Showdown set in CIF basketball regional playoffs between two South Valley teams
It will be a matchup of two Hanford high school girls basketball teams in the California Interscholastic Federation Northern California regional quarterfinals.
In Tuesday’s first round, No. 3 seed Hanford High defeated No. 14 Oakland 75-68, and No. 11 Sierra Pacific traveled to Salinas and defeated No. 6 Notre Dame 72-62.
That sets up a an all-Hanford affair between the Bullpups and the Golden Bears in the second round. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. Thursday at Hanford High.
The teams met earlier in the season at the Central Valley Showdown when host Sierra Pacific won 71-69.
Also advancing Tuesday: No. 4 Hoover boys (Division IV), No. 3 Clovis North girls (Division I), No. 2 Clovis girls (Division II) and No. 5 San Joaquin Memorial girls (Division II).
Another all-Valley quarterfinal is set in boys Southern California Division V, No. 6 Fowler at No. 3 Delano.
CIF REGIONAL BASKETBALL
OPEN DIVISION
Girls
Regional semifinal
No. 3 Clovis West at No. 2 St. Joseph Notre Dame-Alameda, 6 p.m. Saturday
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Tuesday
First-round games involving Fresno-area teams
Boys
Division I
No. 9 Vanden-Fairfield 101, No. 8 Clovis West 93
No. 4 De La Salle-Concord 67, No. 13 San Joaquin Memorial 52
No. 2 Capital Christian-Sacramento 76, No. 15 Clovis North 61
Division II
No. 9 St. Mary’s-Stockton 73, No. 8 Clovis East 71
Division III
No. 2 St. Ignatius-San Francisco 52, No. 15 Bullard 50
Division IV
No. 4 Hoover 66, No. 13 Liberty Ranch-Galt 64
No. 10 Clear Lake-Lakeport 66, No. 7 Kingsburg 53
(Also: Southern California No. 1 Aquinas-San Bernardino 74, No. 16 Redwood 56)
Thursday
No. 5 Hillsdale-San Mateo at No. 4 Hoover, 7 p.m.
Division V
No. 9 Calaveras-Sutter Creek 63, No. 8 Fresno Christian 62
(Also: Southern California No. 6 Fowler 52, No. 11 Maywood Academy 41; and No. 3 Delano 65, No. 14 Sierra Vista-Baldwin Park 54)
Thursday
Southern California No. 6 Fowler at No. 3 Delano, 7 p.m.
Girls
Division I
No. 3 Clovis North 69, No. 14 St. Ignatius-San Francisco 54
No. 2 Bishop O’Dowd-Oakland 72, No. 15 Buchanan 55
Thursday
No. 6 Heritage-Brentwood at No. 3 Clovis North, 7 p.m.
Division II
No. 5 San Joaquin Memorial 71, No. 12 Lynbrook-San Jose 36
No. 2 Clovis 70, No. 15 Merced 28
Thursday
No. 10 Sacred Heart Prep-San Francisco at No. 2 Clovis
No. 5 San Joaquin Memorial at No. 4 Laguna Creek-Elk Grove
Division III
Southern California: No. 11 Eisenhower-Rialto 79, No. 11 Porterville 48
Division IV
No. 3 Hanford 78, No. 14 Oakland 65
No. 8 Half Moon Bay 49, No. 9 Caruthers 47
No. 11 Sierra Pacific 72, No. 6 Notre Dame-Salinas 62
Thursday
No. 11 Sierra Pacific at No. 3 Hanford
Division V
Southern California No. 2 Marshall-Los Angeles 50, No. 15 Strathmore 43
This story was originally published March 3, 2020 at 9:54 PM.
