OPEN DIVISION

Friday, 7 p.m.
Pool A -- #8 Sierra Canyon at #1 Corona Centennial, #5 Sherman Oaks Notre Dame at #4 Bishop Montgomery
Pool B -- #7 St. Bernard at #2 Harvard-Westlake, #6 St. John Bosco at #3 West Ranch

Feb. 14, 7 p.m.
Pool A -- #5 Sherman Oaks Notre Dame at #1 Corona Centennial, #8 Sierra Canyon at #4 Bishop Montgomery
Pool B -- #6 St. John Bosco at #2 Harvard-Westlake, #7 St. Bernard at #3 West Ranch

Feb. 17, 7 p.m.
Pool A -- #4 Bishop Montgomery at #1 Corona Centennial, #8 Sierra Canyon at #5 Sherman Oaks Notre Dame
Pool B -- #3 West Ranch at #2 Harvard-Westlake, #7 St. Bernard at #6 St. John Bosco

NOTE: Championship, Feb. 25 at Honda Center (Anaheim)

DIVISION 1

First round, Wednesday, 7 p.m.
#1 Etiwanda, bye
St. Francis at Oak Park
Santa Margarita at Los Alamitos
St. Paul at Village Christian
Anaheim Canyon, bye
Loyola at Crossroads
Cajon at Rolling Hills Prep
#4 JSerra at Great Oak
#3 Mira Costa, bye
Brentwood at Anaheim Fairmont
Los Altos at Colony
St. Anthony at Damien
Heritage Christian at Foothill
Dominguez at Eastvale Roosevelt
San Juan Hills at Crean Lutheran
Long Beach Poly at #2 Mater Dei

DIVISION 2AA

First round, Wednesday, 7 p.m.
Westlake at #1 Oxnard
Crespi at Vista Murrieta
Campbell Hall at Oak Hills
King at Capistrano Valley
Orange Lutheran at Aliso Niguel
Villa Park at Edison
Calabasas at Beverly Hills
#4 Rancho Cucamonga at Saugus
Marina at #3 Tesoro
Lakewood at Crescenta Valley
Murrieta Valley at Linfield Christian
Shadow Hills at Rancho Verde
Culver City at Thousand Oaks
Fountain Valley at Simi Valley
Chaminade at Knight
Trabuco Hills at #2 Windward

DIVISION 2A

First round, Wednesday, 7 p.m.
Norco at #1 Rancho Christian
Palm Desert at Glendora
Summit at Aquinas
Cypress at Downey
Bishop Diego at Redondo
Riverside North at Adelanto
AGBU at Pasadena
El Dorado at #4 Diamond Bar
Bishop Amat at #3 La Mirada
Arcadia at Shalhevet
Palos Verdes at Burbank Providence
Silverado at Walnut
Ayala at Sonora
San Marcos at Agoura
Cerritos Valley Christian at Dana Hills
Portola at #2 Newport Beach Pacifica Christian

DIVISION 3AA

First round, Wednesday, 7 p.m.
Alemany at #1 St. Pius X-St. Matthias
Canyon Country Canyon at Price
Santa Monica at Santa Ana Calvary Chapel
Citrus Valley at Hesperia
San Marino at Maranatha
Sunny Hills at Palm Springs
Newbury Park at Artesia
Pasadena Poly at #4 Buena
Rio Mesa at #3 La Serna
Pilibos at Corona del Mar
Highland at Hillcrest
Northwood at La Canada
Camarillo at South Pasadena
Gahr at Tustin
Beckman at Redlands East Valley
West Torrance at #2 Orangewood Academy

DIVISION 3A

First round, Wednesday, 7 p.m.
Lawndale at #1 Paraclete
Bonita at Indio
Woodbridge at Alhambra
Hemet at San Dimas
Yorba Linda at Temescal Canyon
San Gabriel Academy at Rialto
Chino at Arlington
Murrieta Mesa at #4 Valley Torah
#3 Oakwood, bye
Valley View at Da Vinci
Cerritos at Ocean View
Laguna Hills at Newport Harbor
Ontario Christian at Moreno Valley
Mission Viejo at Western
Hart at Schurr
Inglewood at #2 La Habra

DIVISION 4AA

Wild-card games, Tuesday, 7 p.m.
A--Muir at Eisenhower
B--Heritage at Costa Mesa
C--Trinity Classical at Villanova Prep

First round, Wednesday, 7 p.m.
#1 Valencia at Don Lugo
Warren at Workman
Santa Barbara at Santa Maria Valley Christian
Quartz Hill at Gabrielino
Keppel at Bethel Christian
Fontana at Esperanza
San Jacinto at Beaumont
#4 Troy at Garden Grove Santiago
Winner wild-card A at #3 St. Margaret’s
Western Christian at Nordhoff
Edgewood at St. Monica
Long Beach Wilson at Jurupa Hills
Winner wild-card B at St. Bonaventure
Eastside at Indian Springs
Hacienda Heights Wilson at Santa Rosa Academy
Winner wild-card C at #2 Flintridge Prep

DIVISION 4A

First round, Wednesday, 7 p.m.
Crossroads Christian at #1 Leuzinger
Twentynine Palms at Jurupa Valley
Littlerock at Pomona
Barstow at Riverside Prep
Diamond Ranch at El Modena
Lakeside at Yucca Valley
Holy Martyrs at San Juan Capistrano Fairmont
Whittier at #4 Sage Hill
Waverly at #3 Santa Monica Pacifica Christian
South El Monte at Sierra Vista
California at Faith Baptist
Big Bear at Canyon Springs
Northview at Cate
Santa Ana at Segerstrom
San Bernardino at Liberty
Montclair at #2 Long Beach Jordan

DIVISION 5AA

Wild-card game, Tuesday, 7 p.m.
Bassett at Anaheim

First round, Wednesday, 7 p.m.
Wild-card winner at #1 Lynwood
Westminster La Quinta at CAMS
Apple Valley at Calvary Baptist
Katella at Foothill Tech
Whitney at Savanna
Bloomington at Rim of the World
Compton Early College at Mesrobian
Beacon Hill at #4 de Toledo
Pasadena Marshall at #3 Bosco Tech
Temecula Prep at Downey Calvary Chapel
Perris at Loma Linda Academy
St. Monica Academy at Hillcrest Christian
Mary Star at Fillmore
Discovery Christian at Loara
Mountain View at United Christian
New Roads at #2 North Torrance

DIVISION 5A

Wild-card games, Tuesday, 7 p.m.
A--Channel Islands at Duarte
B--La Verne Lutheran at Coast Union
C--Desert Hot Springs at Victor Valley Christian
D--Vasquez at Academy of Academic Excellence
E--Cuyama Valley at Santa Barbara Providence
F--Westmark at California Lutheran
G--Geffen at Liberty Christian
H--California Military at Norte Vista

First round, Wednesday, 7 p.m.
Winner wild-card A at #1 Blair
Winner wild-card B at Oak Grove
Winner wild-card C at Palm Valley
Samueli at Hesperia Christian
Winner wild-card D at Silver Valley
International School of Los Angeles at Newbury Park Adventist
Winner wild-card E at Southlands Christian
#4 Tarbut V’Torah at Mesa Grande
Cornerstone Christian at #3 San Gorgonio
Winner wild-card F at Desert Chapel
Acaciawood Academy at Academy for Careers & Exploration
Redlands Adventist at Bermuda Dunes Desert Christian
San Luis Obispo Classical at Santa Paula
Ojai Valley at Midland
Winner wild-card G at Dunn
Winner wild-card H at #2 CSDR

NOTES: Second round (Div. 1-5A), Friday, 7 p.m.; quarterfinals (Div. 1-5A), Feb. 14, 7 p.m.; semifinals (Div. 1-5A), Feb. 17, 7 p.m. Championships, Feb. 24-25.

San Marcos Dante Carey Finds Success in his 19th year as basketball coach

By David A. Willauer-Contributing Writer-February 7, 2025-San Marcos High School-San Marcos, CA: The Knights of San Marcos known for their tradition in athletics once again rule the gymnasium tonight as they defeated the Titans of Poway by an 60-39 score and with the victory they improve their record to 23-3 under 19th year head coach Dante Carey. This is Coach Carey's 11 20 game total victories.

At the beginning of the season the Knights were defeated by Montgomery, Mater Dei and Lincoln High from Stockton, CA in a tournament

In tonight's contest vs. Poway, the Knights were led by Jalen Williams with 13, Richie Ramirez and Chris Crowell each with 12 and Elias Flaim with 10 along with an 8 game victory streak

Head Coach Dante Carey: "It feels good to get the win tonight, Head Coach Corey Clark does a great job at Poway as they defended well on defense and played their best game."

" We have two shooters that can shoot the ball when they are open and needed to work on taking the perfect shots." "Poway has a lot of shooters and talent, Grant Rodriguez shot the ball well but defensively we played very well guarding some of their players said." Coach Carey.

San Marcos travels to Westview High to take on the Wildcats and will host Mission HIlls in a Discovery Bowl battle tapoff is 7 PM

Coach Dante Carey on his playing and coaching career at San Marcos.

In 1998 Coach Carey graduated from San Marcos while playing basketball all 4 year. His freshman and sophomore years came off the bench on JV and his last 2 years started and is currently the school's All Time Assists Leader.

Palomar and San Francisco State 2 years each: "At Palomar College I stayed local with my friends, as the Comets had a good team with Mission Hills girls head coach and Palomar Comets assistant basketball coach Chris Kroesch then moving to San Francisco State I had an excellent career there". said Coach Carey.

In his first year as head coach in 2006-2007, the Knights went 10-15, 2007-08 17-11, 2008-09 17-11, in 2009-10 registered his first 20 win season in school history after that currently has 11 20 win seasons under Coach Carey.

"After graduating from San Francisco State I started as a JV head coach at Francis Parker School with Head Coach Ryan Meyer, since a lot of kids chose to stay in private school I wanted to have them to be local in this area." said coach Carey.

Coach Carey on his 300th career win in 2022: "I registered my 300th career win at the Mission Bay High School Basketball Tournament, I was very pleased about my career win."

On Coach Carey's 11th 20 win season at San Marcos: "I didn't know it until you just spoke to me about the info, it's not about me it's the kids they come here to work hard." "My staff is the longevity of that." "Coaching basketball is a long season as we continue year around working for us to be successful

On the 8 game win streak 23-3 ranked in San Diego Section "There are a lot of outstanding teams in the San Diego area with a lot of good teams that were ranked in the beginning of the season, we played competitive teams from Lincoln High School in Stockton CA which has an amazing ball club along with Mater Dei in Orange County is outstanding team as we fought tooth and nail against them," " The Montgomery High Aztecs from the East County area is one of the speedier teams when playing basketball they are like a well oiled machine." said Coach Carey.

Preparing for Westview and Mission Hills: " Right now we have to focus on the Westview Wolverines this coming Tuesday if we can play good solid basketball we will be ready for Mission HIlls." said Coach Carey

2025 Nor Cal Spring Showcase

The 13th annual Nor Cal Spring Showcase will be held Saturday May 10, 2025 at Chabot College in Hayward. It is open to competitive teams from high school and AAU programs in all high school grades (including seniors).

The event is designed to provide all players an opportunity to demonstrate their talents/skills in highly competitive games for the college coaches, scouts, and media expected to attend. A report on the event will be done by the Hoop Review scouting service that will be sent to college coaches and various internet sites. All games will be live streamed by Baller TV.

This event will also serve as an ideal warmup for the NCAA live period the following weekend (May 16-18).

Cost is $275.00 per team. Multiple (3 or more) team discounts are available. Every team will play two games. For more information email: gerryfreitas@hotmail.com.

Boys Basketball

Torrey Pines 64 Vista 58 TP Tevaris Green 19 Cody Shehn 16 Amir Sedghi 12

Girls Basketball

Torrey Pines 69 Sage Creek 21 TP Roma Panchal 12 Katie Tai 10

Mission Vista 38 San Dieguito Academy 37 MH Jordynn Rogers 10

Escondido Charter 40 St. Joseph's Academy 30 EC: Kami Gillis 14 A Vilaslang 10

Tri City Christian 60 Escondido Adventist 32 TCC: Katie Busch 23

Nebraska appeared to be falling out of favor with Arrington following the departure of Tony White, his primary recruiter, to Florida State. Don't tell Matt Rhule that though,

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Brandon Arrington was back at Alabama over the weekend -- getting critical face time with DeBoer and Maurice Linguist.

The Crimson Tide coaches love how Rivals' No. 1 ATH projects to the secondary.

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Per Eric Sonheimer, LA Times:

All signs point toward Harvard-Westlake and Eastvale Roosevelt being No. 1 and No. 2 seeds in the Open Division boys pairings when the Southern Section releases its final pairings Saturday. Of course, both need to finish up the regular season this week. Harvard-Westlake is expected to host the Mission League tournament championship game Wednesday. Roosevelt is scheduled to face Corona Centennial on Tuesday.

The other teams remain in flux. The closeness of the Trinity League race for first place will play a big part in which eight teams make the Open Division. Santa Margarita had a breakthrough week with wins over St. John Bosco and JSerra, putting the Eagles in good position for a spot. Redondo Union is ranked No. 4 and has a big game Tuesday to decide the Bay League title against Mira Costa at home.

La Mirada has been very consistent and is in position to win out. Sierra Canyon’s win over Sherman Oaks Notre Dame at Intuit Dome on Saturday makes the Trailblazers the No. 2 seed for this week’s Mission League tournament and a likely rematch against Notre Dame on Tuesday at home. Remember the Southern Section is using computer rankings to determine its playoff divisions for the first time, so prepare for uncertainty.

In the City Section, with two weeks to go, Westchester, Cleveland and Chatsworth appear to be the three favorites in the Open Division, with the other five spots wide open. Big games this coming week have Fairfax playing Palisades and Palisades taking on Westchester. On Feb. 10, Cleveland is playing at Chatsworth. Washington Prep could be a surprise choice if it wins the Coliseum League as expected. The Generals are 11-2 when they have all their players.

Per Eric Sondheimer, LA Times:

The top four teams in the Southern Section have been clear for months. Ontario Christian, Etiwanda, Sierra Canyon and Mater Dei have separated themselves but there are some developments. Mater Dei has lost one of its top players, Kaeli Wynn, to injury. Sierra Canyon is 22-1 but has yet to play any of the top teams, so there will be lots of intrigue if any team can prevent an Ontario Christian vs. Etiwanda rematch.

In the City Section, Hamilton continues to impress with an 18-2 record and 7-0 mark in the Western League. Birmingham is headed to the West Valley League title and likely No. 2 seed. Hamilton faces Palisades on Feb. 5.

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Here's what Kenneth Goodwin said stood out:

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Here is commentary from Scott Reed, Rivals Oregon publisher:

Oregon currently has two four-star commits—defensive tackle Tomuhini Topui and another prospect who are both taking visits to USC this weekend. If you follow recruiting closely, you know that teams will always keep knocking on the doors of elite prospects.

Topui, known as “TomTom,” is one of those players who’s been high on Oregon’s board for a while. He’s also someone that I'm less worried about flipping. Here's why.

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2027 Inglewood defensive tackle Myels Smith had this to say:

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