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Top 2027 defensive lineman Marcus Fakatou (middle) has complete his transfer from Orange Lutheran to Sierra Canyon.

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Marcus Fakatou has completed a transfer from Orange Lutheran to Sierra Canyon this spring.

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Jason Crowe Jr. saw his high school career come to an end Tuesday night in Inglewood's CIF State playoff loss to Damien.

Mater Dei advances in the CIF State Division I playoffs after beating No. 1 La Mirada.

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Mater Dei took down No. 1 La Mirada in the opening round of the CIF State SoCal Regional playoffs Tuesday night.

Jerzy Robinson of Sierra Canyon (CA) celebrates after hitting a 3-pointer against Long Island Lutheran at the 2026 Hoophall Classic.

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Sierra Canyon is the Southern Section's top-ranked team and Open Division champion for the first time since Juju Watkins was a Trailblazer and La Salle leaps for winning the Division 1 title in High School On SI's California CIF-SS top 25 rankings.

Sierra Canyon's Jerzy Robinson celebrates winning the CIF Southern Section Open Division after beating Ontario Christian 69-62 on Feb. 28, 2026 at the Toyota Arena in Ontario, Calif.

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South Carolina commit Jerzy Robinson scores a game-high 32 points to lead Sierra Canyon to an Open Division victory over Kaleena Smith and Ontario Christian.

Brandon McCoy Jr. rises for a one-handed dunk against JSerra at Pauley Pavilion on November 22, 2025.

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Mission League rivals Sierra Canyon and Harvard-Westlake will face off in the CIF Southern Section Open Division final Saturday night.

Mater Dei could be in jeopardy of not playing a full-season schedule for the third season in a row.

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America's top high school football program has been unlucky the last two seasons when playing 10 regular-season games, it could happen again in 2026.

Huntington Beach's Jared Grindlinger and Sierra Canyon's Sean Parrow drew 30+ MLB scouts.

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Sierra Canyon and Huntington Beach brought out the MLB scouts and their weapon of choice: radar guns.

Sierra Canyon coach Andre Chevalier has the Trailblazers in their sixth CIF Southern Section Open Division final since 2016.

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The CIF Southern Section is set for basketball championship weekend on Friday and Saturday, highlighted by the Open Division finals at Toyota Arena.

Yorba Linda coach Jeff Bailey is leaving to take over the football program at Beverly Hills High.

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Yorba Linda coach Jeff Bailey, who played at UCLA, will takeover at Beverly Hills which hasn't had a winning season since 2010.

Vicky Oganyan has Burbank/Burroughs in the CIF finals while head coaching a women's college basketball team at the same time.

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Burroughs High coach Vicky Oganyan has the Bears in the program's first CIF final while head coaching LA Mission College to a historic season at the same time.

Harvard-Westlake will take on Sierra Canyon in the CIF Southern Section Open Division final on Saturday, Feb. 28 at the Toyota Arena in Ontario.

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The CIF-SS Open Division final is set for Saturday at 6 p.m. at the Toyota Arena in Ontario between familiar foes Sierra Canyon and Harvard-Westlake.

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.

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The top four seeds advance to the Open Division semifinals; top-ranked Ontario Christian is a heavy favorite against Sage Hill while Etiwanda and Sierra Canyon enter an evenly matched duel in the playoffs once again.

St. John Bosco will start the 2026 season the No. 1 team in High School On SI's Top 25 preseason rankings after winning the CIF-SS D1 title in 2025.

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Some of the best high school baseball in the country is played in the CIF Southern Section. Here's the preseason Top 25 rankings as of Feb. 22, 2026.

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.

Sierra Canyon's Jerzy Robinson has the Trailblazers eyeing another CIF Southern Section Open Division crown.

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The CIF Southern Section is just one week away from section finals.

St. John Bosco head coach Jason Negro is the longest tenured football coach in the Trinity League.

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St. John Bosco will, once again, play a national schedule which includes playing teams from Nevada, Pennsylvania, NorCal and Hawaii.

UCLA coach Mick Cronin sent Bruins center Steven Jamerson II to the locker room after he committed a flagrant foul late in Tuesday night's blowout loss to Michigan State.

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UCLA basketball coach Mick Cronin ejected his own player, Steven Jamerson, from Tuesday night's game against Michigan State.

Harvard-Westlake's Amir Jones scored 21 points in the team's Open Division game at Santa Margarita.

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Quarterfinal scores, notable stats and bracket updates from the CIF Southern Section. Also, Open Division knockout play is set.

Amalia Holguin Sage Hill girls basketball at 2024 Cali Live in Ladera Ranch 6-14-15-2024 by Lance Smith.JPG

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Oak Park and Rancho Christian climb to new heights with huge Open Division playoff-opening wins, Windward returns, and Troy debuts in High School On SI's CIF-Southern Section girls basketball rankings.

James Wilson of Rancho Christian commanding traffic against St. Francis in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoffs.

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CIF assistant commissioner says the section could use multiple computer systems to create the playoffs next year, here's what it would have produced in 2026.

Palmdale Pete Knight coach Tom Hegre announced his retirement after the 2025-26 season and 20 years at the helm.

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Tom Hegre says he's retiring from being a teacher, athletic director and coach at Pete Knight where he coached Paul George many moons ago.

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.

St. John Bosco's Chris Komin attacks the basket against Eastvale Roosevelt in the 2024 Classic at Damien.

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Get CIF schedules and scores as the 2026 California high school basketball season continues on Friday, February 13