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Ontario Christian's Kaleena Smith drives to the hoop against a Sierra Canyon defender in the CIF Southern Section Open Division final on Feb. 28, 2026. She leads her team into the state finals 6 p.m. Saturday against Mitty with a possible mythical national championship on the line.

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Sierra Canyon, Ontario Christian, Mitty play for national titles; Central Section takes center stage; Kaleen Smith makes debut; Jelani McCoy, McKenna Woliczko offer swan songs

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Sage Hill girls basketball celebrates a shocking win over No. 1 Sierra Canyon in the CIF State Open Division regional playoffs.

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Jerzy Robinson's high school career is over after Sage Hills stunned Sierra Canyon at home in the CIF State regional semifinals Saturday night.

Riordan's Emmanuel Ahamefule ready to lead the Crusaders into Saturday's home semifinal against the Crusaders of Modesto Christian

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St. Ignatius-Riordan, Modesto Christian-Riordan boys, San Ramon Valley-Mitty, St. Mary's-Clovis West girls are the Open Division semifinal pairings on Saturday

Rashod Cotton, shown here in the Santa Barbara TOC in December, had 22 points Thursday to lead Dougherty Valley to a 59-55 win at Clayton Valley Charter.

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After losing in North Coast Section Open semifinals, visiting Wildcats ride fast, fearless start to down the Eagles in coaching matchup of sons famous high school coaches

San Ramon Valley High School's girls basketball team finally celebrate in the final 10 seconds of their 51-44 win at Carondelet March 4 in the CIF Northern California Open Division first-round game just four days after being beat by the same Cougars for the North Coast Section Open championship.

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Freshman post Presley Uchikura gives career performance, now going to face national power Mitty and McDonald's All-American McKenna Woliczko

Crean Lutheran celebrates its CIF Southern Section Division 1 championship after defeating JSerra at the Toyota Arena in Ontario on Feb. 28, 2026.

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The CIF State office announced the boys and girls basketball playoffs on Sunday afternoon. Now, it's win or go home.

Mitty wins fifth straight Central Coast Section Open Division title, this one after 90-31 win over Riordan at USF

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SAN FRANCISCO — They honored Mitty’s girls basketball team even before winning a 34th Central Coast Section championship and 11th at the Open Division title wit

Salesian's Carlton Perrilliat (21), shown here in a game last season vs. St. Joseph-Santa Maria, scored eight straight key points in the second quarter to help the Pride upend De La Salle Wednesday in North Coast Section Open Division semifinal action at Albany High School.

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Pride give up just five points in fourth quarter, get clutch play from Elias Obenyah and Leon Powe Jr. to outlast gritty, short-handed Spartans

La Mirada coach Randy Oronoz will travel to Harvard-Westlake to compete in the Open Division semifinals Tuesday night.

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La Mirada has been deemed the Cinderella team of the 2026 CIF Southern Section Open Division playoffs after beating St. John Bosco and Redondo Union in back-to-back games.

La Mirada stunned Redondo Union in the Open Division playoffs Friday night.

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La Mirada, seeded No. 12 of 12 teams in the Open Division, has reached the semifinals after stunning Redondo Union on the road.

Ibrahim Monawar, shown here during De La Salle 28-5 season in 2024-25, led the Spartans to a big North Coast Section Open Division opening night win on Feb. 19, 2026 with a team-high 17 points, 15 coming after halftime.

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Fourth-year Spartan guard observing Ramadan leads his team to wild California playoff win despite improbable buzzer-beater, 32 points from Isaiah Clendinen

San Ramon Valley sophomore Kaitlyn Mills is a key starter for the top Open Division seed which have a first-round bye in the North Coast Section playoffs which opened on Feb. 17 and conclude Feb. 28

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First-round Division 1 winners include No. 2 Dublin, No. 3 Arcata, No. 4 Acalanes and No. 5 Alameda; No. 11 Pinole Valley pulls off only upset with win at No. 6 California

Salesian senior Elias Obenyah leads the top-seed Pride in Open Division play, which opens Thursday in North Coast Section playoff action. Salesian has earned a first-round bye. Here the Stanford-boudn Obenyah goes up for two of his game-high 26 points during a 74-62 win over Modesto Christian in the 28th MLK Classic at De La Salle on Jan. 19, 2026

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First-round Division 1 winners include No. 1 Bishop O'Dowd, No. 2 Amador Valley, No. 3 Granada and No. 4 Liberty; 10th seed Livermore upsets No. 7 California

A slam dunk of a season for Livermore High School and super sophomore Amare Chandler continued Tuesday in North Coast Section Division 1 playoff action. Chandler hit two three-point buzzer-beaters and scored 40 points leading Cowboys to a historic win.

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Amare Chandler sends game into overtime, then wins NCS road playoff game with two daggers en route to a 40-point outburst

Crespi coach Derek Fisher looks on as the Celts beat Corona del Mar in Open Division play and punch a ticket to the CIF State playoffs.

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Second-round scores, notable stats and bracket updates from the CIF Southern Section and City Section basketball playoffs from Friday night.

Reseda Cleveland is the No. 2 seed in the boys Open Division playoffs.

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Palisades Charter boys' and Westchester girls' basketball teams earn the No. 1 seed in its respective Open Division playoff divisions.

Tati Griffin (12) celebrates after a big shot against Etiwanda in the CIF Southern Section Open Division final at the Toyota Arena in Ontario, Calif. on Saturday, March 1, 2025.

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All the 2026 high school boys, girls basketball playoff divisions and pairings on one page, from the Open Division to Division 9.

Santa Margarita senior WR Trent Mosley and USC commit had eight catches for 134 yards and two touchdowns in the first half when the Eagles raced to a 35-7 lead in the CIF State Open Division championship at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo.

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Last game of season in California pits two nationally ranked teams in Trinity League powerhouse and blue blood of Northern California.

Lamar Ellis is on the move to Orange County where his Bishop O'Dowd Dragons will take on Christian-El Cajon in a CIF state Championship Division5-AA title game. Ellis has rushed for nearly 1,300 and 19 touchdowns in eight games.

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After having to sit out five games due to transfer rules, Lamar Ellis has made up for lost time while propelling Dragons into the CIF State 5-AA championship against Christian-El Cajon

What will Santa Margarita senior Trent Mosley do for an encore after going for more than 300 reception yards in his team's surprisingly lopsided Southern Section finals win over Corona Centennial. The Eagles go for their second state title Saturday at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo. Check out how to watch, history, top players and predictions below from all 15 CIF California State football championships.

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One stop shop for all 15 games at three different Southern California sites Friday and Saturday (Dec. 12-13)

Fleet Central East wide receiver Xavior Jones salutes after scoring on a 52-yard reverse in the second quarter of his team's 55-36 CIF Northern California Division 1-A championship win at Pittsburg on Dec. 6.

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Senior tailback carries a career high 38 times for 270 yards, carrying the Bengals to the finish of a thorough road win over a determined and host Pirates team

After starting quarterback Ryder Lyons got injured during the final drive of the third quarter against undefeated Archbishop Riordan on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, Folsom junior backup Brody Rudnicki guided a pair of second-half touchdown drives to help the Bulldogs pull out a stunning 42-38 come-from-behind victory in the CIF NorCal Division I-AA regional championship.

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After California POY Ryder Lyons goes down with shoulder injury, junior quarterback throws two late touchdowns to pull out wild Division 1-AA title comeback victory; The Smiths — Brandon and Mekei (no relation — led Central East, Balboa to Saturday wins

Folsom quarterback Ryder Lyons passes during Friday's season-opening victory over visiting Long Beach Poly. He's finishing off illustrious career with either his last game or second-to-last game Friday versus powerhouse Riordan.

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Elite quarterbacks Ryder Lyons (BYU signee) versus Michael Mitchell (Stanford) take center stage in premier game; 13 other contests also determine state finalists

De La Salle junior speedster Jaden Jefferson if off to the races on his way on a 43-yard touchdown run in the third quarter of the Spartans 39-10 win over Serra in Week 2 of the 2024 season. On Friday, Jefferson had three touchdown runs and 108 yards rushing on seven carries in the Spartans' 42-0 win over San Ramon Valley.

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Spartans record third shutout of season, fifth time their defense doesn't allow a touchdown in a romp over San Ramon Valley

Riordan 2026 QB Michael Mitchell leads the top-seeded Crusaders in the Open/Division 1 Central Coast Section playoffs. The Vanderbilt-bound quarterback has thrown for 9,613 career yards and 116 career touchdowns.

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Top seeds in the 40-team, 5-division playoffs are Riordan (Open/D1), St. Ignatius (D2), Woodside (D3), Branham (D4) and Piedmont Hills (D5)