Saturday 2/22 – Prep playoff basketball, soccer and girls water polo
Many local high school winter sports teams competing for a CIF-SS title this Saturday as playoff action continued.
Highlighted by the Shadow Hills boys basketball team defeating Fountain Valley in the Division 3A semifinal. The Knights will play for the title on Saturday, February 29, against Price High School. Time and location of the game are still to be determined.
Shadow Hills girls soccer fell to Ontario Christian 2-1 in the Division 6 semifinal.
The Desert Hot Springs boys soccer team fell 3-1 to Marshall in the Division 5 semifinal.
Xavier Prep girls basketball lost to Ontario Christian 57-44 in the Division 4AA semifinal round.
Rancho Mirage girls water polo made it all the way to the Championship at the Woollett Aquatic Center in Irvine, but fell to La Salle 16-6. Rancho ended the season as the CIF-SS Division 7 runner-up.
Stay with KESQ for continuing coverage of the CIF-SS playoffs.