Murrieta Mesa held off Redlands East Valley in the opening round of the CIF Southern Section playoffs Wednesday, Feb. 12. Valley News/AC Sports photo.
Many top teams eliminated after first-round CIF playoff knockouts.Outside of the open division playoffs, the rest of the boys’ basketball teams got their postseason started Wednesday, Feb. 12, and quite a few of the top teams got knocked out early. Of the four Southwestern League teams that made it to the playoffs, only Murrieta Mesa came out unscathed with a 77-63 win over Redlands East Valley. The Rams will move on to face Peninsula on the road Friday, Feb. 14, at 7 p.m.Other local teams that moved past th
