Esperanza volleyball stuns Newbury Park with rally to win CIF-SS semifinal

• May 11, 2025

ANAHEIM — With its championship hopes on the line, Esperanza’s boys volleyball team relied on its composure in the decisive moments of the CIF-SS Division 5 semifinal match Saturday night.

The Aztecs went on a 5-0 run to end the match and earn their first trip to the CIF-SS finals since 2014.

Esperanza defeated Newbury Park in five sets, 25-12, 25-17, 19-25, 21-25, 16-14, at Esperanza High.

The Aztecs (20-11) will face Kennedy in an all-Orange County final on Friday or Saturday, May 16-17, at a site to be announced.

Kennedy beat Vista Murrieta in four sets in the other Division 5 semifinal Saturday night.

Esperanza def. Newbury Park in five sets, 25-12, 25-17, 19-25, 21-25, 16-14 to advance to the Division 5 final.@ocvarsity @vcspreps pic.twitter.com/nlHRV0iVTn

— David Delgado (@DavidDelgado_OC) May 11, 2025

Despite trailing 14-11 in the fifth and deciding set, Esperanza coach Jordyn Griggs believed in her team until the very end.

“One of the last things I said to the boys was, ‘what a privilege it is to be an Esperanza Aztec and especially part of this volleyball program,’ ” she said. “These boys are like a brotherhood and I don’t see many comebacks like that very often, you know, 11-14 in the fifth. That’s pretty heavy and deep to come back from, and I don’t see many teams do it. But I did have faith that this team could do it just based off of the heart they have.”

Senior opposite Carson Dyer stepped up to the service line with the Aztecs trailing 14-12 after a great swing by Aztecs senior Ty Lemmon, which stopped the Panthers’ first match-point opportunity.

“Carson is one of our most accurate servers and I was so grateful that it was him back there,” Griggs said. “Obviously we got a little lucky with a couple calls here and there that helped bridge that gap just a little bit. But I’ve seen these boys come back from deficits, and so there was a part of me that was a little nervous that maybe we were gonna get stuck and the only reason we would, would be a lack of confidence somewhere, not any kind of lack of skill.”

Dyer’s ace tied the game 14-14 before the Aztecs completed the comeback with two more points to win the match.

“I’ve never been in this situation before, so that was my first thought and you know, all glory to God,” Dyer said, “that’s what gave me my strength to get back there and serve how I did. The Lord just kept me calm. I just breathed, and I served the ball and we won the game.”

The first two sets were all Esperanza, and it was on the verge of a sweep but the Panthers settled in and utilized 6-8 opposite Caleb Eschenberg (18 kills) more in the third and fourth sets.

Esperanza takes the first set from Newbury Park, 25-12. @ocvarsity @vcspreps pic.twitter.com/p5MVTGypw3

— David Delgado (@DavidDelgado_OC) May 11, 2025

“He did definitely show up in those two games and he was awesome,” Griggs said. “He definitely had me worried there for a while, but my two biggest blockers are my outsides (Will Preston and Tyler Lemmon), and so I have a lot of confidence in my defense on the left side of the court because of that.”

Newbury Park was seeking its first appearance in a CIF-SS final.

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Mater Dei boys lacrosse edges Santa Margarita, earns first trip to CIF-SS finals

• May 11, 2025

RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA — Since the CIF Southern Section took over the boys lacrosse playoff system in 2021, Mater Dei has been eliminated by the eventual Division 1 champion every season before reaching the championship game.

Mater Dei got over the hump and reached the championship game for the first time by beating Santa Margarita 11-8 Saturday in the Division 1 semifinals at Santa Margarita High.

“We’ve had some bad bracket luck the last few years but this group is different because of the love they have for each other,” Mater Dei coach Knute Kraus said. “It’s a tight-knit group from the first guy on the roster to the last guy. It makes it easy when adversity strikes to band together because they know the guy next to them has their back.”

Senior attackman Brendan Strader had a career-high seven goals for Mater Dei (15-3). He has been red hot lately with 23 goals in his last seven games.

“Most of those goals were assisted so I couldn’t do that without my teammates,” Strader said. “We had good ball movement all around, focused on playing slow, seeing the field and taking the extra breath. That was big for us.”

Mater Dei beat Santa Margarita 10-6 earlier this season in a game that eventually decided the Trinity League championship. Despite the head-to-head result, Santa Margarita (15-4) was the No. 2 seed in the Division 1 bracket and Mater Dei was No. 3.

Saturday’s game was similar to the first meeting between the two teams. Mater Dei got out to a 4-0 lead in the first quarter Saturday but Santa Margarita rallied to trail 5-4 at halftime. It was the same halftime score as the first game between the two teams.

Santa Margarita tied the game two minutes into the second half. The celebration was short-lived and Mater Dei scored three consecutive goals in 83 seconds of game time to take an 8-5 lead.

“We were in the same situation against them in league and we knew how that one ended so we weren’t worried,” Strader said. “We knew a comeback was coming but we turned it around and it worked out for us.”

“We prepared our boys for it being a game of runs and we had to stay positive or neutral through that,” Kraus said. “We can’t ride the roller coaster of the ups and downs with them. It was really good to see our guys stand tall through that adversity.”

Santa Margarita took more shots than Mater Dei did in the first half but Mater Dei goalie Sam Heafner kept the Monarchs in the game with 15 saves.

His clears after the save set up some fast break opportunities for Mater Dei and put the Monarchs in good situations.

“He’s an absolute playmaker,” Strader said of Heafner. “It’s weird to say he creates offense through his defense but he does that. He makes big stops that fires the team up and clears the ball out. He’s a huge part of our success.”

Mater Dei scored two goals in the first 80 seconds of the game. Face-off specialist Hugo Villalba won the opening face-off and found Ross Rector for a goal 14 seconds into the game.

Rector had two goals for the Monarchs while Gordon Hanscom and Sinjin Kroener also scored.

Karl Robison and Nolan Taylor each scored three goals for Santa Margarita. Brady Booen had a goal and two assists.

Mater Dei will play Loyola Saturday at El Modena High for the Division 1 championship. Loyola has reached four championship games, the most of any team in the Southern Section, and won the inaugural championship in 2021.

The two teams have not met this season but Mater Dei has won its last two games against Loyola in 2022 and 2023. Loyola eliminated Mater Dei from the playoffs in 2021.

“They are a really talented program,” Kraus said of Loyola. “But I really like our guys and the way they are playing for each other right now.”

Loyola 11, Foothill 9: Foothill erased an 8-3 halftime deficit, but fell short against Loyola at Foothill High.

Ben Wehage had three goals for Foothill (15-8) and added an assist. Connor Wolfe scored two goals while Landon Rosenthal, Tavin Russell, Carter Fairbanks and Hudson Brown each added one.

Foothill is the only team in the Southern Section to reach the Division 1 semifinals in each season.

The Knights are the only Southern Section team to have a margin of defeat of less than 10 goals against Loyola this season.

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Sage Hill volleyball back in CIF-SS finals with sweep of Crean Lutheran

• May 11, 2025

NEWPORT BEACH — There was no stopping outside hitter Jackson Cryst and the Sage Hill volleyball team in their CIF-SS Division 4 semifinal against Crean Lutheran on Saturday at Sage Hill High School.

Cryst was nearly unstoppable, finishing with 19 kills, in helping the Lightning come away with a 25-21, 26-24, 25-18 sweep of the Saints.

The berth in the division finals is the second in a row for the for the Lightning (17-11) but the first under first-year head coach Jordan Hoppe.

Sage Hill captured the 2024 Division 5 championship with a five-set victory over San Marino under coach Shelby Young.

“I just think hats off to the athletic department and the coaches and the players,” Hoppe said. “Just kind of understanding that this is my first year, guys kind of need to buy into the system. And we have guys coming in a little bit later in the season and preseason. I even got the job a little bit later. So, I didn’t have a lot of time with the guys to really develop and form the culture that we’re forming.”

Sage Hill will face Santa Barbara (20-10) in the championship match on Friday or Saturday, May 16-17, at a location to be announced.

Cryst, who is committed to Long Beach State, joined the team late because he was busy with the Lightning basketball team that reached the CIF-SS 3AA championship game.

“Yeah, I was deep in CIF with basketball,” Cryst said. “So, I jumped in super late. There was a lot of adversity and I think now we are actually pushing towards our peak in volleyball, which is exactly where you want to be.”

The Lightning came out fast and built a 15-8 lead and then increased it to 20-10.

The Saints (16-13) closed the gap significantly, going on an 11-5 run, mostly because of hitting errors by the Lightning.

But the Saints still came up short.

The second set was the key set for the Saints, who came from behind to tie the score twice and then took a 23-22 lead.

A kill from Logan Erickson gave Crean Lutheran 24-23 lead but the Saints couldn’t get the winning point that would have tied the match.

Instead, the Lightning scored the final three points to win the set and take a 2-0 lead in the match.

“Yeah, that was a pivotal moment for sure,” Crean Lutheran coach Justin Elder said. “I mean, if we could have tied up the score, I think we would have helped out our attitudes a little bit. We would have felt a little bit more confident and I think dropping that second set after having set point was tough.”

The tough loss in the second set seemed to have an effect on the Saints in the third set.

Sage Hill had leads of 9-4, 15-11, 18-12 and then 20-13.

Ryan Manesh, who had 13 kills for Sage Hill, had the final kill to finish off the set and the match for the Lightning.

Micah Yee and Logan Erickson had 12 and 8 kills, respectively. for the Saints.

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Orange Lutheran boys volleyball tops Warren in Division 3 semifinals

• May 11, 2025

DOWNEY — The Warren and Orange Lutheran boys volleyball teams went back and forth for most of four sets Saturday night, with a spot in the CIF Southern Section Division 3 championship match at stake.

The host Bears, though, had issues connecting passes late and dealing with the Lancers at the net.

Third-seeded Warren ultimately ran out of steam and dropped the semifinal match 25-23, 19-25, 25-20, 25-14.

“We just didn’t pass very well. I think that’s what it comes down to for us,” Bears coach Scotty Lane said.

Orange Lutheran (24-13) will face Tesoro (17-13) for the CIF-SS title Friday or Saturday, May 16-17, at a location to be announced.

It will be the Lancers’ first finals appearance since winning Division 2 in 2018.

FINAL : Warren falls to Orange Lutheran in four sets in the @CIFSS Division 3 semifinal.

Lancers win it 25-23, 19-25, 25-20, 25-14 thanks to a strong block in sets three and four. Had 10 of their 13 blocks over the two frames. @BeachVarsity @johnwdavis pic.twitter.com/aW38zWDRpb

— Tracy McDannald (@Tracy_McDannald) May 11, 2025

The Lancers, an at-large selection from the Trinity League, produced 10 of their 13 blocks over the final two sets, with 4 1/2 from junior middle blocker Josiah Trautman. Senior outside hitter Connor Engelbrecht recorded a team-high 15 kills.

Orange Lutheran coach Henry Valiente said it was a stiff test, particularly because Warren sophomore setter Elogious Holder “is tough to read” after mixing in quick attacks with his passes early in the match.

“I think we just had to stay consistent, be disciplined in our block, be in good areas around the hitters,” Valiente said. “It might be lucky, it might be skill, but their offense was really good tonight.”

The Bears (25-7), who were denied their first CIF-SS title match appearance in 13 years, got a match-high 16 kills from senior middle blocker Caleb Schmidt. Senior outside hitter Daniel Patino added 13 kills.

Schmidt said it was clear it would be a “tough” contest from the outset.

“They’re a really good team,” Schmidt said. “It was all even until we kind of gave out in the last set. … It was back and forth the whole time.”

Warren dropped the opening set after committing seven of its 15 service errors.

“We didn’t put enough pressure on them serving the ball,” Lane said. “But that’s kind of how it goes sometimes.”

The Bears responded with a 5-0 run to open the second set and never relinquished the lead.

A big reason was Holder, who had five kills and an ace in the set to keep the Lancers off balance.

“It helps a lot,” Schmidt said of Holder’s offense. “He’s taking a part of the court away, taking a blocker away. If I go up, he helps so much because they think he’s going to go up. Then, I have one blocker on me and I’m able to go around him.”

Added Valiente: “(Holder) is a talent than can do wonders in a game. He can attack the ball, he can turn, he can dump, he can find hitters wherever he is. I think he’s a sophomore so it speaks volumes of how good he is.”

The pivotal third set was tied on 12 occasions, including the last instance at 14-14.

One of seven Warren attack errors in the frame ignited a 5-1 Orange Lutheran run to seize control. Senior middle blocker Evan Lidecis had a hand in consecutive blocks during the key spurt, including one with senior outside hitter Logan Busch.

A Lancers attack error pulled the Bears within 22-20, but Orange Lutheran closed the set with three consecutive points including a Busch block for set point.

“We fought, that’s really all I care about,” Lane said. “I thought they did a good job blocking us outside, especially on that fast-go that got kind of low to the pin.

“It’s just that, it’s a momentum game. If we’re usually serving pretty tough and we’re scoring a few points, it makes it a little bit easier psychologically to sideout on the other side.”

Warren was unable to capitalize on a 4-1 lead to open the fourth set.

An Engelbrecht kill got Orange Lutheran the serve back and freshman setter Max Lopez followed with consecutive aces to tie the set. The Lancers finished with seven aces.

A 9-1 run, which included five blocks, opened up a 14-6 lead and Orange Lutheran pushed the advantage to as many as 12 points before finishing off the match.

Valiente credited his players for creating separation early in the set and withstanding a muggy gym throughout the contest.

“We didn’t care how much we were leading by,” Valiente said. “We just needed to push every single time.”

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Angels beat Orioles behind strong start from Jack Kochanowicz

• May 11, 2025

ANAHEIM — The Angels accomplished something that’s been rare this season.

They played the kind of baseball game that they’re supposed to play: getting a lead early and continuing to add on, with effective pitching throughout.

It added up to a 5-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday night.

The Angels (16-22) now have a chance on Sunday to win back-to-back series for the first time since early April.

They didn’t need any of the dramatic late-inning heroics from victories on Tuesday or Wednesday, because they made this the kind of boring victory that managers love. They got a two-run lead in the first and never really had to sweat.

Starter Jack Kochanowicz allowed one run in 5⅔ innings, and then four relievers closed it out.

For Kochanowicz, it represented a much-needed improvement after he’d posted a 6.84 ERA in his previous five starts.

“Just not putting too much pressure on myself at times,” Kochanowicz said. “You know, you try to be perfect and start thinking about the past outings and trying to get through this one being all perfect. Just got to calm down and trust my stuff.”

At his best, Kochanowicz pounds the strike zone, avoids walks and gets one ground ball after another. Recently, though, he’d been giving up hard contact and issuing walks. This time, he achieved two of three: avoiding hard contact and keeping the ball on the ground.

The Orioles had four hits against Kochanowicz, and three of them were ground ball singles. In all, he got nine groundouts, including two double plays.

“I still had the walks,” Kochanowicz said. “I definitely don’t want to do that, but working with (pitching coach Barry Enright) over the week, just figuring out some mechanical stuff, got me back to moving how I need to, just to get that extra velo.”

The only downside for him was that he issued four walks, and he threw a first-pitch ball to 12 of the 22 hitters he faced. That pushed his pitch count to 95 and kept him from finishing the sixth inning.

In contrast to recent games when the bullpen imploded, they got the job done this time.

Hector Neris entered with two on and two out in the sixth, and he struck out the only batter he faced. Neris, a veteran reliever who signed a minor-league deal with the Angels last month, has retired all six hitters he’s faced in his first three games. He’s likely forcing his way into high-leverage opportunities.

José Fermin and Ryan Zeferjahn worked the seventh and eighth. Brock Burke gave up a solo homer in the ninth, but then retired the last three to close it out.

The pitchers had some margin for error because the hitters produced five runs for the fifth time in the last seven games, after reaching that number just once in the previous 19 games.

One of the hotter players during the past week has been Jo Adell, who hit his third homer in the last five games on Saturday.

Adell said earlier in the week he’s trying to be more aggressive at the plate. Two of his homers, including the on Saturday, came on the first pitch.

Adell is 5 for 14 in his last five games, a stretch that has lifted his OPS for the season from .505 to .617.

“He’s starting to have better thought process at the plate, and if his thought process is better, the results are going to be better,” Manager Ron Washington said. “He was very aggressive tonight, and that’s what he has to stay, because they really haven’t been throwing him balls. They’ve been throwing him strikes, and you’ve just got to start getting them off that strike zone, and then they’ll start making some mistakes. So every time they’ve made a mistake the past three games that he’s played, he’s made them pay for it.”

Adell’s homer put the Angels up 3-0 in the fourth. Kyren Paris followed with a single, and then he scored when Matthew Lugo tripled off the fence in center. It was the first big league hit for Lugo, who made his major league debut a night earlier.

“I was hoping that it was gone,” Lugo said. “I didn’t get it full on the barrel, but I had a good backspin on the ball. I stayed inside of it, and I was hoping that it would get out, but I’ll take the triple.”

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Long Beach State, UCLA reach NCAA men’s volleyball title match

• May 11, 2025

COLUMBUS, Ohio — For the second straight season, the Long Beach State and UCLA men’s volleyball teams will square off with a national championship at stake.

Third-seeded UCLA, chasing its 22nd national crown and looking to become the first program to win three straight in more than 40 years, will have to get past the team that spent the majority of the 2025 season atop the rankings. For top-seeded Long Beach, Monday’s 4 p.m. PT title match represents a chance to secure its fourth NCAA title and avenge a bitter defeat in last year’s final, when the Bruins beat LBSU in four sets on its home court.

Both teams took care of business in Saturday’s semifinals. Long Beach (29-3) shook off a first-set loss to defeat fifth-seeded Pepperdine, 20-25, 25-23, 25-19, 25-23. UCLA (22-6) swept second-seeded Hawaii, 25-14, 25-23, 25-23.

Freshman setter Moni Nikolov, the newly minted national player of the year, broke the NCAA single-season aces record while leading LBSU into its 11th NCAA final. Nikolov came into the match just three aces shy of tying the record of 100. The 6-foot-10 Bulgarian tied and broke the mark on a pair of back-to-back aces in the third set and finished the match with five aces, a season-high 52 assists, six kills and 10 digs while quarterbacking his team to a .482 hitting percentage.

Senior opposite hitter Nato Dickinson and freshman outside hitter Alex Kandev each had 19 kills for Long Beach, with Kandev hitting a team-best .533 to go with eight digs. Dickinson hit .485 while recording five blocks, four assists and three digs. Junior opposite hitter Skyler Varga added 11 kills on a .381 clip.

The closely contested match saw 37 ties and 14 lead changes over the four sets, with both teams hitting over .400.

The first set was tight early, but Pepperdine used a 5-1 run to open a 22-17 advantage before closing out the set, 25-20. Neither team led by more than two points in a brilliant second set. The Waves used a 4-0 run to grab an 18-16 lead, but Long Beach scored three straight points after a timeout. LBSU eventually won the set, 25-23, on a Dickinson kill.

Long Beach hit an absurd .720 in the third set, with Nikolov’s record-setting ace providing a 12-8 lead. A 3-0 LBSU run capped by a kill from Connor Bloom provided a 24-18 lead and Kandev secured the set with a kill.

Long Beach hit .552 in the decisive fourth set, but Pepperdine hit .412 as the teams staged another tight battle. After 13 ties, LBSU got a few big plays from Isaiah Preuitt for a 16-15 edge. The Big West Conference regular-season champions extended their lead to 21-18 with a 5-1 run. Pepperdine answered to get within one point at 22-21, but Dickinson gave Long Beach a set point at 24-22 and his 19th kill ended the match, 25-23.

Sophomore outside hitter Ilay Haver had 14 kills and four digs while hitting .545 for Pepperdine (21-10), which put together one of its most impressive offensive performances of the season with its .421 hitting percentage.

Junior outside hitter Ryan Barnett had 13 kills on .536 hitting and freshman outside hitter Cole Hartke had 13 kills on .333 hitting to go with four digs and two aces. Graduate setter Gabriel Dyer added 48 assists and eight digs, while junior libero Jacob Reilly led the team with nine digs, and sophomore middle blocker James Eadie had a team-best four blocks.

UCLA hit .370 while holding a short-handed Hawaii (27-6) squad to a season-worst .188 mark in its semifinal.

Freshman outside hitter Sean Kelly had a match-high 13 kills while hitting .435 to pace the Bruins, who had the advantage from the service line (six aces) and at the net (11 blocks). Junior outside hitter Zach Rama added 10 kills, junior setter Andrew Rowan had 34 assists and junior middle blocker Sean McQuiggan recorded seven blocks.

UCLA used an eight-point run to open a 10-4 lead in the first set with junior outside hitter Cooper Robinson contributing two aces and a pair of kills. The Bruins’ third ace extended their lead to 16-8. They remained in control through the end of the set while hitting .417 to Hawaii’s .048 and closed it out on a Rama kill.

UCLA used a 5-0 run to take a 13-10 lead in the second set. The Rainbow Warriors tied the score at 17-all and there were five more ties before a diving save from Adrien Roure gave Hawaii a 23-22 lead. UCLA answered to reclaim the lead and closed out the set with its seventh block.

Hawaii kept shuffling its lineup searching for the right combination, but UCLA surged to a 12-6 lead in the third set. The Warriors got within 15-13, but UCLA went ahead 20-15 on back-to-back blocks. Hawaii got within 22-21 on a kill by Louis Sakanoko, but the teams traded service errors then UCLA scored the next two points, with Rowan setting up Robinson for his ninth kill to secure the match.

Roure led the Warriors with 12 kills with two aces while hitting .333.

Long Beach won both of its regular-season matches against UCLA, though both were played early in the season. LBSU won a four-set match at home on Feb. 7 then swept the Bruns five nights later at Pauley Pavilion.

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CIF-SS lacrosse playoffs: Saturday’s semifinals results, finals matchups

• May 11, 2025

Scores from Saturday’s games in the CIF-SS lacrosse playoffs and the matchups for the championship games Friday and Saturday, May 16-17.

CIF-SS LACROSSE PLAYOFFS

SATURDAY’S RESULTS

BOYS SEMIFINALS

DIVISION 1

Loyola 11, Foothill 9

Mater Dei 11, Santa Margarita 8

DIVISION 2

Dos Pueblos 13, Oaks Christian 4

San Clemente at Aliso Niguel, Tuesday, 5:30 p.m.

DIVISION 3

Riverside King 10, West Ranch 9

Agoura 9, Grace Brethren 5

CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES

FRIDAY, MAY 16

At El Modena HS, times TBA

GIRLS DIVISION 1

Mira Costa vs. Foothill

GIRLS DIVISION 2

El Segundo vs. St. Margaret’s

GIRLS DIVISION 3

Trabuco Hills vs. Oaks Christian

SATURDAY, MAY 17

At El Modena High, times TBA

BOYS DIVISION 1

Loyola vs. Mater Dei

BOYS DIVISION 2

Dos Pueblos vs. San Clemente OR Aliso Niguel

DIVISION 3

ML Kings/Riverside vs. Agoura

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CIF-SS boys volleyball playoffs: Saturday’s semifinals results, finals matchups

• May 11, 2025

Scores from Saturday’s semifinals in the CIF Southern Section boys volleyball playoffs and the matchups for the championship games.

CIF-SS BOYS VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS

SATURDAY’S RESULTS

DIVISION 1

Pool play, Round 3

Newport Harbor def. Redondo, 18-25, 25-18, 26-24, 25-12

DIVISION 2

Semifinals

Mater Dei def. St. Francis, 25-17, 25-20, 25-17

Peninsula def. St. Margaret’s, 13-25, 25-23, 25-16, 27-25

DIVISION 3

Semifinals

Tesoro def. North Torrance, 25-17, 25-19, 25-16

Orange Lutheran def. Warren, 25-23, 19-25, 25-20, 25-14

DIVISION 4

Semifinals

Santa Barbara def. Corona Santiago, 25-21, 25-16, 30-28

Sage Hill def. Crean Lutheran, 25-21, 26-24, 25-18

DIVISION 5

Semifinals

Esperanza def. Newbury Park, 25-12, 25-17, 19-25, 21-25, 16-14

Kennedy def. Vista Murrieta, 25-19, 25-21, 23-25, 25-22

DIVISION 6

Semifinals

Quartz Hill def. Village Christian, 3-2

El Toro def. Laguna Blanca, 3-2

DIVISION 7

Semifinals

Brea Olinda def. San Jacinto, 3-1

Brentwood at San Gabriel Academy, Monday, 4 p.m.

DIVISION 8

Semifinals

Katella def. Lancaster Desert Christian, 25-23, 25-19, 22-25, 25-21

Wildwood def. Avalon, 3-2

DIVISION 9

Semifinals

California Academy of Math & Science def. San Jacinto Valley Academy, 3-2

Beverly Hills at Downey, Monday, 5 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES

Division 1, Friday, May 16

At Cerritos College, 7 p.m.

Huntington Beach vs. Mira Costa

DIVISIONS 2-9

Friday or Saturday, May 16-17

At locations to be announced

DIVISION 2

Mater Dei vs. Peninsula

DIVISION 3

Tesoro vs. Orange Lutheran

DIVISION 4

Sage Hill vs. Santa Barbara

DIVISION 5

Esperanza vs. Kennedy

DIVISION 6

El Toro vs. Quartz Hill

DIVISION 7

Brea Olinda vs. TBD

DIVISION 8

Katella vs. Wildwood

DIVISION 9

CAMS vs. TBD

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