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    Crestview League boys basketball race comes down to a wild finish
    • February 4, 2025

    The Crestview League this season has been as crazy as an Orange County boys basketball league can be.

    It is a five-team league. All five teams are among the top 11 in the county rankings: Crean Lutheran at No. 5, followed by No. 6 Canyon, No. 9 Cypress, No. 10 Foothill and No. 11 La Habra.

    Canyon and Cypress split their two league games. La Habra beat and lost to Canyon, Crean Lutheran, Cypress and Foothill … i.e. everybody in the league. Many of the Crestview League games have had wild and dramatic endings, too.

    La Habra has completed its league schedule. Crean Lutheran has already clinched the league title.

    The league finishes Tuesday night with two games: Crean Lutheran at Canyon and Cypress at Foothill.

    But, wait! There could be more on Wednesday.

    The standings as of Tuesday morning (league records): 1. Crean Lutheran (6-1); 2. Canyon (4-3); 3. La Habra (4-4); 4. Cypress (3-4); 5. Foothill (1-6).

    The top three finishers in a five-team league like the Crestview League are automatic qualifiers for the CIF Southern Section playoffs that begin Feb. 12. The playoff brackets will be released Saturday at noon.

    So, the league’s No. 4 and No. 5 teams must hope that an at-large berth will be available in whichever playoff divisions they are placed. All five Crestview teams have the .500-or-better overall record required for at-large berth consideration.

    Which teams finish 2-4 might come down to the league’s tiebreaker criteria.

    Here are the tiebreaker scenarios, with a look at Tuesday’s possible results …

    – If Canyon beats Crean Lutheran and Cypress beats Foothill, Canyon is the second-place team. Cypress and La Habra would play Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Sunny Hills High to determine the third-place team.

    – If Canyon beats Crean Lutheran and Foothill beats Cypress, Canyon is second place and La Habra is third place.

    – If Canyon loses to Crean Lutheran and Cypress beats Foothill, it would be a three-way tie for second place among Canyon, Cypress and La Habra. Coin flips done in advance have La Habra as the second-place team. To determine third place, it would be Canyon vs. Cypress on Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Sunny Hills High.

    – If Canyon loses to Crean Lutheran and Foothill beats Cypress, Canyon and La Habra finish in a second-place tie and both would be automatic qualifiers.

    Crazy? That’s the way it’s been all season in the Crestview League.

    ​ Orange County Register 

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