November 22, 2024

OC Sports Zone: Community First

It’s round two of the CIF boys basketball playoffs tonight; here’s a rundown of games to watch and updated brackets

Senior guard Aiden Gilbert leads Crean Lutheran into the second round Tuesday night.

It should be another exciting night of CIF boys basketball playoffs in Orange County.

The 2A bracket has a number of Orange County teams competing, including No. 2 seeded Tesoro, Troy and Crean Lutheran.

Tesoro (19-7), which had a first round bye, hosts Troy (17-12).

All the games start at 7 p.m.

Some other games to watch:

–Crean Lutheran (16-13) hosts Redlands East Valley in the 2A bracket. Crean Lutheran defeated Sonora 67-66 and Redlands East Valley defeated University 65-61 Friday night in the opening round.

—In the 2AA bracket, Cypress, which had a first round bye, has a tough challenge at home against Beverly Hills. Beverly Hills opened the playoffs with a 75-55 victory over Saugus. Cypress (26-2) was the Empire League champion.

—In the Division 1 bracket, Canyon (21-7) is home against Chino Hills (17-9), JSerra (23-6) is on the road to face Brentwood (22-6) and Santa Margarita (19-10) is home against Crespi (24-6).

—Newport Harbor (25-4) is on the road to face Temecula Valley (24-5) in the 2AA bracket. The Sailors were one of four teams to win the Surf League title.

—Villa Park (25-3) is home to face Mayfair (22-6) in the 2AA bracket.

—Orange Lutheran (21-8) is home to face Campbell Hall (16-10) in the 2AA bracket.

—In the 3A bracket, Sunny Hills (18-11) is home to face Palm Springs (23-5), Capistrano Valley Christian (21-7) plays at Redlands (16-11) and Pacifica (19-10) hosts Covina (19-8).

—In the 3AA bracket, Ocean View (21-8) hosts top seeded Rolling Hills Prep, Mission Viejo (21-7) hosts Oxnard 20-7), Beckman (20-8) is at St. Francis (23-7) and La Habra (26-2) is at Warren (19-6).

—In the 4A bracket, Savanna (12-12) hosts Patriot (22-7), Loara (18-12) hosts Orange Vista (20-7) and Century (21-8) plays at Ontario Christian (27-2).

—In the 4AA division, top-seeded Fairmont Prep hosts Temple City, Pacifica Christian (20-7) is at Burroughs/Ridegcrest (17-10), Portola (15-14) hosts Moorpark (20-9) and Garden Grove (24-4) hosts Wilson/Hacienda Heights (22-7).

—In the 5AA division, Santa Ana (15-13) is at Riverside County Education Academy (16-14) in Moreno Valley.

Please check back tonight for coverage on OC Sports Zone and coaches. We can’t be everywhere, so coaches, please send your final scores and leading scorers to timburt@ocsportszone.com so we can share your highlights with our readers. We also welcome photos.

Please click here for the updated CIF boys basketball playoff brackets