The CIF Southern Section Playoff pairings for the fall sport of boy’s water polo were announced at CIF Southern Section headquarters Saturday, Oct. 28. The water polo playoffs will feature 163 teams in seven divisions with ten teams hailing from inside the Valley News coverage area. First round matches were scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday of this past week, depending on the division. The seven divisional championships will be determined on Saturday, Nov. 11, at the Mt. San Antonio College Aquatics Complex in Walnut
This year there were no top seeded area teams in their respective divisions when the CIF Southern Section released its boys’ water polo playoff pairings, and there were no area teams that were chosen for the Open Division (eight teams) as well.
Southwestern League champion Murrieta Valley (17-11) was given the No. 3 seed in the Division Three playoff bracket and not only hosted, and defeated El Toro in a first-round match, they also took out Arlington on their way to quarterfinal action.
The Division Four bracket looked to be the most exciting in the first round for our area as the four local teams included Great Oak, Hemet, Temescal Canyon and Temecula Valley. They all had to fight it out against each other in order to advance to the second round. Great Oak and Temecula Valley both advanced to the second round, but only the Golden Bears found victory by defeating South Torrance.
The remaining schedule for all area teams is posted as follows:
CIF SOUTHERN SECTION BOYS WATER POLO PLAYOFFS
(Matches scheduled for 5 p.m. Dates, sites, and time subject to change.)
DIVISION ONE
- No local teams
DIVISION TWO
Round one
- Crean Lutheran – 13, Chaparral – 4
DIVISION THREE
Round one
- Glendora – 13, Elsinore – 9
- Murrieta Valley – 20, El Toro – 12
Round two (11/2)
- Murrieta Valley – 22, Arlington – 9
Quarterfinal round (11/4)
- Murrieta Valley at Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks)
DIVISION FOUR
Round one
- Temecula Valley – 18, Temescal Canyon – 10
- Great Oak – 22, Hemet – 4
Round two (11/2)
- Temecula Valley – 11, South Torrance – 8
- Xavier Prep – 12, Great Oak – 10
Quarterfinal round (11/4)
Temecula Valley vs. La Habra (site TBD)
DIVISION FIVE
Round one
- Ocean View – 11, Paloma Valley- 10
- Liberty – 8, Palm Springs – 5
- Segerstrom – 14, Lakeside – 7
- La Quinta – 13, Tahquitz – 7
Round two
- Liberty – 4, Beverly Hills – 11
Quarterfinal round (11/4)
Liberty vs. La Salle
DIVISION SIX
Round one
- Cerritos – 15, West Valley – 5
JP Raineri can be reached by email at sports@reedermedia.com.
