loyola
3. Capistrano Valley
4. Downey
5. Redlands East Valley
6. Silverado
7T. Tesoro
7T. Montclair
9. Crescenta Valley
10. Vista Murrieta
11. El Toro
12T. Fountain Valley
12T. San Clemente
14. Cajon
15. Warren
16. Rialto

Los Osos High School will be holding its annual Martin Luther King Day Classic one-day boys basketball tournament Monday starting at 8 a.m., with several local teams dotting the nine-game schedule.

The host Grizzlies will play in the second-to-last game of the day against Ontario at 6:30 p.m. That game is sandwiched between two of the premier games of the day: Etiwanda -- the No. 2 team in the latest CIF-SS Division 1AA poll -- will play Ventura at 5 p.m., and Chino Hills will play Rancho Cucamonga in the last game of the evening, at 8.

The rest of the Classic will go as follows: Claremont vs. Alta Loma at 8 a.m., Monrovia vs. La Puente Bishop Amat at 9:30 a.m., Twentynine Palms vs. Miller at 11 a.m., Jurupa Hills vs. Glendora at 12:30 p.m., Damien vs. San Dimas at 2 p.m., and Santa Monica vs. Eastvale Roosevelt at 3:30 p.m.

Summit basketball player Dorian Cason verbally committed to the University of Portland Wednesday according to Keith Howard, Cason's travel ball coach. Cason, a 6-foot-7 senior forward, averaged 12.5 points, 10 rebounds and two blocked shots a game for the SkyHawks last season en route to all-Sunkist League honors.

I just got off the phone with Aquinas director of marketing Gina Roquet, who told me that Aquinas has hired Gabriel Padilla as its new boys basketball coach. Padilla, an assistant at Aquinas, will replace David Johnson, who has taken an assistant coach job with the Pepperdine women's basketball team.

Also, Aquinas promoted assistant volleyball coach Sarah Rice to head coach to replace Jessica Granados. Granados, who played with Rice at Cal State San Bernardino, left after a season to pursue professional volleyball opportunities in Europe.

Inland Empire Basketball is having a banquet to honor the Eisenhower boys basketball team's back-to-back CIF-SS Division 2-A championships on Tuesday from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Sierra Lakes Golf Club in Fontana. The black-tie-optional event will feature UC Riverside athletic director Stan Morrison will be the keynote speaker at the event, which will celebrate the Eagles' achievements from the last two years, including their Division II state championship of 2009 and the awarding of the Wooden Award to senior guard Alex Varner.
Entry fee to the event is $30, with checks payable to Inland Empire Basketball.

Another note from Fowler that I thought should be passed along...

Considering the amount of its graduates who play basketball for a living, the Etiwanda High School alumni basketball game on May 21 won't exactly be full of players trying to capture their former glory.

Fresh off their NBA rookie seasons, New Orleans Hornets point guard Darren Collison of UCLA fame and Portland Trail Blazers power forward Jeff Pendergraph will headline a group of players that includes some who play professionally overseas.

Collison, who won a CIF championiship at Etiwanda with the Arizona State-bound Pendergraph in 2005 and led UCLA to three final four appearances in four seasons, thrived in the absence of injured Hornets point guard Chris Paul, averaging 19 points and 8.5 assists the last three months of this season.

The alumni game will begin at 6:30 p.m. at Etiwanda on May 21.

Eisenhower boys basketball player Alex Varner and former Colony boys basketball player Tyler Lamb will be honored Friday by the John R. Wooden Award Comittee, as they won the Wooden Awards for Division 2 and Division I respectively.

Varner, the D2 winner, and Lamb, the D1 winner, will be honored at a banquet at the Los Angeles Athletic Club alongside the men's and women's college basketball players of the year. They will also receive a plaque and $300 to go to their school's athletic fund.

Here is the San Bernardino roster for the San Bernardino-Riverside All-Star Game set for 8 p.m. on April 14 at Cajon High School. Admission is $5 for this and the girls' game at 6 p.m.

San Bernardino
Evan Brooks, Colony
Darrius Butts, Miller
Julian Caldwell, Colony
Devonte Chattman, San Bernardino
Chris Collins, Chino Hills
Aaron Crocket, Etiwanda
Keauyon Fields, Apple Valley
Matt Green, Redlands
Tyree Harrison, Cajon
Justin Long, Rancho Cucamonga
Tyler Makieg, Lake Arrowhead Christian
Justin Malan, Victor Valley
Eric Marshall, Arroyo Valley
Kenneth Morgan, Summit
J.J. O'Brien, Alta Loma
Chris Powell, Upland
Jamari Simmons, Cajon
Cameron Upshire, San Gorgonio
Pascual Valadez, Montclair
David Wedge, Kaiser
Kendall Williams, Los Osos
Coach: Steve Hickey, Summit

Before I start I want to apologize for not posting in the past week. Had a death in the family, so I was out of town on personal business. So I have some catching up to do.

Here are the local all-CIF boys basketball players. Eisenhower dominated the 2-A superlatives, with Alex Varner, Kirby Gardner and Steve Johnson all being honored.

Division 1-AA
First Team
Byron Wesley, Etiwanda, Jr.
Kendall Williams, Los Osos, Sr.
John Gilliam, Upland, Jr.

Second Team
Jordan Daniels, Etiwanda, Jr.
Khalil Kelly, Los Osos, Sr.
Christopher Powell, Upland, Sr.

Division 1-A
First Team
Tyree Harrison, Cajon, Sr.
Derek Brown, Chino Hills, Sr.
Evan Brooks, Colony, Sr.

Second Team
Julian Caldwell, Colony, Sr.
Justin Long, Rancho Cucamonga, Sr.

Division 2-AA
First Team
J.J. O'Brien, Alta Loma, Sr.
Ken Morgan, Summit, Sr.

Second Team
Zeke DeBlase, Victor Valley, Jr.

Division 2-A
Players of the Year: Alex Varner, Eisenhower, Sr. and Kirby Gardner, Eisenhower, Sr.
Coaches of the Year: Steve Johnson, Eisenhower and Marc Hart, Baldwin Park

Second Team
Bryan Bock, Eisenhower, Sr.
Devonte Chattman, San Bernardino, Sr.

Division 3-AA
Second Team
Keauyon Fields, Apple Valley, Sr.

Division 5-AA
Second Team
Zack Cruz, Loma Linda Academy, Sr.
Sammy Santillano, Western Christian, Sr.

Division 5-A
First Team
Courtland Wharton, Aquinas, Jr.

Second Team
Joey Szczepanski, Bloomington Christian, Sr.

Division 6-AA
First Team
Chris Maeerzluft, Hesperia Christian, Sr.
Eric O'Brien, Hesperia Christian, So.

Second Team
Josh Ford, Hesperia Christian, Sr.

Division 6-A
Second Team
Kyle Franklin, Public Safety Academy, Jr.

These were e-mailed to me last Thursday by Arroyo Valley athletic director Matt Howell, but I was in Las Vegas and out of e-mail access. Plus, my typing could have been ugly after spending afternoons at various sportsbooks watching my brackets spontaneously combust.

So I apologize for the delay and here they are.

Just got the e-mail on this from Redlands athletic director Ken Morse. The player of the year wasn't really a surprise, as Eisenhower senior guard Alex Varner - the "closer" in many of Ike's victories this year - won MVP honors.

As for other leagues in the area, please send all-league basketball and soccer teams to tj.berka@inlandnewspapers.com or sports@inlandnewspapers.com.

Most Valuable Player: Alex Varner, Eisenhower, G, Sr.

FIRST TEAM
Bryan Bock, Eisenhower, Sr.
Kirby Gardner, Eisenhower, Sr.
Bernard Ireland, Eisenhower, Jr.
Darius Batts, Miller, Sr.
Marcus Davis, Redlands, Sr.
Matt Green, Redlands, Sr.
Paulin Mpawe, Redlands East Valley, Jr.
Terrell Todd, Redlands East Valley, Jr.
Jonathan Redman, Rialto, Sr.
Cole Hauso, Yucaipa, Sr.
Taijuan Walker, Yucaipa, Sr.

Now we are down to 3 - Eisenhower boys basketball, Summit girls basketball and Granite Hills girls soccer. The latter two pulled off upsets, with Summit winning at Corona Santiago and Granite Hills upsetting CIF-SS Division 2 champion Harvard-Westlake.

BOYS BASKETBALL
Division I
Quarterfinals
Mater Dei 88, Rancho Verde 48
Taft 66, Leuzinger 63
Long Beach Poly 67, Etiwanda 64
Westchester 73, Santa Monica 64

Division II
Quarterfinals
Eisenhower 76, Liberty 57
Compton 69, Hoover 53
Pasadena 49, Murrieta Valley 43
Lincoln 72, Summit 67

Semifinals
Compton at No. 1 Eisenhower
Pasadena at No. 2 Lincoln

GIRLS BASKETBALL
Division I
Quarterfinals
Long Beach Poly 81, Stockdale 50
Summit 63, Santiago 58
Santa Monica 59, Canyon Springs 56
Clovis West 65, San Diego 59

Semifinals
Summit at No. 1 Long Beach Poly
No. 3 Santa Monica at No. 2 Clovis West

Division III
Quarterfinals
Santa Margarita 42, Buena 39
Bishop Amat 70, Agoura 61
Inglewood 46, Muir 41
Mt. Miguel 64, Barstow 40

GIRLS SOCCER
Division II
Semifinals
Beckman 3, Coronado 2 (OT)
Granite Hills 2, Harvard-Westlake 1

Championship
Beckman vs. Granite Hills, 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Downey Warren HS

One of the more notable basketball coaches in the county is stepping down, as Redlands boys basketball coach Brad Scott announced his retirement Wednesday night at the Terriers' postseason banquet. Scott took over the Terriers in 2001 and has won at least 20 games a season for the past seven seasons, including a 20-7 mark this past season.

Kevin Trudgeon's article in the Daily Facts can be accessed here. In working with Scott the last three seasons, I always found him to be extremely accessible and friendly, win or lose. The next coach at Redlands will definitely have some sizable shoes to fit into.

This is what we have from the games last night. Summit High School is chugging along nicely in both boys and girls basketball, while Granite Hills stayed alive in girls soccer. Both sports resume their playoffs Thursday.

BOYS BASKETBALL
Division I
First Round
Mater Dei 90, Buchanan 65
Rancho Verde 56, Rancho Bernardo 40
Leuzinger 91, Washington Prep 72
Taft 66, Loyola 65
Etiwanda 67, El Camino 58
Long Beach Poly 87, Crenshaw 62
Santa Monica 67, Clovis East 65
Westchester 77, Colony 42

Quarterfinals
Rancho Verde at Mater Dei, 7:30 p.m.
Leuzinger at Taft
Long Beach Poly at Etiwanda
Santa Monica at Westchester

Division II
First Round
Liberty 69, Mark Keppel 49
Compton 67, San Joaquin Memorial 63
Hoover 53, Damien 48
Murrieta Valley 61, Burbank 36
Pasadena 64, University 44
Summit 67, San Pedro 64

Quarterfinals
Liberty at Eisenhower
Compton at Hoover
Pasadena at Murrieta Valley
Summit at Lincoln

GIRLS BASKETBALL
Division I
First Round
Long Beach Poly 71, Washington Prep 27
Stockdale 78, Carson 72
Summit 62, Ayala 52
Santiago 68, Poway 55
Santa Monica 54, Narbonne 39
Canyon Springs 72, Etiwanda 62
San Diego 43, Troy 42
Clovis West 84, Taft 53

Quarterfinals
Stockdale at Long Beach Poly
Summit at Santiago
Canyon Springs at Santa Monica
San Diego at Clovis West

Division III
First Round
Santa Margarita 71, Monroe 46
Buena 67, Birmingham 46
Bishop Amat 72, Academy OLP 57
Agoura 83, Clovis North 40
Inglewood 70, Tulare 19
Muir 52, Frontier 38
Barstow 73, Ridgeview 62
Mt. Miguel 47, Orange Lutheran 46

Quarterfinals
Buena at Santa Margarita, 6 p.m.
Bishop Amat at Agoura
Muir at Inglewood
Barstow at Mt. Miguel, 6 p.m.

GIRLS SOCCER
Division I
Quarterfinals
Buchanan 2, Sultana 0
San Clemente 1, El Camino Real 0
La Costa Canyon 2, Riverside King 1
Esperanza 2, Rancho Buena Vista 1 (OT)

Division II
Quarterfinals
Coronado 5, Sierra Vista 0
Beckman 2, West Hills 2 (Beckman wins PKs 3-2)
Granite Hills 2, Clovis North 0
Harvard-Westlake 11, Belmont 0

Semifinals
Beckman at Coronado
Granite Hills at Harvard-Westlake

Four county teams - Eisenhower, Etiwanda, Colony and Summit - qualified for the state playoffs, with defending state champion Eisenhower grabbing the No. 1 seed in Division 2. The Eagles get a bye from Tuesday's Round 1, hosting the Mark Keppel-Liberty winner in the quarterfinals Thursday.

Etiwanda is also seeded, as the CIF-SS Division 1-AA runner-up Eagles are the No. 3 seed in Division 1 and host El Camino Tuesday. Summit plays at San Pedro in D2 Tuesday while Colony plays at No. 2-seeded Westchester in D1 Tuesday.

Things are a bit different this year. Instead of playing out the SoCal regional this week - culminating in the SoCal championship on Saturday - the first, second and semifinals will be played this week, with a week off before the SoCal finals March 20 and the state finals March 27. Why they did this, I have no idea.

Division 1
Buchanan at No. 1 Mater Dei
Rancho Verde at Rancho Bernardo
Washington Prep at Leuzinger
Loyola at No. 4 Taft
El Camino at No. 3 Etiwanda
Long Beach Poly at Crenshaw
Santa Monica at Clovis East
Colony at No. 2 Westchester

Division 2
No. 1 Eisenhower, bye
Mark Keppel at Liberty
San Joaquin Memorial at Compton
Damien at No. 4 Hoover
Burbank at No. 3 Murrieta Valley
University at Pasadena
Summit at San Pedro
No. 2 Lincoln, bye

Defending CIF-SS Division 2-A and CIF-State Division 2 champion Eisenhower is selling tickets on campus for Saturday's Division 2-A championship game with Pasadena, set for 12:30 p.m. at Honda Center. Interested fans can buy tickets between 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. on campus. The cost is $8 for students and $13 for adults.

Here's the schedule for the basketball title games for this weekend as released by the CIF.

Thursday
Division 1-A girls: Santa Monica vs. Summit, 8:30 p.m., Mater Dei HS

Friday
Division 6-A girls: North County Christian vs. Calvary Baptist/Lake Arrowhead Christian winner, 4:15 p.m., Colony HS

Saturday
Division 2-A boys: Eisenhower vs. Pasadena, 12:30 p.m., Honda Center
Division 1-AA boys: Mater Dei vs. Etiwanda, 6:30 p.m., Honda Center

And then there were two. Summit and Colony saw their dreams for a CIF championship end last night, but Etiwanda and Eisenhower move on to next weekend at the Honda Center.

Division 1-AA
Semifinals
Mater Dei 94, Rancho Verde 58
Etiwanda 55, Long Beach Poly 52

Championship
No. 6 Etiwanda vs. No. 1 Mater Dei, TBA

Division 1-A
Semifinals
Santa Monica 70, Colony 53
Leuzinger 72, Loyola 59

Division 2-AA
Semifinals
Murrieta Valley 71, Summit 67
Compton 71, Burbank 48

Division 2-A
Semifinals
Eisenhower 82, Damien 74
Pasadena 63, Mark Keppel 48

Championship
No. 2 Pasadena vs. No. 1 Eisenhower, TBA

Results from the quarterfinals and matchups for Friday's semifinals. Edit: Now updated with all the sites.

Division 1-AA
Quarterfinals
Mater Dei 80, Los Alamitos 60
Rancho Verde 79, Upland 74 (OT)
Etiwanda 78, Corona Centennial 72
Long Beach Poly 61, Los Osos 58

Semifinals
No. 4 Rancho Verde vs. No. 1 Mater Dei at Ocean View HS
No. 6 Etiwanda vs. No. 2 Long Beach Poly, Long Beach City College

Division 1-A
Quarterfinals
Santa Monica 40, Chino Hills 39
Colony 47, Tesoro 44
Leuzinger 68, Roosevelt 45
Loyola 74, Mission Viejo 53

Semifinals
No. 4 Colony vs. No. 8 Santa Monica, Santa Monica City College
No. 2 Loyola vs. No. 3 Leuzinger, Hawthorne HS

Division 2-AA
Quarterfinals
Summit 76, Saugus 49
Murrieta Valley 68, Alta Loma 64
Burbank 65, Canyon Country Canyon 59
Compton 62, Edison 52

Semifinals
No. 5 Murrieta Valley vs. No. 1 Summit, Miller HS
No. 11 Burbank vs. No. 7 Compton, Dominguez HS

Division 2-A
Quarterfinals
Eisenhower 78, Mayfair 59
Damien 60, University 46
Mark Keppel 77, Baldwin Park 63
Pasadena 77, Mira Costa 68

Semifinals
No. 4 Damien vs. No. 1 Eisenhower, Redlands East Valley HS
No. 3 Mark Keppel vs. No. 2 Pasadena at Muir HS

Division 6-AA
Quarterfinals
Ribet Academy 64, Rio Hondo Prep 44
Hesperia Christian 53, Desert Chapel 51
Hope Centre 67, Orangewood Academy 57
Tarbut V'Torah 67, Santa Clarita Christian 45

Semifinals
No. 4 Hesperia Christian vs. No. 1 Ribet Academy, Providence HS
No. 2 Tarbut V'Torah vs. No. 6 Hope Centre, Carson Veterans Sports Complex

Rounding it all up from yesterday's 2nd-round action and setting up Tuesday's quarters.

Division I-AA
Local 2nd Round results
Upland 68, Montebello 63
Etiwanda 62, Trabuco Hills 34
Los Osos 86, Thousand Oaks 79 (OT)

Quarterfinals
No. 8 Los Alamitos at No. 1 Mater Dei
No. 10 Upland at No. 4 Rancho Verde
No. 3 Corona Centennial at No. 6 Etiwanda
No. 2 Long Beach Poly at No. 11 Los Osos

Division 1-A
Local 2nd Round results
Chino Hills 56, Walnut 38
Colony 84, Paloma Valley 68
Roosevelt 54, Cajon 50

Quarterfinals
No. 8 Santa Monica at No. 1 Chino Hills
No. 4 Colony at Tesoro
No. 11 Roosevelt at No. 3 Leuzinger
No. 2 Loyola at No. 7 Mission Viejo

Games are set for Friday. These are the divisions with county teams remaining.

Division I-AA
No. 1 Mater Dei at No. 16 Jordan
No. 9 Oxnard Pacifica at No. 8 Los Alamitos
No. 10 Upland at No. 5 Montebello
No. 4 Rancho Verde at Lakewood
No. 3 Corona Centennial at Lynwood
No. 6 Etiwanda at Trabuco Hills
No. 7 Thousand Oaks at No. 11 Los Osos
No. 15 Knight at No. 2 Long Beach Poly

Division I-A
Walnut at No. 1 Chino Hills
No. 10 Dana Hills at No. 8 Santa Monica
No. 12 Crescenta Valley at Tesoro
Paloma Valley at No. 4 Colony
No. 3 Leuzinger at No. 15 Capistrano Valley
No. 11 Roosevelt at No. 6 Cajon
No. 7 Mission Viejo at No. 9 Valencia
No. 16 Patriot at No. 2 Loyola

With three No. 1 seeds in Chino Hills (Division 1-A), Summit (D2-AA) and Eisenhower (D2-A), multiple CIF-SS champions are not out of the question on the boys side. First-round games get going Wednesday except for Division VI-A, which has a wild-card Wednesday before the first-round gets going Friday.

Division 1-AA
Corona at No. 1 Santa Ana Mater Dei
No. 16 Long Beach Jordan at Vista Murrieta
Arcadia at No. 9 Oxnard Pacifica
San Clemente at No. 8 Los Alamitos
Corona Santiago at No. 5 Montebello
Silverado at No. 10 Upland
Lakewood at No. 13 Redlands
Downey at No. 4 Moreno Valley Rancho Verde
Long Beach Cabrillo at No. 3 Corona Centennial
Lynwood at No. 14 Ventura
Trabuco Hills at No. 12 Oxnard
Palmdale at No. 6 Etiwanda
Bell Gardens at No. 7 Thousand Oaks
No. 11 Los Osos at Paramount
Riverside King at No. 15 Palmdale Knight
Temecula Greak Oak at No. 2 Long Beach Poly

After a week off for National Signing Day and disease, the polls are back! The county is representing at the higher levels, as Chino Hills (Division I-A) and Summit (Division II-AA) have joined D2-A No. 1 Eisenhower as top-ranked teams. Should make for some fun when the pairings get released Sunday.

Nothing too crazy this week, as Eisenhower remains No. 1 in Division II-A while Chino Hills and Summit retain the No. 2 spots in D1-A and D2-AA. Saturday will have an interesting matchup, as the SkyHawks host Division I-A No. 4 Cajon.

A few days late, but I thought I'd put these out here for public consumption. Eisenhower remains No. 1in Division II-A while Summit and Alta Loma take the No. 2 and No. 3 spots, respectively, in D2-A. Chino Hills remains No. 2 in DI-A as well.

The San Bernardino boys basketball team is back in Southern California after spending Dec. 27-31 in Logan, Utah playing in the Cache Valley Electric Holiday Classic. But as far as Cardinal coach Darin Graham is concerned, a lot of them wouldn't have minded staying in snowy Utah for much longer.

These teams are playing right now in the I.E. Classic, which runs through Saturday. These are today's games.

At Rancho Cucamonga High School
Norco vs. Chino Hills
Ontario vs. Eisenhower
Montclair vs. Arcadia
Fontana vs. Rancho Cucamonga

At Miller High School
Pasadena Muir vs. Etiwanda
Compton Dominguez vs. Corona Roosevelt
Vista Murrieta vs. Alta Loma
City of Industry Workman vs. Miller

At Colony High School
Los Osos vs. Palmdale
Summit vs. Temecula Valley
San Gorgonio vs. Perris
South Pasadena vs. Colony

At Upland High School
Redlands East Valley vs. Menifee Paloma Valley
Claremont vs. Corona Centennial
Lancaster Eastside vs. Lakeside
Carter vs. Upland

San Gorgonio athletic director Matt Maeda released the bracket for the 2009 San Bernardino Kiwanis Club Tournament to be held December 26, 28-30 at Cajon and San Gorgonio High Schools.

This particular tournament is a bit unusual in that it has an out-of-state team, El Paso (Texas) Chapin, competing. And because of a UIL rule (Texas' equivalent to the CIF) prohibiting Texas teams from playing on the 26th, Chapin and its first-round opponent, Barstow, will have to play its first and second-round games on Dec. 28.

Matchups for the Kiwanis..

Former Victor Valley High School boys basketball coach Ollie Butler will be honored by the school next Thursday, as VVHS will dedicate the floor in Keith Gunn Gymnasium in his honor as part of a game against Granite Hills.

The dedication will come before the 7 p.m. start and will be accompanied by a reception after the game. Butler, 79, coached at Victor Valley for 29 years from 1962-1990 after spending time in the Air Force and graduating from the University of Oklahoma. In that time, he accumulated 605 wins to 251 losses and led the Jackrabbits to 13 league titles during that span -- including 10 in a row from 1974-83.

Redlands defensive end Jordan Thomas verbally committed to San Diego State this past weekend, according to Rivals.com. The 6-foot-1, 240-pounder, a three-star prospect according to Rivals, chose the Aztecs over San Jose State.

Thomas joins Colony cornerback Jered Bell, who verbally committed to Colorado last week after paying a visit to the campus in Boulder, Colo., on Nov. 6, according to Colony head football coach Anthony Rice. Bell was drawing interest from Colorado State, among others, but Colorado made his only scholarship offer.

This week also saw Los Osos forward Khalil Kelley sign with University of Pacific. The 6-foot-7 power forward averaged 9.3 points and 7.3 rebounds last season in helping the Grizzlies to a second-place finish in the Baseline League.

The 2009-2010 boys and girls playoff divisions were released Tuesday with a few notable changes. One of the most notable dealt with Hesperia, which dropped from Division I-AA to Division II-A in both genders. Redlands East Valley also dropped in both genders, moving down from I-AA to I-A.

Another notable team that moved up was the Colony girls basketball team. After winning the D3-A CIF title two years ago and the D1-A title last year, the Titans will have a chance to win a third title in a third different division, as they've moved up to D1-AA. Summit also made a leap up, moving from D2-A to D1-A.

Other notable girls teams to move up include Fontana (D1-A to D1-AA), Colton and Ontario (D2-AA to D1-A) and Alta Loma (D2-A to D2-AA). Boys teams to move up include Los Osos (D1-A to D1-AA), Colton and Ontario (D2-AA to D1-A), Yucaipa (D2-A to D1-A) and Summit (D2-A to D2-AA).

Of the new schools, Oak Hills was placed in D4-AA in both genders while Citrus Valley was put in D4-A.

With the fall signing period coming up next month, basketball recruiting is starting to pick up. Three county players have made verbal commitments to Division I schools.

Ayala senior Rhema Gardner verbally committed to UCLA earlier this week according to ESPN.com, joining her older sister and former All-Sun first-team selection Rebekah Gardner. The 6-foot-2 Gardner averaged 12.9 points and 11.1 rebounds for the Bulldogs last season.

Chino Hills guard Derek Brown also made his choice according to Scout.com and picked San Jose State after an official visit last month. Brown, a 6-foot-2 senior, won Sierra League MVP honors by averaging 16.6 points and 5.7 rebounds per game.

But it wasn't just seniors who committed this week. Etiwanda junior swingman Byron Wesley, an all-Sun first-team selection at Cajon last year, committed to USC according to Rivals.com. The 6-foot-5 Wesley averaged 18.7 points and 7.4 rebounds as a sophomore.

With a No. 1 national ranking and five athletes who have either signed National Letters of Intent to or have verbally committed with Division I schools, the Santa Ana Mater Dei boys basketball team have become the high school basketball version of The Beatles, employing an army of passionate Monarch fans and drumming up interest at every venue they play at.

The Monarchs made a stop in the IE Friday, heading to Upland High School to play the Highlanders in a Division I-AA second round game. The result wasn't surprising, as Mater Dei rolled 85-52 against a game Upland team who, while brilliant in spurts, couldn't quite keep up.

I sat courtside at that game and saw Upland senior post Zach Robbins, junior guard Chris Powell and freshman guard Myles Pearson hold their own against the Monarchs. But as curiousity would have it, I also watched the four Mater Dei Division I guys closely - the fifth, 6-foot-8 forward Andy Brown, who signed with Stanford, didn't play due to injury - and formulated this analysis.

So Etiwanda, who will almost certainly play Mater Dei in the D1-AA semifinals Friday if it defeats Lynwood tonight, take note.

Tyler Lamb, junior forward: Lamb is the one that most of us are familiar with, as he starred at Colony for the first two years of his career. At 6-foot-5 with quick-twitch athleticism and a smooth perimeter jumper, the UCLA verbal commit is an almost impossible one-on-one matchup at this level.

But the thing I like about Lamb is his unselfishness. With the 6-10 twins David Wear and Travis Wear, Lamb doesn't have to be "The Man". And quite frankly, he plays like he cares less about being the man. He's a jack of all trades, as he can guard the perimeter, poke out the occasional steal and rebound well in the post. But he can make the jaw-dropping athletic play, as he serving a dipsy-doo layup and a tomahawk layup against the Highlanders. He'll score more next year, but is content to be a glue guy this season.

David and Travis Wear, senior forwards: I glumped the Wear brothers together because they are twins and I am lazy. However, the McDonald's All-Americans showed a great deal of physicality and fluidity on the interior. Despite their heights, David and Travis were very arely out of control, showing good footwork while setting up in the post and on the spin move, which resulted in 12-foot jump shot opportunities and layup opportunities at the rim. David Wear also showed athleticism, being on the receiving end of an alley-oop pass from Lamb. They really didn't shoot outside of 12 feet, but they really didn't have to against Upland/

The brothers, who signed with North Carolina, also showed a great deal of maturity on the court. Whenever either of the twins were called for a foul (usually while defending Robbins), they would both quietly put their hands up acknowledging the foul and, on a couple occasions, even told the whistling referees "Good call." In a sport where whining has become more and more commonplace, that was refreshing to see.

Gary Franklin, junior guard: This was the guy that stood out to me more than anyone. Franklin, a USC verbal commit, had his way against the smaller Upland guards, creating offense pretty much at will. He's got good size at 6-3 and elite speed, as he blew by pretty much everyone on the court en route to 24 points. He also showed very good court vision, feeding the Wears in good position in the post and finding perimeter shooters for open 3-point attempts.

My only criticism really is that there seems to be a shot-put motion to his shot, especially from long range. That motion doesn't seem to have any negative effect though, as he nailed four of seven 3-pointers.

This is what we got so far. Feel free to let me know of others

Division I-AA
Mater Dei 75, San Clemente 48
Upland 53, Silverado 49
Etiwanda 78, Lakewood 37
Dana Hills 66, Santa Ana 53
Lynwood 73, Palmdale 60
Hesperia 69, Corona Santiago 63
Long Beach Poly 59, Montebello 36
Pasadena 72, Vista Murrieta 63
Colony 67, Diamond Bar 49
Redlands 94, Arroyo Valley 25

Division I-A
Capistrano Valley 57, Crescenta Valley 55
El Toro 46, La Quinta 34
Tesoro 66, Great Oak 40
Cajon 73, Corona 41
Chino Hills 69, Riverside Poly 56
Los Osos 66, Whittier California 43

Division II-AA
Burbank Burroughs 58, Vista del Lago 48
Huntington Beach Edison 54, Alta Loma 39
Marina 57, Righetti 49
Patriot 68, Valley View 58
Huntington Beach 70, El Dorado 52
West Ranch 73, Serrano 46
Placentia Valencia 53, Fountain Valley 50
Leuzinger 86, Servite 38
San Bernardino 63, Whittier La Serna 62

Division II-A
Loara 87, Hemet 64
Summit 74, Keppel 38
Mayfair 64, Camarillo 39
Jurupa Valley 59, Cypress 42
Damien 59, Baldwin Park 49
La Habra 61, Dos Pueblos 56
Don Lugo 72, Palos Verdes Peninsula 70 (OT)
Yucaipa 82, Mira Costa 72

Division III-AA
Anaheim Canyon 69, Culver City 51
Savanna 65, Norco 64
Palm Springs 44, Elsinore 35
La Canada 68, Santa Maria 41
Santa Margarita 47, Arlington 39
Western 59, Beckman 56
North Torrance 102, Moorpark 56
Woodbridge 46, Garden Grove 44
Campbell Hall 72, Antelope Valley

Division III-A
Diamond Ranch 74, Magnolia 38
Fullerton 54, Rosamond 38
Palm Desert 57, Sierra Vista 49
Foothill 61, Oak Park 34
Twentynine Palms 70, Mountain View 42
Brea Olinda 59, Barstow 58
Harvard-Westlake 88, Gabrielino 45
Garden Grove Pacifica 66, Temple City 60
Bonita 51, Corona del Mar 38
Charter Oak 62, Segerstrom 55
Irvine 70, Westminster La Quinta 66 (OT)
Sonora 59, El Modena 52

Division IV-AA
Tustin 46, Pioneer 25
Northview 74, Ridgecrest Burroughs 46
JSerra 57, Rosemead 49
Inglewood 69, Bosco Tech 16
Ontario Christian 59, Yucca Valley 55
Compton Centennial 68, Gladstone 41
South El Monte 56, Covina 37

Division IV-A
Orange Lutheran 85, Rim of the World 37
Montclair Prep 66, Big Bear 56
Oaks Christian 75, Morro Bay 62
Banning 51, Fairmont Prep 43
Laguna Beach 56, El Segundo 43
Crespi 72, Nordhoff 35
Cathedral 75, Whitney 39
Price 73, Whittier Christian 45

DIVISION V-AA
Cantwell-Sacred Heart 71, Calvary Murrieta 62
St. Monica 51, Milken 46
Woodcrest Christian 69, Paraclete 55
Santa Ana Calvary Chapel 78, Excelsior Education Center 34
St. Anthony 64, Academy for Academic Excellence 53

Division V-A
Yeshiva 78, La Sierra Academy 70
St. Margarets 54, Avalon 39
Aquinas 74, San Gabriel Academy 61
Pilibos 41, Thacher 38
Brethren Christian 52, Saddleback Valley Christian 36
Bloomington Christian 84, L.A. Wildwood 80
La Verne Lutheran 84, Anza Hamilton 29

DIVISION VI-AA
Bermuda Dunes Desert Christian 67. Lucerne Valley 26
Rolling Hills Prep 66, Le Lycee 40
Rio Hondo Prep 73, California Military 52
Laguna Blanca 60, Orangewood Academy 57
Hesperia Christian 57, Desert Chapel 31
Santa Clarita Christian 72, Twin Pines 53
Capistrano Valley Christian 78, West Shores 24
Eastside Christian 64, San Fernando Valley Academy 59
Wildomar Cornerstone Christian 52, Westview 46
Tarbut V'Torah 82, Noli Indian 44

Loma Linda Academy is the only local team in the Division V-AA playoffs and will play at No. 2 seed Morningside Wednesday. Division V-A sees No. 2 La Verne Lutheran host Hamilton, No. 5 Aquinas host San Gabriel Academy, No. 9 Arrowhead Christian host Webb and No. 15 Bloomington Christian host Wildwood.

In Division VI-AA, No. 4 Hesperia Christian hosts Desert Chapel while Lucerne Valley plays at No. 1 Desert Christian. Lake Arrowhead Christian plays at No. 4 Lee Vining Friday in the first round of the Division VI-A playoffs.

On the girls side, Loma Linda Academy notched the No. 11 seed in D5-AA and hosts Mary Star of the Sea Thursday. Other games of note are Arrowhead Christian at No. 1 St. Joseph and No. 9 St. Monica at Ontario Christian. In Division V-A, Aquinas received the No. 13 seed and will host West Shores.

Packinghouse Christian received the No. 1 seed in Division VI-A and hosts the winner of Baker Valley-Bethel Baptist wild-card game Saturday. No. 8 Lake Arrowhead Christian hosts Waverly as well. In Division VI-AA, No. 2 Hesperia Christian gets a bye and plays the winner of the Glendale Adventist Academy-Thacher game Saturday. Other games of note include The Grove at No. 10 Ribet Academy, La Verne Lutheran at No. 11 LA Adventist, Redlands Adventist at No. 12 Highland Hall, Apple Valley Christian at No. 5 Lone Pine, No. 9 Hillcrest Christian at Victor Valley Christian and Boron at No. 16 Trona.

Rim of the World gets a tough draw in the first round of the Division IV-A playoffs, as it plays at No. 1 Orange Lutheran Wednesday. Big Bear is set up to play the winner of that game in the second round if the Bears win at home against No. 16 Montclair Prep.

Division IV-AA sees Yucca Valley play at No. 14 Ontario Christian and San Dimas play at No. 10 Bishop Amat.

On the girls side, Twentynine Palms grabbed the No. 8 seed in Division IV-A and will host Flintridge Sacred Heart Thursday. Big Bear also plays at Los Angeles Baptist in that division. Yucca Valley was named the No. 8 seed in D4-AA and hosts Ridgecrest Burroughs, while San Dimas hosts No. 13 Calabasas.

Diamond Ranch grabbed the top seed in the D3-A playoffs, where it will host Anaheim Magnolia Wednesday. Miramonte League rival Bonita grabbed the No. 6 seed and hosts Corona del Mar.

Other locals in the D3A bracket are No. 12 Twentynine Palms, which hosts Mountain View, Barstow, which hosts No. 13 Brea Olinda, and Apple Valley, which hosts No. 7 Cerritos. Granite Hills is the only local team the DIII-AA. The Cougars will host No. 9 Riverside Ramona.

The D3-AA bracket on the girls side sees two local seeds, as No. 4 Diamond Ranch has a bye and will play the Loara-Segestrom winner Saturday, while No. 11 San Bernardino will host Beaumont Thursday.

Barstow received the No. 7 seed and will host Heritage Thursday, while No. 12 Bonita will host Beckman.

The Summit girls basketball team received the No. 2 seed in the D2-A playoffs, only behind Mater Dei. The SkyHawks will host Lakeside on Thursday. Don Lugo also received a seed, as the No. 13 Conquistadores will host Riverside Patriot.

Other games of note are Alta Loma at No. 4 Norco and Eisenhower at No. 15 Jurupa Valley.

On the boys side, Eisenhower grabbed the No. 1 seed and a first-round bye in the process. Ike won't get its playoffs started until Friday, where it will play the winner of Westlake and No. 16 Santa Barbara.

Other seeded locals are No. 8 Summit, which hosts Mark Keppel, No. 10 Ayala, which plays at San Jacinto, No. 13 Damien, which plays at Baldwin Park, and No. 15 Yucaipa, which hosts Mira Costa. Don Lugo also hosts No. 14 Peninsula.

Nothing too crazy on the boys side, as there aren't any local teams seeded. However, San Bernardino was included in the bracket as an at-large team and will play at No. 14 La Serna Wednesday. Alta Loma, behind star junior J.J. O'Brien, plays at No. 9 Huntington Beach Edison.

Other games of local interest include Ontario at No. 3 Glendora and No. 10 West Ranch at Serrano.

On the girls side, Sultana notched itself the No. 14 seed and will host Temecula Valley Thursday. Other games of note are Serrano at No. 15 Anaheim Katella, No. 6 Huntington Beach at Kaiser and Ontario at No. 4 Moreno Valley Vista del Lago.

The Cajon boys basketball team didn't get a No. 2 seed like their female counterparts did, but the Cowboys weren't far off, as they were named the No. 4 seed in the Division I-A pairings released moments ago. Cajon hosts Corona Wednesday.

Chino Hills was the next seeded local team, grabbing the No. 8 seed. The Huskies will host Riverside Poly and could eventually be placed against No. 1 Murrieta Valley in the third round next week. Los Osos was made the No. 12 seed and hosts Whittier California, while other local games include Rancho Cucamonga at No. 7 Hemet West Valley and No. 14 Perris at San Gorgonio.

On the girls side, Colony was named the No. 1 seed, one of two County teams among the top 4 seeds. The Titans host Capistrano Valley Thursday while No. 4 Ayala hosts Fontana.

Other local seeds are No. 8 Rancho Cucamonga, which hosts Riverside King, and No. 10 Chino Hills, which hosts Yucaipa. San Gorgonio will play at No. 12 Murrieta Valley while Chino plays at No. 3 Moreno Valley Canyon Springs.

Today is basketball pairings day, and the first of those pairings was released moments ago with Division I-AA boys and girls. Starting with the ladies, Cajon grabbed the No. 2 seed behind No. 1 Long Beach Poly, which was expected. The Cowgirls will start off hosting Redondo Union, the third-place team out of the Bay League, on Thursday.

Other seeded local girls teams are No. 5 Etiwanda, which hosts Diamond Bar, No. 12 Silverado, which hosts Downey Warren, No. 13 Rialto, which hosts Riverside La Sierra, and No. 15 Redlands, which plays at Dana Hills. Other games of note are No. 14 Vista Murrieta at Los Osos, Hesperia at No. 9 Palmdale Knight and Redlands East Valley at No. 11 Oxnard Pacifica.

On the boys side, Etiwanda leads the locals as a No. 5 seed. The Baseline League champs will host Lakewood Wednesday. Other seeded County teams are No. 7 Colony, which hosts Diamond Bar, No. 10 Redlands, which hosts Arroyo Valley, and No. 16 Upland, which plays at Desert Sky champion Silverado. The Upland-Silverado winner will almost certainly get the unenviable task of playing No. 1-seed Santa Ana Mater Dei in the second round Friday. Miller also has a tough matchup coming up, as it'll host No. 3 Compton Dominguez. Hesperia also hosts Corona Santiago.

The forfeit of the San Bernardino boys basketball team's 94-85 victory at San Gorgonio on Jan. 23 was upheld by a 5-1 vote at a San Andreas League athletic directors meeting according to San Bernardino AD Patrick Mills and San Gorgonio AD Matt Maeda.

The Cardinals forfeited the game to the Spartans after a freshman basketball coach, who had been ejected from a game at another site earlier in the day, sat on the end of the San Bernardino bench for the varsity game. San Gorgonio filed a protest of the game shortly after.

"I was notified in the fourth quarter of the varsity game by our freshman coach," Maeda said. "He told me that the coach had been ejected from the freshman game earlier that day at San Bernardino High and asked if he was allowed to be on the bench. I said absolutely not."

The athletic directors and coaches talked briefly after the game about the coach in question, though they had different interpretations of what should have been done.

"I talked to (San G boys coach) Cedric Wells at the end of the game and he said that he didn't want the forfeiture, but would give it to his players for a vote and let me know," Mills said. "However, Maeda had already sent the paperwork in.

"The coach's oldest daughter plays on the varsity basketball team and he was there for that and asked if he could sit on the end of the bench. He was told it was OK as long as he didn't do any coaching."

Maeda felt that the rule, which is Rule 16.27 according to the CIF rulebook, needed to be enforced, as it was impossible to quantify what affect the ineligible coach did or did not have.

"The rule states that a coach or player that is ejected isn't even allowed to be in the building to watch, much less on the bench," Maeda said. "They stated the rule like that so there is no grey area. You can't just say 'You can stay there as long as you are not really involved' because how do you determined how involved you can be?"

The vote Wednesday was for seeding preferences for the upcoming playoffs rather than the overall record. The playoff brackets will be released Sunday by the CIF offices and San Bernardino didn't want the forfeited loss, or the extra win, under consideration for league seeding purposes.

"It's happened before," Mills said. "(Pacific athletic director) Carmel Brand mentioned that Pacific's 1995 boys basketball team went 10-0 but had to forfeit all of its games due to an ineligible player but we were awarded the top seed out of the league. The league can award its seeds however it wants and that's what we were asking for.

"We didn't use an ineligible player. We didn't have a varsity coach participating illegally. I've never seen a coach make a basket for a team."

Said Maeda: "In my opinion, voting for that would have been a contradiction of why the rule is in place. If you are going to have that rules, you have to enforce the consquences that result from it."

The ruling puts the Cardinals, who have lost their last two games, in a precarious spot. San Bernardino (14-10 overall, 5-4 SAL) is tied with Arroyo Valley (12-11, 5-4) for third place in the league, one game behind second-place San G (12-13, 6-3). One game remains in the regular season, with San Bernardino playing at first-place Cajon, San G hosting fifth-place Pacific and Arroyo Valley playing at winless Colton.

Should things hold up, the Cardinals will be looking at relying on an at-large bid to qualify for the Division II-AA playoffs. Only three teams automatically qualify from the six-team SAL, which will leave the Cardinals on the edge of their seats for the CIF-Southern Section's version of Selection Sunday if the expected results take place.

"I don't know if we'll make it in or not," Mills said. "It depends on how many automatic qualifiers get in from the other leagues. It's going to be a tight one."

Whatever the result may be, San Gorgonio desires to put the incident in the past and focus on the future.

"We didn't want this," Maeda said. "It's as stressful for our school and our administration as it has been for San Bernardino's. We want all of the San Bernardino schools to do well and we want to avoid situations like these.

"Had we known about it before the game, we would have let them know. No athletic directors want to go through this."

In the hustle and bustle that comes with deadlines in the newspaper business, sometimes things get in too late to be put in the next day's paper. That happened with the San Bernardino boys basketball team, which is starting to turn some heads in the San Andreas League.

The Cardinals made history Wednesday night, defeating Arroyo Valley 81-74 for their first-ever varsity boys basketball win over the Hawks. The Cardinals (12-6 overall, 3-0 San Andreas League) went 23 of 27 from the free-throw line and had three players score over 20 points. James Harper led the way with 26 points, Jeremiah Tardy scored 22 and Devonte Chatman added 20.

Wednesday's win was the sixth in a row for San Bernardino, which plays at San Gorgonio Friday before hosting a big game with SAL co-leader Cajon next Wednesday.

The bracket for the 51st Annual San Bernardino Kiwanis Boys' Basketball tournament was released Thursday. The tournament will be played at San Gorgonio and Pacific High Schools and will start Friday, Dec. 26 and run through Dec. 30, with Sunday, Dec. 28 being a day off. All games on the 30th will be played at San G, with the title game running at 8:15 p.m.

First-round games at Pacific:
Los Osos vs. Pacific, 2 p.m.
Bloomington vs. Redlands East Valley, 3:45 p.m.
Barstow vs. Yucaipa, 5:30 p.m.
Sultana vs. Cajon, 7:15 p.m.

First-round games at San G:
Fontana vs. Summit, 2 p.m.
Rim of the World vs. Redlands, 3:45 p.m.
Rialto vs. Silverado, 5:30 p.m.
Aquinas vs. San Gorgonio, 7:15 p.m.

The new basketball playoff divisions were released today. Gone are the league-based divisions - where every team in a league is assigned to the same division. Instead, it looks to be a mostly individual, enrollment-based dividing process.

Performance isn't as much of a factor, but was factored in, which explains some differences between the boys and girls divisions. So if this looks funky, that's why. For the constraints of space, I'll just list the teams in the Sun and Bulletin areas.

BOYS
Division I-AA - Arroyo Valley, Chaffey, Colony, Diamond Bar, Etiwanda, Fontana, Hesperia, Miller, Redlands, Redlands East Valley, Silverado, Upland.

Division I-A - Bloomington, Cajon, Chino Hills, Kaiser, Los Osos, Montclair, Rancho Cucamonga, Rialto, Roosevelt, San Gorgonio.

Division II-AA - Alta Loma, Chino, Colton, Ontario, San Bernardino, Serrano, Sultana, Victor Valley

Division II-A - Ayala, Carter, Claremont, Damien, Don Lugo, Eisenhower, Jurupa Valley, Summit, Yucaipa

Division III-AA - Garey, Granite Hills, Norco

Division III-A - Apple Valley, Barstow, Bonita, Diamond Ranch, Pacific, Twentynine Palms

Division IV-AA - Ganesha, Ontario Christian, Pomona, San Dimas, Yucca Valley

Division IV-A - Big Bear, Rim of the World

Division V-AA - Loma Linda Academy, Silver Valley

Division V-A - Aquinas, Arrowhead Christian, Bloomington Christian, Boys Republic, La Verne Lutheran, Upland Christian, Webb

Division VI-AA - Apple Valley Christian, Hesperia Christian, Lucerne Valley, Mesa Grande Academy, Redlands Adventist Academy, Victor Valley Christian

Division VI-A - Grove, Lake Arrowhead Christian, Packinghouse Christian.

GIRLS
Division I-AA - Bloomington, Cajon, Chaffey, Diamond Bar, Etiwanda, Hesperia, Los Osos, Miller, Redlands, Redlands East Valley, Rialto, Silverado, Upland

Division I-A - Arroyo Valley, Ayala, Chino, Chino Hills, Colony, Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga, San Gorgonio, Yucaipa

Division II-AA - Carter, Colton, Kaiser, Montclair, Ontario, Roosevelt, Serrano, Sultana, Victor Valley

Division II-A - Alta Loma, Claremont, Don Lugo, Eisenhower, Jurupa Valley, Norco, Summit

Division III-AA - Diamond Ranch, Granite Hills, Pacific, San Bernardino

Division III-A - Apple Valley, Barstow, Bonita, Ganesha, Garey

Division IV-AA - San Dimas, St. Lucy's, Yucca Valley

Division IV-A - Big Bear, Pomona, Rim of the World, Twentynine Palms

Division V-AA - Arrowhead Christian, Loma Linda Academy, Ontario Christian, Silver Valley

Division V-A - Aquinas, Pomona Catholic, Webb

Division VI-AA - Apple Valley Christian, Grove, Hesperia Christian, La Verne Lutheran, Lucerne Valley, Redlands Adventist Academy, Upland Christian

Division VI-A - Bloomington Christian, Lake Arrowhead Christian, Packinghouse Christian