By Stephen Ramirez
WHITTIER — This might be the best season in the La Serna High School boys soccer team’s history. But it won’t include a CIF-Southern Section title.
Jorge Corona had a goal and assist and No. 3 seed Santa Ana ended the host Lancers’ season with a 3-0 victory in a Division 2 second-round game.
Ezequiel Morales and Alex Resendiz also had goals for the Saints, who improved to 17-4-1 and will travel to Long Beach Cabrillo for the quarterfinals on Friday. La Serna finished 18-5-4.
La Serna’s John Delgadillo: “I feel great. This game was the best game we played. Even though we lost, it was our best, and you couldn’t ask for a (better performance).”

CALIFORNIA 3, CENTURY 1
The Condors stayed undefeated with a solid win in the second round. They will travel to No. 4 seed Sunny Hills on Friday.

Here is today’s CIF-SS playoff schedule:
GIRLS BASKETBALL
DIVISION 1A
Second Round
El Rancho at Valley View, 7 p.m.
DIVISION 3AA
Quarterfinals
Sonora at Corona del Mar, 7 p.m.
DIVISION 4A
Quarterfinals
Notre Dame Academy at St. Paul, 7 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER
SECOND ROUND
DIVISION 2
Century at California, 5 p.m.
Santa Ana at La Serna, 3 p.m.

By Stephen Ramirez

PASADENA >> Sonora High School is back in the CIF-Southern Section boys basketball semifinals, but just barely.
Stephen Murphy scored 17 points and Ben Rico 15 and the top-seeded Raiders survived furious second-half rally by host Pasadena to score a 60-57 victory in a Division 3AA quarterfinal on Tuesday.
Josh Rodriguez also had 14 points for Sonora, which improved to 25-4 and will travel to Diamond Ranch, which beat San Marcos, 39-36, on Friday. Tyrek Adams had 20 points and Ben Burgoyne 19 for the Bulldogs, who finished 19-10.
Pasadena had a chance to tie it at the end, but 3-point shots by Marc Howard Jr. and Adams were short at the buzzer.

TUESDAY’S SCORES
DIVISION 2A
SECOND ROUND
No. 1 La Mirada 64, Agoura 42
DIVISION 3AA
QUARTERFINALS
No. 1 Sonora 60, Pasadena 57
WEDNESDAY’S SCHEDULE
OPEN DIVISION
CONSOLATION QUARTERFINALS
St. John Bosco vs. Cantwell at El Rancho HS, 7 p.m.
FRIDAY’S SCHEDULE
DIVISION 2A
QUARTERFINALS
Savanna at La Mirada, 7 p.m.
DIVISION 3AA
SEMIFINALS
Sonora at Diamond Ranch, 7 p.m.

Girls soccer
La Serna 4, Linfield Christian 0 — Hailee Morales, Miranda Yzabel, Jillian Issacs and Michelle Reed each scored a goal to lead the Lancers (17-4-5) to the Division 5 second-round playoff win.

By Stephen Ramirez
LA CRESCENTA — La Mirada High School, with no seniors, is one of the youngest girls soccer teams in the CIF-Southern Section.
But there’s no doubting the Matadores’ talent, which was again put on full display Tuesday.
Sophomore Maddy Bennett scored two goals and had an assist and No. 2 seed La Mirada scored a 3-0 victory over host Crescenta Valley in a Division 4 second-round game.
Freshman Simoan Handy also had a goal for the Matadores, who improved to 23-2 and advanced to face either Sage Hill or Royal in Thursday’s quarterfinals. Sydney Schoeller had seven saves for the Falcons, who finished 12-9-1.

La Mirada’s Maddy Bennett: “We want to win CIF and we have to keep bringing out our best game. That’s what we did. We got two more goals in the second half, and that’s what you have to do. You have to play like a team.”

La Mirada coach David Christensen: “I’ve got a very good team and we did what we had to do today. Crescenta Valley played a very good game. We were a little flat and it took a bit to get going. But I’m very happy we the result.”
TUESDAY’S SCORES
DIVISION 4
No. 2 La Mirada 3, Crescenta Valley 0
DIVISION 5
No. 4 La Serna 4, Linfield Christian 1
DIVISION 6
Schurr 2, No. 1 Grand Terrace 1
Temescal Canyon 3, Whittier Christian 0
THURSDAY’S SEMIFINALS
DIVISION 4
No. 2 La Mirada at Royal, 3 p.m.
DIVISION 5
Colony at No. 4 La Serna, 3 p.m.
DIVISION 6
Schurr at Sierra Vista, 3 p.m.