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California CIF State NorCal playoff boys basketball first-round scores, brackets

CIF State tournament updates after the first round of action as scores and notable stats trickle in Tuesday night; Moreau Catholic, Liberty score major D1 upset road victories

Mitch Stephens

Kellen Hampton of Moreau Catholic drives to the hoop defended by a Riverside Poly player during the 27th MLK Classic at De La Salle High School. Hampton had 40 points Tuesday in a wild 84-78 overtime win at Dougherty Valley.
Kellen Hampton of Moreau Catholic drives to the hoop defended by a Riverside Poly player during the 27th MLK Classic at De La Salle High School. Hampton had 40 points Tuesday in a wild 84-78 overtime win at Dougherty Valley. / Photo by Dennis Lee

It's win or go home in the state of California.

The CIF State playoffs are here. The first round of the tournament in the North from Divisions I through V started Tuesday night. The Open Division (boys and girls) will start Wednesday night.

The quarterfinals will be played Thursday. The semifinals on Saturday and the regional finals are set for Tuesday — winner advances to the CIF State finals in Sacramento on March 14-15.

Here are the most notable scores and games we found around the net (check link below ...

Kellen Hampton scored 40 points, 17 in the fourth quarter, and finished 13 of 13 from the foul line as 11th seed Moreau Catholic stunned sixth-seed Dougherty Valley 84-78 in overtime.

The game was marred with almost 80 free throws, 48 shot by Moreau Catholic (26-5) which made 37. The Mariners survived three buzzer-beaters at the end of quarters, including the fourth, a well-beyond-the-top of the key jumper by Kenny Cloud to send the game to overtime.

Cloud finished with 24 points, according to NorCalSports TV, and Jalen Stokes had 23 for the Wildcats (24-9), who beat Moreau Catholic 70-49 earlier in the year. Stokes and Cloud both fouled out, Stokes with two minutes left in regulation.

Moreau Catholic will now travel to third seed Lincoln of Stockton, a 57-46 winner over 14th seed Clovis West.

Liberty 71, Clovis North 67: Jaiden Miller had 27 points, Drew Vixon 20 and Dante Vigil 16 as 13th seed Liberty the fourth seed in Clovis.

Clayton Valley 59, Serra 38: The eighth vs. ninth seed games tend to be the best, for good reason. The Eagles (22-12) made it look as if they should have been a higher seed, what with the return of their star player Elijah Perryman who missed more than half the season with a knee injury sustained early in season. Now that he's back, the Eagles are a definite regional championship contender. Just as the Padres,

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CIF STATE BRACKETS/SCORES

OPEN DIVISION

DIVISION I

DIVISION II

DIVISION III

DIVISION IV

DIVISION V

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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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