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    Mater Dei, Sage Hill to collide in CIF Southern California Regional girls basketball playoffs
    • February 27, 2023

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    Get ready for Mater Dei-Sage Hill II.

    The top-two ranked girls basketball teams in Orange County will meet Wednesday at Mater Dei High in the first round of CIF Southern California Regional Open Division playoffs.

    The CIF State announced the pairing on Sunday as it released the brackets for the regionals, which begin Tuesday and conclude March 10-11 at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.

    No. 1 Mater Dei (28-3) and No. 2 Sage Hill (21-9) faced off at the Matt Denning Hoops Classic on Jan. 14 at Mater Dei High. The Monarchs defeated the Lightning 62-50, puling away in the final four minutes of the final quarter. Sage Hill, which won the CIF State Division II title last season, trailed 49-48 before Mater Dei’s strong finish.

    The winner Wednesday advances to the regional semifinals Saturday at CIF-SS Open Division champion Sierra Canyon (30-0), ranked No. 1 in the nation.

    Mater Dei and Sage Hill are part of select group in the SoCal Open Division. The group only consists of five teams: No. 1 seed Sierra Canyon. No. 2 La Jolla Country Day, No. 3 Etiwanda along with No. 4 Mater Dei and No. 5 Sage Hill.

    In Division I, CIF-SS Division 1 champion Orange Lutheran (24-7) drew the ninth seed and a game Tuesday at No. 8 Westchester, the Open Division champion in the L.A. City Section.

    Rosary (23-7), a semifinalists in CIF-SS Division 1, received the 13th seed and a game at No. 4 Mission Hills on Tuesday.

    In Division II, San Juan Hills (25-6) earned the No. 6 seed and a first-round game Tuesday against visiting No. 11 Mater Dei Catholic, the Division 1 champion from San Diego.

    In Division III, El Dorado (21-9) claimed the No. 10 seed while Buena Park (24-7) took the No. 13 position. The Golden Hawks play Tuesday at L.A. City Open qualifier Palisades, the seventh seed. The Coyotes travel to No. 4 Torrey Pines, the Division 2 champion in San Diego.

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    CIF-SS Division 5AA champion St. Margaret’s (27-6) received the No. 10 seed in Division IV and a trip Tuesday to Poly of Sun Valley, the Division 1 champion in the L.A. City Section.

    Laguna Beach (22-10) and Marina (17-15), both from the Wave League, earned the seventh and eighth seeds, respectively, in Division V and home games Tuesday against Fremont and Lompoc, respectively.

    ​ Orange County Register 

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