Sage Hill Girls Stun Sierra Canyon, Setting Up Showdown With Ontario Christian

By nan clip Etiwanda and Ontario Christian took nan tribunal for Saturday night’s CIF Southern California Regional Open Division semifinal it was already known who nan victor would meet.

News was spreading done nan gym that Sage Hill had conscionable upset Sierra Canyon 57-54 successful Chatsworth successful nan different Open semifinal — 1 of nan astir shocking upsets successful authorities hoops history.

Amalia Holguin scored 26 points, including a brace of free throws which gave Sage Hill a three-point lead successful nan closing seconds.

Sierra Canyon’s Delaney White received nan ensuing inbounds pass, dribbled into nan frontcourt, pulled up down nan three-point statement and launched a imaginable tying jumper, but it deed nan rim and bounced off.

South Carolina perpetrate Jerzy Robinson, who had netted 32 points successful Sierra Canyon’s triumph complete Ontario Christian successful nan Southern Section final, scored 26 points against nan Lightning, who had a 22-game winning streak surgery by Ontario Christian successful nan conception semifinals.

On Tuesday, fourth-seeded Sage Hill (28-5) will recreation inland to look second-seeded Ontario Christian (32-2) pinch a travel to Sacramento astatine stake. The big Knights utilized their balanced onslaught and 9 three-pointers to simply overwhelm defending authorities champion Etiwanda, 80-66.

After being held to 1 handbasket successful nan first quarter, Kaleena Smith came live and vanished pinch 23 points to gait nan Knights. As USC women’s coach Lindsay Gottlieb watched nan action intently from nan bleachers, sophomore Tatianna Griffin had 18 points, freshman phenom Chloe Jenkins had 16 points and Dani Robinson added 13 for Ontario Christian.

“Our mindset each week successful believe has been triumph aliases spell home,” Smith said. “We don’t person a 2nd chance now. If we lose, we’re out.”

Etiwanda’s Arynn Finley is guarded by Ontario Christian’s Kaleena Smith during nan Southern California Open Division location semifinals connected Saturday. Finley scored 30 points successful Etiwanda’s 80-66 loss.

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“Losing successful nan [Southern Section] finals lit a immense occurrence nether us,” Griffin added. “It was a bully instruction for america and translated into our effort arsenic a group.”

Arynn Finley had 30 points and Chasity Rice added 15 for nan third-seeded Eagles (30-4), who trailed 34-26 astatine halftime.

Ontario Christian hit Sage Hill by 32 points successful nan Southern Section semifinals, but Knights coach Aundre Cummings said his squad will not beryllium overconfident.

“We sewage to this constituent past twelvemonth and that was it,” he said. “We’re gonna respect some teams, whether it was Sierra Canyon aliases Sage Hill, which we now cognize it is. We’ll get their champion crippled but, our girls will beryllium ready.”

Another upset occurred successful Division I, wherever No. 5 Corona Centennial knocked disconnected top-seeded Mater Dei, 60-48. The Huskies (22-5) recreation to Temecula to return connected No. 2 Rancho Christian (an 85-79 victor against San Diego Francis Parker) successful nan location finals Tuesday.

No. 2 Santa Maria St. Joseph hit Rosary Academy 68-63 and hosts No. 4 Saugus (a 64-43 victor complete Birmingham) successful nan Division II finals Tuesday. In Division III, Leuzinger hit King/Drew 66-54 and Placentia El Dorado edged Anaheim Canyon, 44-39.

Fifth-seeded Palisades took down No. 1 Marina successful Division IV and will recreation to Santa Ana to play No. 2 Godinez Fundamental, which edged No. 3 Tulare Union, 41-39.

The Division V location last will lucifer sixth-seeded Schurr (a 43-35 victor complete second-seeded Vista) against fourth-seeded Laguna Hills, which stunned No. 1 Rosamond 37-31.