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CIF Sac-Joaquin Section 2025 high school girls basketball championship recap: Scores, stats (2/28/25)

McClatchy shocks Folsom. Colfax. Bret Harte also win crowns Friday night after Atwater, Liberty Ranch, Faith Christian win crowns Thursday at Golden 1 Center

Mitch Stephens

McClatchy girls pose after its 64-53 win over Folsom in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division 1 title game at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento
McClatchy girls pose after its 64-53 win over Folsom in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division 1 title game at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento / Photo: Joe Davidson

The CIF's Sac-Joaquin Section was unveiled its 2025 girls basketball brackets in six divisions just last week and now all the surviving teams are at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.

The finals are here.

Six championship games will be played Thrusday and Friday — see the results below.

The top four teams in each of the top five divisions all advance to the state tournament. Each Division features at least 16 teams. But only one team will be crowned section champion, a season's dream for many of the winners.

Top seeds in each division are Folsom (Division 1), Christian Brothers (D2), Colfax (D3), Liberty Ranch (D4), Bret Harte (D5) and Faith Christian (D6).

Defending champions: St. Mary's (D1), Whitney (D2), Vista del Lago (D3), Colfax (D4), Bear River (D5) and Sacramento Adventist Capitals (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. There's also semifinal scores. All championship games at Golden 1 Center, Sacramento.

2025 SJS GIRLS BASKETBALL BRACKETS

Division 1
Pick 'Em

Semifinals

No. 1 Folsom 61, No. 5 Oak Ridge 42

No. 3 McClatchy 67, No. 2 St. Mary's 59

Friday's championship

No. 2 McClatchy 64, No. 1 Folsom 53

Nina Cain had 22 points and 12 rebounds and Breyana Kimmons added 21 points leading the Lions (24-6) to the championship win, their first since 2007. McClatchy used a 22-12 second quarter run to take control, though Folsom closed to 47-44 entering the fourth. Norret Lewis contributed 12 points and five rebounds for the winners. Aryn Bright had 14 points, Sophia Mindermann 12 and Ava Rawlins and Lily Bingaman combined for 17 for Folsom (26-4), which also got six assists from Jada Tupou.

Division 2
Pick 'Em

Semifinals

No. 1 Christian Brothers, No. 5 Whitney 54

No. 2 Atwater 70, No. 6 Grant 54

Thursday's championship

No. 2 Atwater 65, No. 1 Christian Brothers 49

Karissa Hukill had 20 points, nine rebounds, seven steaks and five assists leading Atwater to the nearly wire-to-wire victory while taking its first SJS title since 1988. Cami Gibson added eight points and 15 rebounds as Atwater (27-5) outscored Christian Brothers 40-18 in the paint and got 18 bench points to two for CB (25-7). Aleyah Harmon had 15 points, Joy Omishakin 14 and Alivia Novi 13 for Christian Brothers, which was just 4 of 15 from the friee throw line. Christian Brothers was after its sixth section title since 2008.

Division 3
Pick 'Em

Semifinals

No. 1 Colfax 45, No. 5 Rio Lindo 22

No. 2 Ponderosa 63, No. 3 East Union 51

Friday's championship

Colfax 73, Ponderosa 52

Laurlyn Massick had 15 points and Juliette James added 14 points and 12 rebounds as Colfax (26-6) won its third straight SJS title and 14th overall with a wire-to-wire win over a fiesty Ponderosa squad (27-5). Brooklynn Nordquist had 17 points and Casey Dreiling added 11 for Pondo, which couldn't overcome 29 percent shooting. Colfax broke open a close game with a 19-9 run in the fourth quarter. Belle Chu had 12 points and Kaia Diedrichs and Madalyn Sigrist chipped in 11 apiece for the winners which outrebounded Ponderosa 55-36. Diedrichs added 11 rebounds and nine assists.

Division 4
Pick 'Em

Semifinals

No. 1 Liberty Ranch 36, No. 4 West Campus 32

No. 2 Riverbank 62, No. 3 Marysville 50

Thursday championship

No. 1 Liberty Ranch 55, No. 2 Riverbank 50

Liberty Ranch's career leader in points and rebounds didn't disappoint. Haley Smith exploded for 26 points and grabbed eight rebounds leading the Hawks (29-2) to their first SJS title. The 5-10 junior shooting guard was 14 of 16 from the free throw line where Liberty Ranch outsored Riverbank 24-4. Kendall Duryee and Kamrynn Blevins combined for 18 points for the Hawks who held a 40-27 edge on the boards but committed 32 turnovers. Leilani Olanolan had 18 points and Taylor Macias 12 for Riverbank (25-5) which put up 37 three-pointers, maing eight.

Division 5
Pick 'Em

Semifinals

No. 1 Bret Harte 55, No. 4 Fortune Early College 41

No. 2 Woodland Christian 65, No. 3 Argonaut 36

Friday's championship

Bret Harte 45, Woodland Christian 42

Maddie Kane had 16 points and nine rebounds and Emma Russell added 13 points and eight rebounds as Bret Hart (25-4) won its first SJS title since 1981 while breaking Woodland Christian's 24-game win streak. Bret Harte fought through a horrid start, falling behind 10-4 at the end of one quarter. Siena Sorbello had 12 points, Bailee Broward 10 and Keziah Maldonado-Lemus and Teagan Hayes combined for 16 points Woodland Christian (26-6).

Division 6
Pick 'Ems

Semifinals

No. 1 Faith Christian 83, No. 5 Vacaville Christian 34

No. 2 Sacramento Adventist 53, No. 3 Sacramento Waldorf 34

Thursday's championship

No. 1 Faith Christian 52, No. 2 Sacramento Adventist 33

From Joe Davidson of Sacramento Bee:

One year later, and the euphoria was back for the small-school basketball wonders from Yuba City.

Behind the section’s leading scorer, her unsung fellow floor leader and a supporting cast of grinders, the Faith Christian Lions defeated Sacramento Adventist Academy, the program’s second such crown in three seasons.

It’s not a three-peat achievement because Sac Adventist stunned the Lions last season for the crown at UC Davis, the first for that program, and that setback served as a motivator throughout the playoffs. Faith won its 18th consecutive game and moved to 26-2 on the season, towering in this smallest-enrollment division. Faith Christian opened 50 years ago as an elementary school, adding high school students in 1981.

The high school has 50 students. School was canceled Thursday, and the administration ordered up a bus to haul darn near every student to the game. An 18-0 run in the first half allowed Faith Christian to seize control, and the Lions held off the cold-shooting Capitals, who fell to 0-3 against their rivals this season.

Lauren Harris scored 23 points and had 15 rebounds, displaying her versatility and skill set as she has for the second season in a row led all scorers in the section this season at nearly 30 a game. She was The Sacramento Bee’s Small School Player of the Year last season as a sophomore and is even better now, a complete player who can hit long 3-pointers, lead the break and muscle inside for buckets and boards. She made five 3-pointers.

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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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