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CIF Southern Section 2025 high school basketball championship recap: scores, stats

A full recap of all the CIF high school basketball championships, including scores and notable stats from each final.

Tarek Fattal

Pacifica Christian of Orange County taking on Saugus in the CIF Southern Section playoffs.
Pacifica Christian of Orange County taking on Saugus in the CIF Southern Section playoffs. / Matthew Plugge

The CIF Southern Section 2025 boys and girls high school basketball championships we're played February 28 and March 1.

A combined 20 champions were crowned this weekend — 10 boys' teams and 10 girls' teams, including the almighty Open Division.

Here is a full recap of all the CIF championships ...

CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP

FRIDAY, FEB. 28 — AZUSA PACIFIC UNIV.
D4A (GIRLS) - Pilibos 55. La Mirada 40: The Eagles win the Division 4A final thanks to a team-high 13 points from Talia Kasbarian. Lara Kasbarian and Nanar Shahinian each scored 10 for Pilibos. Jael Arreguin led La Mirada with 19 points and seven rebounds.

D5A (GIRLS) - Gabrielino 38, Rosemead 23: Kimiko Nagata led Gabrielino with a team-high 15 points and five rebounds. Ava Yamashita added 11 points and six rebounds.

D5A (BOYS) - Arroyo 50, Rosemead 36: Elijah Gonzalez tallied 14 points on 5-of-8 shooting and Luis Ventura added 12 points and nine rebounds in the victory. Rhys Anderson scored 22 of Rosemead’s 36 points. He also had 14 rebounds in the loss.

D2A (BOYS) - Canyon/Canyon Country 89, St. Bonaventure 86 (3OT): St. Bonaventure freshman Charlie Adams hit a 3-pointer with no time left to send the game into its first overtime. But it took a total of three extra frames to crown a CIF champion.

Canyon had five players scored in double figures led by Isaac Yuhico's team-high 20 points. Chigozie Osuji added 19 points and nine rebounds. St. Bonaventure's Matthew Wilson had 28 points and seven rebounds. Sam Seiden and Adams finished with 16 points each.

FRIDAY, FEB. 28 — TOYOTA ARENA
D2A (GIRLS) - Rolling Hills Prep 51, Rosary 49: Rolling Hills Prep trailed 17-0 and 24-2 before rallying to win the game on two free throws with one second left by sophomore Regan Enright. Enright finished with 17 points and five steals.

D3AA (GIRLS) - Mark Keppel 49, Cerritos 39: Keppel freshman Alyssa Canizal had 11 points, seven rebounds and five steals to lead the program to its first-ever CIF title.

D1 (GIRLS) - Rancho Christian 58, Brentwood 48: Rancho Christian won the game wire to wire and claimed the program's second CIF title in three seasons. Gonzaga commit Julia Wilson led the Eagles with 22 points and eight rebounds. Junior Alyson Boyd pitched in 19 points and 11 rebounds. Brentwood was led by Lev Feiman's 22 points.

D2AA (GIRLS) - Oak Park 68, North Torrance 57: The Eagles, led by coach Will Burr, won their third straight CIF title. Maya Deshautelle scored 30 points and Delaney White had six steals in the win.

SATURDAY, MARCH 1 — TOYOTA ARENA
D4AA (BOYS) - Santiago 64, Ramona 49: Santiago of Garden Grove won its first-ever CIF title. Jorden De La Mora led the way with 28 points.

D3A (BOYS) - Aquinas 59, San Dimas 41: Malachi Jones scored a game-high 17 points for Aquinas. San Dimas was led by sophomore center Jeremiah Garzon’s 10 points

D2AA (BOYS) - Fairmont Prep 64, Pacifica Christian/OC 60 (OT): Fairmont Prep wins the CIF title thanks to David Abisogun, who had 20 points and 15 rebounds. EJ Spillman led all scorers with 29 points for Pacifica Christian. Fairmont Prep was 29 of 38 from the free throw line. Oliver Jones was 8-8 from the line in crunch time.

D1 (BOYS) - Los Alamitos 63, Mira Costa 60: Wesley Trevino had 15 points while Trent Minter had 14 points and 11 rebounds en route to the Griffins first CIF title since 2007. Eneasi Piuleini had 17 for Mira Costa, which made its first CIF final appearance in program history.

OPEN (BOYS) - Roosevelt 74, Notre Dame 67: FULL STORY

OPEN (GIRLS) - Ontario Christian 65, Etiwanda 63: Despite Etiwanda's experience of being to four straight Open Division finals, Ontario Christian's talent was too much. Freshman Tati Griffin had 29 points and 12 rebounds in the victory.

SATURDAY, MARCH 1 — EDISON HIGH
D5AA (GIRLS) - Hillcrest 39, Santa Ana 36: Despite a game-high 15 points from Yareky Diaz of Santa Ana, Hillcrest Zoey 10 points and 15 rebounds anchored Hillcrest to a CIF title.

D5A (BOYS) - Kaiser 61, Diamond Ranch 48: Antonio Camarano had a monster game for Kaiser, tallying 17 points and 20 rebounds

D4AA (GIRLS) - Tesoro 59, Serra 46: Tesoro's Caitlyn Tse and Jade McMahon had 18 and 17 points, respectively. Kaicia Snelson led all scorers with 21 points for Serra.

D4A (BOYS) - California 63, Citrus Hill 47: California's Aham Nwosu had 17 points and Kenny Renfrow added 15 in the win. Jerren White had 17 points and 10 rebounds for Citrus Hill.

D3A (GIRLS) - El Toro 52, Cantwell Sacred Heart 48: Only seven players logged time for El Toro, but three scored in double figures, led by Bridget Boyd (14).

D3AA (BOYS) - Knight 64, Sage Hill 43: Tom Hegre is still going at it. The longtime boys basketball coach at Knight High, who coached Paul George, won a CIF title Saturday night thanks to 26 points from Amare Larane. Da'viane Brooks added 12.

Sage Hill was led by James Karahalios' 16 points. He was the only player in double digits for Sage.

BOYS PLAYOFF BRACKETS

GIRLS PLAYOFF BRACKETS

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TAREK FATTAL

Tarek Fattal has been covering high school sports since 2015 in Southern California and primarily in Los Angeles, covering notable athletes such as Bronny James, Kayvon Thibodeaux and Alyssa Thompson. He was with the LA Daily News for eight years, which included being the beat reporter for the UCLA men's basketball team. Tarek can be seen on TV regularly on CBS/KCAL as a sports analyst with Jim Hill.

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