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CIF Sac-Joaquin Section 2025 high school boys basketball championship recap: Scores, stats (2/28/2025)

Folsom shocks top-seed Modesto Christian; Christian Brothers won't be denied; Woodland Christian prevails behind 49 points from Romello Bruhn

Mitch Stephens

Folsom at the winning press conference after defeating Modesto Christian for the Sac-Joaquin Section Division 1 championship at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento
Folsom at the winning press conference after defeating Modesto Christian for the Sac-Joaquin Section Division 1 championship at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento / Photo: Joe Davidson

The CIF's Sac-Joaquin Section unveiled its 2025 boys basketball brackets in six divisions last week. Now everyone is in the finals at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.

The top four teams in each of the top five divisions all advance to the state tournament. Each Division featured at least 16 teams.

See semifinal scores before and live updates from the championship games played at the same site as the state finals, and where the NBA Kings make home.

Top seeds in each divisions heading in were Modesto Christian (D1), Destiny Christian Academy (D2), Christian Brothers (D3), Natomas (D4), Woodland Christian (D5) and Stone Ridge Christian (D6).

Defending champions are Modesto Christian (D1), Vanden (D2), Sacramento (D3), Venture Academy (D4), Ripon Christian (D5) and Stone Ridge Christian (D6).

Below are the links to each Sac-Joaquin Section 2025 brackets by division and a Pick 'Em link that allows you to predict every game throughout the two-week tournament. Check out all the semifinal scores and as they occur, championship game results and stats.

2025 SJS BOYS BASKETBALL BRACKETS

Division 1
Pick 'Em

Semifinals

No. 1 Modesto Christian 74, No. 4 Lincoln

No. 3 Folsom 69, No. 2 Inderkum 50

Friday's championship at Golden 1 Center

No. 2 Folsom 62, No. 1 Modesto Christian 52

Chase Rawlins had 25 points, eight rebounds and seven assists leading Folsom (28-3), the third seed, to its first section crown since 2015 and prevented Modesto Christian from its four straight title with a spirited win. Siyahe Siaisai added 12 points as the Bulldogs held Modesto Christian (24-8) to 36 percent shooting and outscored the Crusaders bench 23-0. Ry Atkins had 16 points, Gavin Sykes 15 and Trevor Dickson contributed 12 points for Modesto Christian.

Division 2
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Semifinal scores

No. 4 Jesuit 54, No. 1 Destiny Christian Academy 50

No. 2 Rocklin 67, No. 3 Woodcreek 50

Thursday's championship at Golden 1 Center

Rocklin 46, Jesuit 45

Rocklin wins its 14th straight game and first title since 2010 with a nail-biter over Jesuit (22-9), which led almost the entire way. Rocklin enters the NorCal playoffs 24-7. A steal by Connor Delaby in the backcourt and ally-oop to Ely Willis for a hoop proved to be the winning baskets with 15 seconds to play. Jesuit missed a shot at the buzzer, giving the Thunder (24-8) their first title since 2009. The teams split two regular-season games but the Thunder had just enough from Reeve Sione (14 points) and Delaby (11 points, four steals). Asher Schroeder (16 points, eight rebounds) led the charge for Jesuit, which got a combined 25 points from Maison Phillips, Luke Browne and Amaury McKinney. The game was clean with just 16 turnovers total.

Division 3
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Semifinals

No. 1 Christian Brothers 56, No. 4 Twelve Bridges 39

No. 10 El Capitan 57, No. 6 Burbank 42

Friday's championship at Golden 1 Center

No. 1 Christian Brothers 59, No. 10 El Capitan 56

Nothing was going to deny Christian Brothers this year. Not even the absence of their beloved head coach Jermaine Brown, hospitalized Wednesday morning with a health scare. The two-man gang of Daniel Powers (25 points, 10 rebounds) and Stephean Hewitt (19 points, six rebounds) was too much for the 10th seed, who gave it a strong go. Diego Ulteras had 22 points and Elias Ruiz added 10 points, but it was the dominating play down low by Anthony Jones (18 rebounds) that helped keep El Capitan in it to the finish. A 25-11 run in the second quarter was the difference for Christian Brothers.

Division 4
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Semifinals

No. 1 Natomas 66, No. 5 Venture Academy 53

No. 2 Casa Roble 63, No. 3 Ripon Christian 57

Thursday's championship

No. 2 Casa Roble 70, No. 1 Natomas 68

Mason Pearcy had 21 points, eight rebounds and four steals, Benny Ambriz added 17 points and seven rebounds and Moses Oginni chipped in 13 points and six rebounds as Casa Roble (28-4) knocked off the top seed by outscoring Natomoas 21-11 in the third quarter. Manno Jenkins and Alfred Wilkins had 18 points apiece for Natomas (24-8). It was Casa Roble's first section title in first section tilte game.

Division 5
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Semifinals

No. 1 Woodland Christian 76, No. 4 Bret Harte 61

No. 2 Argonaut 75, Fortune Early College 64

Friday's championship at Golden 1 Center

Woodland Christian 87, Argonaut 63

They'll be talking about the performance from 6-3 junior guard Romello Bruhn for a long time around Woodland (27-5). The smooth shooting guard erupted for 49 points on 20-31 from the field to go with eight rebounds and seven assists leading his team to their first section title. This was no abberaration. Bruhn came into the game averaging 30.5 points per game, No. 1 in the SJS. He got some very good help from Tanner Thomas (19 points), all to offset a big game from Argonaut's Mitchell McMahan, who had 25 points. JJ Lungren added 19 for Argonaut.

Division 6
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Semifinals

No. 1 Stone Ridge Christian 65, No. 5 Elite 56

No. 2 Sacramento Waldorf 50, No. 3 Vacaville Christian 42

Thursday's championship

No. 1 Stone Ridge Christian 49, No. 2 Sacramento Waldorf 43

Jaiden Sahota made 12 of 18 shots, including 3 of 4 on three pointers to finishe with 25 points — more than half of his team total — as the Knights (23-8) overcame a four-point first-quarter to outscore Waldorf 15-7 in the second, then held on in the second half. Waldorf, which played its entire starting all 32 minutes, got 17 points apiece from Liam Mason Melberg and Malachi Miranda. Waldorf (27-3) had its 22-game win streak snapped. Ca

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Mitch Stephens
MITCH STEPHENS

Mitch Stephens is a senior editor at SBLive Sports for California, a state he's covered high school sports since 1984. He won multiple CNPA and CPSWA writing awards with the Contra Costa Times, San Francisco Chronicle and MaxPreps.com before joining the SBLive staff in 2022. He's covered the beat nationally since 2007, profiling such athletes as Derrick Henry, Paige Bueckers, Patrick Mahomes, Sabrina Ionescu, Jayson Tatum, Chiney Ogwumike, Jeremy Lin and Najee Harris as preps. You can reach him at mitch@scorebooklive.com.

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