Santa Ana Coach Fareed ElMasry encourages his players Friday night in the CIF playoff opener. (Photo: OC Sports Zone, Fernando M. Donado).
It was quite an opening weekend for the CIF boys basketball playoffs.
University pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the playoffs, defeating No. 2 seeded San Marino on the road in the CIF 4AA playoffs, Orange Coast League representative Santa Ana defeated Mountain View, El Dorado upset league champion Portola and Cypress notched a road victory over Mayfair with a late comeback.
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We’ve included links below to our weekend stories and photos. Click on the links to read.
Santa Ana takes control and tops Mountain View
El Dorado upsets league champion Portola
University upsets No. 2 seed on the road
Damien rallies from big deficit to defeat Crean Lutheran
Beckman loses playoff opener to La Mirada
The second round is Tuesday, Feb. 15.
Click below for Friday night highlights:
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