Three Fresno-area high school basketball teams receive top seeds in CIF state playoffs
Several Fresno-area high school basketball teams learned of its California Interscholastic Federation state playoff seeds.
The CIF released the pairings on Sunday and listed the Clovis West boys, Dinuba boys and Mendota girls as the top seeds in Division I, III and Division V, respectively.
The Clovis North boys won the Central Section Division I championship and will be the No. 3 seed in the Open Division.
The Broncos will face No. 6 Branson-Ross at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
The Clovis West girls will also play in the Open Division and is the No. 2 seed and will not play until March 2.
Games will be played at 7 p.m. Tuesday, unless noted.
Boys basketball
Open Division
NorCal: No. 3 Clovis North 49, No. 6 Branson-Ross 48
Saturday: No. 3 Clovis North at No. 2 Archbishop Riordan-San Francisco
SoCal: None
Division I
NorCal: No. 1 Clovis West 79, No. 16 Dublin 57
Thursday: No. 9 Serra-San Mateo at No. 1 Clovis West
SoCal: None
Division II
NorCal: No. 16 Clovis East 71, No. 1 Branham-San Jose 67
Thursday: No. 16 Clovis East at No. 9 Oakland
SoCal: None.
Division III
NorCal: No. 6 Bullard 53, No. 11 Central Catholic-Modesto 43; No. 10 San Joaquin Memorial 66, No. 7 Christian Brothers-Sacramento 59
Thursday: No. 6 Bullard at No. 3 Valley Christian-San Jose; No. 10 San Joaquin Memorial at No. 2 Justin-Siena- Napa
SoCal: No. 16 Price-Los Angeles 60, No. 1 Dinuba 50
Division IV
NorCal: No. 1 Saint Teresa-San Jose 79, No. 16 Kerman 76 (OT); No. 14 Monterey 67, No. 3 Sierra 51
SoCal: None.
Division V
NorCal: No. 3 Oakwood-Morgan Hill 69, No. 14 Caruthers 53
SoCal: No. 8 Firebaugh 84, No. 9 Coalinga 56; No. 6 Corcoran 77, No. 11 Bernstein-Hollywood 63
Thursday: No. 6 Corcoran at No. 3 Verdugo Hills-Tujunga; No. 8 Firebaugh at No. 1 San Pedro
Girls basketball
Open Division
NorCal: No. 2 Clovis West receives a bye
Saturday: No. 3 St. Mary’s-Stockton at No. 2 Clovis West
SoCal: None.
Division I
NorCal: None.
SoCal: No. 5 Orangewood Academy 63, No. 12 Monache 44
Division II
NorCal: No. 11 Antelope 82, Buchanan 68
SoCal: None.
Division III
NorCal: No. 3 Cornerstone Christian-Antioch 69, No. 4 Clovis 59; No. 5 Mills-Millbrae 56, No. 12 Clovis East 53; No. 14 Caruthers 85, Christopher-Gilroy 52; No. 7 San Joaquin Memorial 67, No. 10 Manteca 37; No. 2 Central 61, No. 15 Justin-Siena-Napa 51
Thursday: No. 14 Caruthers at No. 11 Heritage-Brentwood; No. 7 San Joaquin Memorial at No. 2 Central
SoCal: None.
Division IV
None.
Division V
NorCal: Mendota is the top-seed and receives a bye.
Thursday: No. 9 Woodland Christian at No. 1 Mendota
SoCal: No. 4 Immanuel 62, No. 13 Rosamond 53
This story was originally published February 26, 2024 at 9:38 AM.
