Jaruegui and Whitworth of Fountain Valley won all four of their matches by fall Saturday on their way to first-place finishes at the CIF Southern Section Inland Division boys wrestling individual championships at Fountain Valley High.

Jauregui, a sophomore, pinned Hesperia’s Zachary Southern in 1 minute and 7 seconds in the 106-pound final. Top-seeded in his weight class, Jauregui had a first-round bye before pinning his first two opponents in less than 60 seconds.

Whitworth, a CIF-SS champion at 195 pounds last year, won the 215-pound Inland Division title Saturday. The senior pinned Irvine’s Joseph Tierney in 39 seconds in the championship match.

Jauregui and Whitworth were named outstanding wrestlers of the meet.

Fountain Valley won the CIF-SS individual tournament team championship for the second year in a row. It is the seventh CIF-SS wrestling team championship for Fountain Valley.

With six wrestlers winning their weight classes, Fountain Valley tallied 333 points. Hesperia was second with 204 points and Newport Harbor was third with 183 points. Corona del Mar finished fifth with 166 points and Laguna Hills was seventh with 111.5 points.

The other Fountain Valley section champions Saturday were Anthony Lucio at 126 pounds, Hercules Windrath at 138, Rocky Windrath at 165 and Khale McDonnell at 190 pounds.

Whitworth was satisfied that long hours of preparation got him to the top of the medals podium again.

“All the work pays off,” said Whitworth, ranked No. 4 in California at his weight division by CalGrappler.com. “It makes this tournament a lot easier. I get to hang out and watch our whole team compete and win.”

At 215 pounds- Fountain Valley’s Ryland Whitworth (blue) vs Makoa McCreadie. Good battle. Whitworth, No. 4 in the state at 215, won by fall in this semifinal ⁦@CIFSS⁩ Inland Division finals at Fountain Valley HS pic.twitter.com/cLQXfDCZOl

— Steve Fryer (@SteveFryer) February 10, 2024

Jauregui expected to pin all of his opponents, and he did.

“All of my confidence comes from my training, my coaches, my family and my teammates,” Jauregui said. “They all motivate me.”

The top six finishers in the 106, 120, 132, 144 and 190-pound weight divisions advanced to the CIF-SS Masters Meet that will be held Friday, Feb. 16, at Palm Springs High School. The top five finishers in the other weight categories advance to the Masters Meet, which is the qualifying meet for the CIF State Championships.

In one of the better matches of the day, McDonnell beat Corona del Mar’s Eugenio Franco in a 4-3 decision. Franco is a couple of inches shorter than McDonnell, with a low center of gravity that enabled Franco to push the attack.

“He’s very hard to open up and get it on,” said McDonnell, a CIF-SS champion at 170 pounds last year.

Windrath also is a CIF-SS repeat champion, having won at 138 pounds last season. He said Fountain Valley’s wrestling success is a result of the program’s athletes pushing each other to succeed.

“It’s the energy that everyone gives off on each other,” Windrath said. “Everyone makes everyone else work hard.”

Newport Harbor had two champions, Demian Priyama at 132 pounds and Anthony Manno at 150 pounds.

Manno’s win was among the more dramatic ones Saturday. He won by fall in the second overtime, defeating Christian Stoeber of Fountain Valley in an entertaining battle.

Manno and Stoeber were tangled when Manno made his move.

“I was just trying to put a leg in and get it to another overtime,” Manno said. “Then I decided, ‘Why not go for it?’”

Priyama might have had underdog status going into Saturday’s finals.

“Everyone’s beatable,” Priyama said. “I just stopped looking at the rankings because they don’t mean anything.”

Antonio Aramburu and Zion Hernandez of Corona del Mar won championships, Aramburu at 157 pounds and Hernandez at 175 pounds. Hernandez was a CIF-SS champion last year at 160 pounds.

Sunny Hills’ Keith Nighswonger has seen plenty of impressive achievements in 41 years of coaching high school water polo but his girls team still found a way to dazzle him in the CIF-SS playoffs on Saturday.

The Freeway League champion blanked a swift Canyon squad in the second half en route to an 8-3 victory in the Division 2 quarterfinals at Yorba Linda High.

“OMG!” Nighswonger exclaimed to his players in their postgame huddle. “That’s all I can say.”

In advancing to the semifinals for the second consecutive season, Sunny Hills (24-8) outscored Canyon (23-7) 5-0 in the second half to break open a duel tied at halftime

Cal State Fullerton-bound goalie Sienna Bertsch anchored the defensive effort by making seven of her 12 saves in the final two periods, including a penalty shot in the third.

The Lancers also stopped all three of the Comanches’ power-play chances in the second half.

Sunny Hills used a team effort to quiet a Canyon offense that netted 20 goals in the first round of the playoffs.

Sophomore Abby Reekstin denied one power-play chance in the third quarter with a field block. Her sister Hannah, another Cal State Fullerton signee, added two of her three steals in the second half. And seniors Katelyn Fu and Ileina Hatori guarded San Diego State-bound attacker Delanney Ewing of Canyon.

Hatori, the Lancers’ third Cal State Fullerton commit, finished with three steals.

“We really adjusted to their kind of offense,” Bertsch said. “We had to start driving (Ewing) down when we were on offense so she couldn’t counter us back.”

“The good thing about our team is that we don’t just do one set kind of defense,” the senior added. “We adjust.”

Ewing scored on an early counterattack and backhanded shot from center to give the Crestview League runner-up an 2-0 lead in the opening period.

Sunny Hills took its first lead early in the second half on a long perimeter strike by Hannah Reekstin shortly after senior Eden Buell won the sprint.

The goal signaled the Lancers’ offensive intentions in the second half. Buell added two perimeter strikes en route to three goals.

Fu added a late putback to finish with three goals.

Sunny Hills will face No. 1 seeded Agoura, a 13-6 winner against Irvine, in the semifinals Wednesday. “We’re excited,” Nighswonger said. “We’ll give them our best. If they can move quicker than our defense can move, then tip your cap to them.”

In the other Division 2 semifinal, Beckman will meet Alta Loma on Wednesday. The Pacific Coast League champion Patriots advanced with an 11-8 triumph against El Toro in the quarterfinals.

In Division 1:

San Clemente 10, Murrieta Valley 3: Juniors Talyn Pelky and Phoebe DeMoss each scored three goals and sophomore Emmi Franklin added six assists to lead the South Coast League champion Tritons at San Juan Hills High. The Tritons will play JSerra in the semifinals Wednesday.

JSerra 13, Harvard-Westlake 12 (OT): Freshman Victoria Williams scored four goals and sophomore Sloane Paulson added three to lead the host Lions.

More importantly, the Griffins, the No. 6 seed in the division, defeated the No. 3 Cougars by a cumulative score of 3-1 over their two-game series, and now advance to the quarterfinals round, which begins Wednesday.

Under the format for the new Open Division, each team’s cumulative score for both games is used to determine the winner.

Los Alamitos (16-5-5) defeated the Cougars (18-4-1) 2-1 in their opening-round game Thursday at Los Alamitos.

The Griffins were awarded the free kick when a foul for hand ball inside the box was called against the Cougars.

Prior to the foul, the Griffins’ Victoria Bloch was dribbling the ball along the left side of field and sent a cross pass into the box.

“It’s a great feeling because I know we’ve been working hard since our game at home and this game,” said Zacarias, who had two assists in Thursday’s game to go along with her goal on Saturday. “We’ve been pushing, pushing, pushing. So obviously it’s worth it with all of our hard work. It feels amazing, but we know we have to continue. We know we’re not even close to being done.”

The format will be the same for the next leg, which are the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds.

If the Griffins have a higher cumulative score over the two games, they’ll advance to a division final for the second year in a row. Los Alamitos will face the winner of the No. 7 seed Mater Dei-No. 2 seed Santiago of Corona series.

All three of the Griffins’ goals in the series were scored off set pieces, which included goals off of a corner kick and free kick in the first game and then the penalty kick in the second game.

“We work at a lot of those in practice and they paid dividends,” Los Alamitos coach Pat Rossi said.

With eight starters returning from last season’s team that played in a Southern Section final and a state final, experience was a key factor in the victory, Rossi said.

“There was a big sophomore class last year that are juniors so now they’re upperclassmen,” Rossi said. “They’ve been going to (Southern Section) finals and to state finals. They’re used to these moments.”

Prior to being selected to play in the Open Division for the playoffs, the Cougars and Griffins were ranked No. 5 and No. 6 respectively in Division 1 of the CIF Southern Section.

The teams were squaring off for the first time this season.

“To end up being ranked in the top eight and in the first ever Open Division, I think that is something for us to be very proud of,” Capistrano Valley coach Erick Ornelas said. “Overall, having the record that we had, I think it showed the caliber of players that we had to get here.

“Unfortunately, we just couldn’t get the job done here over the last two games, but the score doesn’t reflect what the game was today. Unfortunately, we just couldn’t get the ball moving.”

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SATURDAY’S SCORES

GIRLS BASKETBALL

CIF-SS PLAYOFFS

Round 2

DIVISION 1

Lynwood 58, Esperanza 49

DIVISION 2AA

St. Anthony 70, Crean Lutheran 48

DIVISION 2A

Santa Margarita 46, Buena 43

Louisville 63, Calvary Chapel/SA 39

DIVISION 5AA

Loara 52, Duarte 35

DIVISION 5A

Samueli Academy 44, Silver Valley 25

GIRLS WATER POLO

CIF-SS PLAYOFFS

Quarterfinals

DIVISION 1

JSerra 13, Harvard-Westlake 12 (2OT)

Goals: (JS) Williams 4, Paulson 3, Gabriel 2, McCord 2

San Clemente 10, Murrieta Valley 3

Goals: (SC) Pelky 3, DeMoss 3

DIVISION 2

Sunny Hills 8, Canyon/Anaheim 3

Goals: (SH) Buell 3, Fu 3

Saves: (SH) Bertsch 12

Other D2 scores

Agoura 13, Irvine 6

Beckman 11, El Toro 8

Alta Loma 10, Edison 9

DIVISION 3

Buena Park 11, Redondo Union 9

DIVISION 4

Northwood 13, Buena 6

DIVISION 5

Troy 10, Malibu 6

DIVISION 6

El Modena 11, Saddleback 8

Anaheim 12, Tahquitz 10

GIRLS SOCCER

CIF-SS PLAYOFFS

Round 2

OPEN DIVISION

Los Alamitos 1, Capistrano Valley 0

Note: Los Alamitos advances to quarterfinals on aggregate score of 3-1.

Santa Margarita 4, Oaks Christian 0

Note: Santa Margarita advances to quarterfinals on aggregate score of 4-0.

DIVISION 1

Palos Verdes 1, Troy 0

JSerra 1, Edison 0

Goals: (JS) Johnson

DIVISION 2

El Dorado 3, Ontario Christian 1

Camarillo 2, Woodbridge 1

Notre Dame/SO 1, Yorba Linda 0

DIVISION 4

Thousand Oaks 2, Katella 2 (TO wins on PKs, 5-3)

Ocean View 2, Arcadia 2 (OV wins on PKs, 4-2)

DIVISION 5

Garden Grove 3, Tahquitz 2

DIVISION 7

Oxford Academy 3, Excelsior Charter 2 (OT)

BASEBALL

PREP BASEBALL CALIFORNIA SPRING INVITATIONAL

JSerra 7, Mira Costa 1

NONLEAGUE

Corona del Mar 4, Fullerton 2

CdM: Jones (W, 6IP 0ER 5K). Andrews (S, 1IP 0H 0BB)

Other nonleague scores

Kaiser 7, Esperanza 0

Esperanza 6, Kaiser 4

Century 10, Godinez 0

Santa Fe 2, Anaheim 1

West Covina 4, Troy 3 (10 innings)

Arlington 4, Dana Hills 0

Pacifica Christian 6, Rolling Hills Prep 0

Newport Harbor 2, West Torrance 1

Millikan 1, Fountain Valley 0

Sonora 3, Kennedy 0

Western 8, Bolsa Grande 6

La Habra 11, La Serna 1

San Juan Hills 8, California 4

Maranatha 6, El Dorado 3

Huntington Beach 1, Notre Dame/SO 0 (10 innings)

SOFTBALL

CYPRESS TOURNAMENT

Cypress 5, Irvine 0

Granada Hills Charter 5, Cypress 0

SAVANNA SHOWCASE

Esperanza 12, Warren 3

Esp: Shumaker 5-5, 3 2B, 2 RBI. Gober 2-4, 2B, 3RBI. Ireland HR, 3RBI.

Esperanza 5, St. Paul 1

Esp: Shumaker 3-3, HR. Gober 2-4, 2B, 2RBI. Duran (W, 7IP 4H 1R 0ER 2BB 8K)

Other Savanna Showcase scores

Bell Gardens 20, Savanna 2

Whittier Christian 6, Sunny Hills 4

Long Beach Wilson 7, Edison 5

Canyon 4, Fullerton 2

1ST PITCH CHALLENGE SHOWCASE

Los Alamitos 7, JSerra 6

Pacifica 9, Chino Hills 1

La Mirada 7, JSerra 1

Pacifica 2, Vista Murrieta 1

BONITA TOURNAMENT

Capistrano Valley 8, Arcadia 0

Mater Dei 4, Glendora 0

BOYS LACROSSE

NONLEAGUE

Canyon 17, Hart 7

Goals: (Can) Demogines 9, Tran 2, Lindauer 2, Garcia 2

Other nonleague scores

Edison 18, Mission Viejo 7

Yorba Linda 17, University 9

GIRLS LACROSSE

NONLEAGUE

Orange Lutheran 9, Canyon 7

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CIF-SS BOYS SOCCER PLAYOFFS

FRIDAY’S SCORES

OPEN DIVISION

2nd leg of 2-game series

Arlington 3, Godinez 1 (Arlington advances by aggregate score 7-1)

Mira Costa 0, Aliso Niguel 0 (Mira Costa advances by aggregate score 1-0)

San Clemente 3, JSerra 1 (San Clemente advances by aggregate score 3-2)

Mater Dei 2, Montclair 1 (Mater Dei advances on PKs 3-1 after 2-2 aggregate score)

QUARTERFINALS & SEMIFINALS

2-game series

Tuesday, Feb. 13

Mater Dei at San Clemente

DIVISION 1

Second round, Friday

Orange Lutheran 2, Hart 1

Harvard-Westlake 3, Edison 2

Servite 5, Cajon 0

Canyon 1, Palos Verdes 0

Valencia 2, Cathedral 2 (Valencia advances on PKs 5-4)

QUARTERFINALS

Tuesday, Feb. 13

Oak Park at Orange Lutheran

Servite at Canyon

Crossroads at Valencia

DIVISION 2

Second round, Friday

Foothill 4, Artesia 2

Newport Harbor 1, Agoura 0

QUARTERFINALS

Tuesday, Feb. 13

Redondo at Foothill

Pacifica/Oxnard at Newport Harbor

DIVISION 3

Second round, Friday

Buena Park 3, Saddleback 2

QUARTERFINALS

Tuesday, Feb. 13

Thousand Oaks at Buena Park

DIVISION 4

Second round, Friday

Savanna 2, Hemet 0

Wisburn DaVinci 4, Santiago 2

Etiwanda 1, Troy 0

QUARTERFINALS

Tuesday, Feb. 13

Ventura at Savanna

DIVISION 5

Second round, Friday

Yorba Linda 7, Orange Vista 2

Leuzinger 0, St. Margaret’s 0 (Leuzinger wins on PKs 5-4)

Esperanza 2, Nogales 1

Foothill Tech 3, Laguna Beach 1

QUARTERFINALS

Tuesday, Feb. 13

Yorba Linda at TBD

Rancho Mirage at Esperanza

DIVISION 6

Second round, Friday

Westminster 4, Indian Springs 2

Magnolia 5, Paraclete 1

Northwood 2, Cate 1

Cathedral City 2, Costa Mesa 2 (Cathedral City wins in PKs 4-2)

QUARTERFINALS

Tuesday, Feb. 13

Magnolia at Westminster

Northwood at Arcadia

DIVISION 7

First round, Friday

Milken Comm. 1, Whittier Christian 0

La Quinta 4, Public Safety Academy 0

SECOND ROUND

Tuesday, Feb. 13

La Quinta vs. TBD

CIF-SS BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS

OPEN DIVISION

FRIDAY’S RESULTS

First round, pool play

POOL B

Eastvale Roosevel 64, JSerra 51

St. Pius X-St. Matthias 76, Mater Dei 54

Second round, Tuesday, Feb. 13

JSerra at Mater Dei

DIVISION 1

SECOND ROUND

Friday’s results

Santa Margarita 62, West Ranch 57

Redondo 76, Foothill 67

Los Alamitos 73, Canyon 46

QUARTERFINALS

Tuesday, Feb. 13

Santa Margarita at Notre Dame/SO

Los Alamitos at Windward

DIVISION 2AA

SECOND ROUND

Trabuco Hills at Fountain Valley, Saturday, TBA

DIVISION 2A

SECOND ROUND

Friday’s results

Marina 66, Temescal Canyon 57

Cypress 75, Knight 50

Corona del Mar 61, Palm Springs 46

QUARTERFINALS

Tuesday, Feb. 13

Marina at Cypress

Westlake at Corona del Mar

DIVISION 3AA

SECOND ROUND

Friday’s results

La Habra 75, Jordan 73

Sage Hill 47, Oaks Christian 43

Arcadia 62, Troy 61

QUARTERFINALS

Tuesday, Feb. 13

La Habra at Sage Hill

DIVISION 3A

SECOND ROUND

Friday’s results

San Clemente 65, Calvary Chapel/SA 51

Northwood 64, Huntington Beach 44

Woodbridge 55, El Dorado 39

QUARTERFINALS

Tuesday, Feb. 13

San Clemente at Santa Barbara

Don Bosco Tech at Northwood

Woodbridge at North Torrance

DIVISION 4AA

SECOND ROUND

Friday’s results

Costa Mesa 69, Brea Olinda 41

QUARTERFINALS

Tuesday, Feb. 13

Costa Mesa vs. TBD

DIVISION 4A

SECOND ROUND

Friday’s results

Temecula Valley 76, Santiago 54

Estancia 74, Carter 60

Hillcrest Christian/TO 50, Irvine 40

Mary Star 55, Pacifica 38

QUARTERFINALS

Tuesday, Feb. 13

Santa Paula at Estancia

DIVISION 5AA

SECOND ROUND

Friday’s results unless noted

El Segundo vs. Tarbut V-Torah, Saturday

Westminster vs. Trinity Classic Academy, Saturday

Godinez 62, Heritage 37

QUARTERFINALS

Tuesday, Feb. 13

Godinez at Castaic

DIVISION 5A

SECOND ROUND

Friday’s results

Ontario 58, Samueli Academy 40

Rancho Alamitos 72, Anaheim 55

Los Amigos 70, Coachella Valley 46

QUARTERFINALS

Tuesday, Feb. 13

Ontario at Rancho Alamitos

Firebaugh at Los Amigos

No. 1 seed La Habra was nearly upset on the road but came through when it mattered most, finishing the game with an 18-7 run.

After senior guard Gerald Pickens made two free throws to give Jordan a 70-68 lead, the Highlanders took the lead after forward Jaedon Anderson hit a clutch 3-pointer from the left wing to give them a one-point lead with two minutes left.

Sophomore guard Acen Jimenez made two more free throws to put La Habra up by three at 73-70 with 11 seconds left in the game. However, the Panthers were not done.

Backup guard Josh Gibson, who finished with a team-high 20 points, hit a game-tying 3-pointer from the top of the key to even the game at 73 with 5.4 seconds left.

With the ball being inbound on the far side of the court, Sinek received the inbound pass. He sprinted past multiple Jordan defenders, going the full length of the floor and somehow converted a finger roll layup with the final horn sounding, lifting his team to a dramatic win and avoiding a major upset.

Sinek said the Highlanders were calm coming out of the timeout for the final play.

La Habra guard @GraysonSinek finished with 11 pts and was the hero hitting a game-winning, buzzer-beating layup as time expired to lift Highlanders to a 75-73 road win over Jordan! @LHHS_Basketball @OCSportsZone @ocvarsity @BeachVarsity @presstelegram pic.twitter.com/B3AXvKWI6p

— Chris Camello (@Chris_Camello) February 10, 2024

“We drew up a play that we always practiced, so everybody in the huddle is calm, we’re all collected, we all knew something perfect was about to happen,” said Sinek, who finished with 11 points, four rebounds, and three assists. “We knew we were destined for this, and I got the ball in the open court and I knew it was my time to shine.”

Jordan coach Chris Francis explained what happened on the final play.

“Just not communicating,” Francis said. “The inexperience was the difference in the end.”

Jordan head coach Chris Francis talks about the heart-breaking loss to La Habra, how the game changed in the 4th quarter, and what went wrong defensively in that final play of the game @JTownHoopz @presstelegram @BeachVarsity pic.twitter.com/7TQJSwuxeC

— Chris Camello (@Chris_Camello) February 10, 2024

For the Panthers, it was a heartbreaking end to a game they had control of for nearly all four quarters. After Gibson hit one of his six 3-pointers, Jordan was leading 66-57 with four minutes left in the game.

However, that’s when La Habra went on an 11-2 run to tie the game at 68, sparked by Jimenez and Anderson, who combined to score 16 of the team’s 20 points in the fourth quarter.

Pickens said as the game got more intense in the fourth that’s when it started to turn for Jordan.

“It got rowdy in here, everybody got jittery,” said Pickens, who finished with 17 points, three rebounds, and three assists. “We came up short, that’s all it was, we came up short.”

Jordan senior guard @ibeengp talks about the heart-breaking loss to La Habra, what went wrong defensively in that final play, and how the game changed in the 4th qt

Pickens finished with 17 pts, 3 Rebs, and 3 asts for @JTownHoopz @BeachVarsity @presstelegram pic.twitter.com/zFdKi9lNj2

— Chris Camello (@Chris_Camello) February 10, 2024

Junior guard Jay’Mari Redmond said the pace of the game slowed down in the second half. He believed that’s what changed for Jordan.

“Coming out of the locker room, it was the pace,” said Redmond, who finished with 16 points, six assists, and four rebounds. “The pace of the game in the first half, we were running, running, and running, but in the second half, we got exhausted and we stopped running. That changed the pace of the game. We didn’t come out with the full intensity.”

Jordan guard @JayRedmond2007 talks about the tough loss to no. 1 seed La Habra, what changed in the 4th qt after leading by 9, and what broke down defensively on that final play in the 4th @JTownHoopz @BeachVarsity @presstelegram pic.twitter.com/3lNxYMu4hb

— Chris Camello (@Chris_Camello) February 10, 2024

The Highlanders were led by Jimenez, who nearly finished with a triple-double with a game-high 26 points, nine assists, eight rebounds and four steals. Anderson added 25 points and six rebounds, while knocking down five 3-pointers.

Coach Francis was gracious in defeat. He spoke highly of La Habra but also shared how proud he was of his team.

“Shoutout to La Habra, they’re a veteran team, they made shots, and they stayed disciplined, they stayed structured, and they pulled it out down the stretch,” Francis said. “I don’t take solace in losing. I’m obviously disappointed but at the same time, I’m very proud of my guys. We look forward to getting back at it pretty soon.”

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  Canyon’s Staf Yilmazturk (0) steals the ball away from Los Alamitos’ Kedric Delaney (30) during a boys basketball game between Canyon and Los Alamitos in the second round of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs at Los Alamitos High on Feb. 9, 2024…..(Photo by Michael Goulding, Contributing Photographer)

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  Los Alamitos’ Kedric Delaney (30) lays up a shot past Canyon’s Josh Goodall (13) during a boys basketball game between Canyon and Los Alamitos in the second round of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs at Los Alamitos High on Feb. 9, 2024…..(Photo by Michael Goulding, Contributing Photographer)

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  Los Alamitos’ head coach Nate Berge has a discussion with an official during a boys basketball game between Canyon and Los Alamitos in the second round of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs at Los Alamitos High on Feb. 9, 2024…..(Photo by Michael Goulding, Contributing Photographer)

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  Los Alamitos’ Wesley Trevino (4) scores over Canyon’s Staf Yilmazturk (0) and the rest of Canyon’s team during a boys basketball game between Canyon and Los Alamitos in the second round of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs at Los Alamitos High on Feb. 9, 2024…..(Photo by Michael Goulding, Contributing Photographer)

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  Los Alamitos’ Trent Minter (33) drives to the basket in front of Canyon’s Josh Goodall (13) during a boys basketball game between Canyon and Los Alamitos in the second round of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs at Los Alamitos High on Feb. 9, 2024…..(Photo by Michael Goulding, Contributing Photographer)

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  Canyon’s Jeremy Loreto (14) gets squeezed by Los Alamitos’ Wesley Trevino (4) and Trent Minter (33) and during a boys basketball game between Canyon and Los Alamitos in the second round of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs at Los Alamitos High on Feb. 9, 2024…..(Photo by Michael Goulding, Contributing Photographer)

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  Los Alamitos’ head coach Nate Berge talks to his players during a time out during a boys basketball game between Canyon and Los Alamitos in the second round of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs at Los Alamitos High on Feb. 9, 2024…..(Photo by Michael Goulding, Contributing Photographer)

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  Los Alamitos’ Samori Guyness (5) scores during a boys basketball game between Canyon and Los Alamitos in the second round of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs at Los Alamitos High on Feb. 9, 2024…..(Photo by Michael Goulding, Contributing Photographer)

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  Los Alamitos’ Trent Minter (33) shoots over Canyon’s Josh Goodall (13) during a boys basketball game between Canyon and Los Alamitos in the second round of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs at Los Alamitos High on Feb. 9, 2024…..(Photo by Michael Goulding, Contributing Photographer)

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  Los Alamitos’ Kedric Delaney (30) scores past Canyon’s Jordan Garcia (2) during a boys basketball game between Canyon and Los Alamitos in the second round of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs at Los Alamitos High on Feb. 9, 2024…..(Photo by Michael Goulding, Contributing Photographer)

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  Canyon’s Mo El baba (35) plays tight defense on Los Alamitos’ Kedric Delaney (30) during a boys basketball game between Canyon and Los Alamitos in the second round of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs at Los Alamitos High on Feb. 9, 2024…..(Photo by Michael Goulding, Contributing Photographer)

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  Los Alamitos’ Wesley Trevino (4) signals a three-point shot to the delight of the Los Alamitos fans during a boys basketball game between Canyon and Los Alamitos in the second round of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs at Los Alamitos High on Feb. 9, 2024…..(Photo by Michael Goulding, Contributing Photographer)

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  Los Alamitos’ Dilayehu Wempe (42) steals the ball from Canyon’s Jeremy Loreto (14) during a boys basketball game between Canyon and Los Alamitos in the second round of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs at Los Alamitos High on Feb. 9, 2024…..(Photo by Michael Goulding, Contributing Photographer)

LOS ALAMITOS — The balanced offensive attack of the Los Alamitos boys basketball team came through for the Griffins again.

They had four players score in double figures, two with 14 points and two with 12 points, in a 73-46 win over Canyon in a CIF Southern Section Division 1 second-round playoff game Friday at Los Alamitos High.

Los Alamitos (24-5) will play at Los Angeles Windward (26-3) in the quarterfinals Tuesday. Windward, the division’s No. 2 seed, beat St. Francis 73-66 in the second round Tuesday.

The Griffins, No. 3 in the Orange County Top 25, have won nine of their past 10 games. The loss during that period was by one point to Orange County No. 1-ranked Mater Dei.

No. 12 Canyon finished 22-8.

The Comanches played the final few weeks without senior forward Jaden Goodall, who was leading the team with 22 points a game before a knee injury shortened his season. Canyon, a Division 1 semifinalist last year, finished second to Foothill in the Crestview League.

Los Alamitos junior guards Samori Guyness and Wes Trevino scored 14 points each. Trent Minter, a 6-6 junior forward, scored 12 points with 15 rebounds and three blocked shots. Junior guard Liam Gray scored 12 points.

Depth has been an asset all season for the Griffins who went 6-0 in the Surf League, one of the better leagues in Orange County basketball this season. That depth came through again Friday. Senior guard Dilayehu Wempe scored six points with seven rebounds and junior guard Kedric Delaney scored 10 points.

“We can sub guys in and out so that our guys aren’t playing as many minutes as the other team has to,” said Los Alamitos coach Nathan Berger. “And our ability to rebound at both ends was very helpful.”

Canyon, led by junior guard Noah Kim’s 15 points Friday, has won many games over the year with their frenetic pace. Los Alamitos was able to match that Friday.

“Chaos on chaos,” was how Berger described it.

The Griffins bolted to a 12-0 lead and stretched that to 21-3. Canyon made a 9-0 run to reduce their deficit that was 22-12 going into the second quarter.

Delaney scored eight of the Griffins’ 20 second-quarter points and Los Alamitos had a 42-26 lead at halftime. Both teams made eight turnovers in the first half.

Los Alamitos’ quick-moving offense enabled six different Griffins to score in the third quarter. Canyon did not get many open shots, making only 4 of 16 attempts in the quarter, and Los Alamitos was in control with its 63-36 lead going into the fourth quarter.

“The keys to this game were keeping them off the 3-point line,” Minter said. “Really keying in on a few guys. Getting on the glass, which i think we did a really good job of. We shared the ball. We hit our shots when we needed to. It’s a great team win.”

The Griffins were 27 for 59 on all shots. They were made all six of their 3-point shots in the first half and finished 9 for 13 behind the arc. Canyon had a tough night, in large part because of the Los Alamitos defense, making 18 of its 71 shots and was 3 for 22 on 3-point tries.

SANTA ANA — Mater Dei’s boys basketball team embarked on its postseason voyage Friday without leading scorer Brannon Martinsen.

St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy’s sizzling shooters and tenacious rebounders made it a bumpy first leg.

University of San Francisco-bound guard Tyrone Riley scored 28 points, including all six of his 3-point attempts, and grabbed 12 rebounds as the sixth-seeded Warriors stunned the No. 3 Monarchs 76-54 in a CIF-SS Open Division pool-play game at Mater Dei.

It is Open Division debut, St. Pius X-St. Matthias (23-5) collected its first victory against Mater Dei, a 24-time section champion, and handed the Monarchs (26-3) their most lopsided loss of the season.

“It’s definitely big for us,” Riley said of the Warriors’ first victory in nine games all-time against Mater Dei. “(A few) years ago, we were Division 3, Division 4, so coming in and winning our first Open game in our first appearance against Mater Dei, a prestigious school, is definitely big for us.”

“We had a great week of practice,” the senior added. “All four days our coaches were telling us, we can beat them by 10 to 15 (points) if we work hard, if we execute, if we go by the game plan and we rebound and hit shots.”

St. Pius X-St. Matthias did all that against Orange County’s No. 1-ranked team. The Warriors made 10 of their 20 shots from beyond the arc and shot 52 percent from the floor. The outrebounded the Monarchs 30-24 and didn’t trail in the final three periods.

Point guard David Mack was steady with 15 points, five assists and two steals while Dayvon Gates added 11 points. Tylon Williams scored all seven points of his points off the bench to help key the third period.

“I think our schedule is the key and probably the key why we got in the Open,” St. Pius X-St. Matthias coach Donte Archie said. “We’ve played a lot of the top teams already. We’re not surprised. We just have to execute and make plays.”

“To me, (Riley) is the best player in the state,” the coach added. “He can do everything.”

Martinsen, a sophomore forward, suffered a broken tibia against St. John Bosco last week. The Monarchs tried to pick up scoring slack but couldn’t keep up with the Warriors. Brandon Benjamin (11), Blake Davidson (10) and Owen Verna (10) scored in double figures for the Monarchs, whose last lead came at 12-11 in the opening quarter.

Mater Dei coach Gary McKnight acknowledged Martinsen’s versatile scoring (17 ppg) but hopes the loss motivates his players.

“That’s a very good team,” he said of the Warriors. “We’re going to have to make some adjustments and hopefully this is a good wake up call but the Open Division is a different beast.”

St. Pius X-St. Matthias led 34-23 at halftime behind 12 points by Riley.

The Warriors took advantage of five turnovers by Mater Dei in the second quarter and closed the half on a 12-4 run. Riley capped the surge with a contested 3-pointer in front of the Monarchs’ bench.

St. Pius X-St. Matthias’ pesky defense forced a pair of first-half turnovers by drawing offensive fouls against key reserve Luke Barnett.

The Warriors, meanwhile, only committed four turnovers in the game.

On Tuesday, Mater Dei continues Pool B by playing host to seventh-seeded JSerra, which lost to Roosevelt 64-51 on Friday. The Monarchs and Lions split their two Trinity League games with each winning on their home court.

The encounter will be mark JSerra coach Keith Wilkinson’s first return to Mater Dei since his ejection and shoe-throwing incident with referees on Jan. 5. Wilkinson received a six-game suspension and later apologized.

St. Pius X-St. Matthias on Tuesday plays at Roosevelt, who it lost to 59-54 on Jan. 20.

“I know what we can do,” Archie said. “I feel like we can win the whole thing so we just got to keep grinding, stay humble and just keep competing.”