Any questions about Etiwanda looking too far ahead were answered during the opening minutes of Saturday’s CIF Southern Section Open Division pool-play game against Mater Dei.

Source: https://www.ocregister.com/2023/02/18/etiwanda-girls-basketball-team-pulls-away-from-mater-dei-stamps-ticket-to-open-division-championship-game/

Buena Park’s Alana White (33), left, battles for the ball agains Ralto’s Yamileth Perez (33) during the CIF Southern Section Championships in Huntington Beach on Saturday, February 25, 2023.

Source: https://www.pressenterprise.com/2023/02/25/rialto-slips-past-buena-park-in-final-minute-to-win-cif-division-4aa-girls-basketball-title/

Calabasas head coach Thomas Cassidy talks with pitcher Jordan Kingston during their CIF Southern Section Division 2 playoff game against Norco, Friday, May 5, 2023, at Calabasas.

Source: https://www.dailynews.com/2023/05/05/baseball-roundup-calabasas-scores-nine-unanswered-in-comeback-win-over-norco/

Calabasas went on to score nine consecutive runs, including seven runs in the fifth inning, and cruised to a 9-3 victory at home in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 2 playoffs.

Source: https://www.dailynews.com/2023/05/05/baseball-roundup-calabasas-scores-nine-unanswered-in-comeback-win-over-norco/

DePerno delivered in a big way from the plate last week, going 3 for 4 with two home runs and five RBIs in West Ranch’s 6-5 win over Royal in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 2 playoffs.

Source: https://www.dailybreeze.com/2023/05/16/west-ranchs-ty-deperno-voted-southern-california-boys-athlete-of-the-week/

Divinity ran a personal-best time of 42.86 seconds to win the 300-meter hurdles race at the CIF Southern Section Masters Meet.

Source: https://www.dailybreeze.com/2023/05/23/daily-breeze-girls-athlete-of-the-week-lela-divinity-redondo/

El Segundo swimmers celebrate after winning the Boys Division 2, CIF Southern Section swimming championship at Riverside City College in Riverside on Friday, May.

Source: https://www.pressenterprise.com/2023/05/05/riverside-polys-ava-deanda-among-the-big-winners-at-cif-southern-section-swimming-finals/

In a final stretch of the season and during a Southern Section playoff run decimated by injury and inconsistency, Sierra Canyon had gone 3-7 over its last 10 games, in need of a palate cleanser in the state bracket.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/sports/highschool/story/2023-02-28/sierra-canyon-taft-prep-playoff-roundup-recap

In the Southern Section, just three local baseball teams remain, all of which will play in a semifinal Tuesday afternoon at 3:15 p.m.

Source: https://www.dailynews.com/2023/05/15/crespi-and-calabasas-baseball-one-win-away-from-facing-off-in-cif-ss-division-2-final/

La Mirada players celebrate after advancing to the CIF Southern Section Division 2A boys basketball final for the second straight season.

Source: https://www.ocregister.com/2023/02/17/la-mirada-pulls-away-from-pacifica-christian-advances-to-second-straight-championship-game/

Long Beach Poly’s Colin Geer competes in the D1, 200 hundred yard IM during the CIF Southern Section swimming championships at Riverside City College in Riverside on Friday, May.

Source: https://www.pressenterprise.com/2023/05/05/riverside-polys-ava-deanda-among-the-big-winners-at-cif-southern-section-swimming-finals/

Mater Dei defeats Heritage Christian in a CIF Southern Section Division 1 quarterfinal game February 14, 2023.

Source: https://www.dailynews.com/2023/02/14/mater-dei-boys-basketball-edges-heritage-christian-advances-to-cif-ss-division-1-semis/

NEWPORT BEACH — Laguna Beach’s girls water polo team happily injected more parity into an already wide open race for the CIF Southern Section Open Division title.

Source: https://www.ocregister.com/2023/01/27/laguna-beach-girls-water-polo-knocks-off-no-1-foothill-at-newport-invitational/

Oakwood’s Addison Rawcliffe (12) is blocked by Sina Glasco (25) as she drives to the basket in the CIF Southern Section D4A final against Notre Dame Academy at Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach on Saturday, February 25, 2023.

Source: https://www.dailynews.com/2023/02/25/notre-dame-academy-girls-turn-away-oakwood-comeback-for-4a-basketball-title/

Ontario Christian senior Chloe Briggs broke the CIF Southern Section all-time record for career points in girls basketball on Saturday night, Feb. 18, scoring 42 points against Bishop Montgomery to give her 3,458 career points, 12 ahead of Cheryl Miller.

Source: https://www.dailybreeze.com/2023/02/19/ontario-christians-chloe-briggs-breaks-cheryl-millers-cif-southern-section-record-for-career-points/

On the girls’ side, the Lady Vikings also returned to action last month after a 19-11 record in 2022-23, good enough to make the CIF Southern Section Division 2AA quarterfinals.

Source: https://smdp.com/2023/12/12/vikings-hoops-start-strong-in-non-league-slate/

“Our expectation is to win league, beat Crean Lutheran, and go far” in the CIF Southern Section playoffs, Wright said.

Source: https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/las-vegas-marks-final-stop-for-cypress-boys-empire-league-prep-5553668

Pairings for the CIF City and Southern Section dual-meet championships.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/sports/highschool/story/2023-01-25/henry-aslikyan-birmingham-high-wrestling-city-section-favorite

Scores from Thursday's CIF Southern Section softball playoff games and the updated schedule for Saturday.

Source: https://www.dailybreeze.com/2023/05/11/cif-ss-softball-playoffs-thursdays-scores-updated-schedule-for-saturdays-semifinals/

That squad went 10-2 and 7-0 in the league and also advanced to the CIF Southern Section Division V quarterfinals.

Source: https://myburbank.com/burroughs-football-standouts-have-relatives-who-starred/