Which schools advanced to section title games and when will they play?
Saturday’s CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division II Championship opponent will be a familiar one for the Central Valley boys soccer team.
The Hawks (20-3-3) will face Bella Vista, the team that beat Central Valley in penalty kicks in the title game last year.
The two will play at Liberty Ranch High School in Galt at 6 p.m.
“At this point, we don’t really care who the opponent is as long as we win it,” Hawks coach Omar Leon said. “The main objective is to get to the last game and carry the same intensity.”
To get to the final, Central Valley needed penalty kicks (6-5) to beat Del Oro in the semifinals on Tuesday.
The game was tied at 1 after overtime and senior Joel Arellano made his penalty kick attempt to end the game for the Hawks.
“It was a very exciting game that could have gone either way,” Leon said. “Before penalty kicks, I told them to shoot the way they normally shoot. We practice PK’s a lot.”
Division I
Jesuit 3, Turlock 0: The Bulldogs (21-4-1) allowed three second-half goals in the loss to the Marauders (22-1-1).
Div. III
East Union 1, Patterson 0: East Union junior Fabrizio Herrera Garrido had the game’s only goal in the 45th minute as the Lancers (13-3-8) beat the Tigers (15-4-2).
Three boys basketball teams advance to title games: Central Catholic, Ripon Christian and Sonora all won their semifinal games on Tuesday to advance to the section title games, which will be played on Thursday and Friday at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.
Central Catholic (23-7) will play in its fifth straight section title game after beating Wood, 48-34, in the semifinals. Junior guard Arvind Sandhu had 17 points in the win for the Raiders, who will play Vanden in the championship on Friday at 4 p.m.
It will be a rematch of a Dec. 12 contest won by Vanden, 83-67.
Sonora (27-3) beat Calaveras, 52-38, in the Div. IV semifinals and the Wildcats will face Liberty Ranch in the championship on Thursday at 4 p.m.
Thursday’s game will be a rematch of last year’s championship which Sonora won, 73-70.
Ripon Christian (22-7) led 20-0 after the first quarter in their Div. VI semifinal game and beat Alpha Charter, 72-35. The No. 1 seeded Knights will face Stockton Christian at noon on Thursday.
Div. V
Brookside Christian 60, Denair 45: The Coyotes’ (26-3) quest for their first section title appearance since 2002 ended with a loss to Brookside Christian (18-12) on Tuesday.
Denair senior forward Jordan Smith-Sires had 16 points and senior Elvis Silva added eight.
Girls Soccer
Div. IV
Ripon 2, El Dorado 0: Sophomore Hailey Peterson and freshman Ariana Daniels both had goals in the win for the Indians (21-4-1) on Tuesday. Ripon will face El Camino in the championship on Saturday at Liberty Ranch at noon.
This story was originally published February 25, 2020 at 9:38 PM.
