CCS basketball playoffs • Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023

Division I

No. 1 Menlo-Atherton 62, No. 8 Alisal 53

M-A improves to 23-2 and will play No. 5 Los Altos in the semifinals Thursday.

No. 3 Carlmont 51, No. 6 Hollister 50

Carlmont improves to 18-5 and will play No.2 Evergreen Valley in a semifinal game Thursday.

Division II

No. 3 Hillsdale 57, No. 6 Monte Vista 44

Hillsdale overcame an early 14-3 deficit with 26 points from Makena Nitao to improve to 21-4 and will play No. 2 St. Francis in a semifinal game Thursday.

Division III

Soledad 48, No. 3 Westmoor 43

Westmoor finishes the season 15-10.

Division IV

No. 1 Menlo School 49, No. 8 Terra Nova 35

Menlo improves to 13-10 and will play No. 4 King’s Academy/No. 5 Harker Thursday. Terra Nova finishes the season 12-14.

No. 2 Half Moon Bay 56, No. 10 San Lorenzo Valley 26

HMB improves to 17-8 and will play Notre Dame-Belmont in the semifinals Thursday.

No. 3 Notre Dame-Belmont 57, No. 11 Mercy-Burlingame 31

NDB will play No. 2 Half Moon Bay in a Thursday semifinal game. Mercy-Burlingame ends the season 14-10.

Division V

No. 1 Summit Shasta 90, No. 8 Mountain View Academy 10

Summit Shasta improves to 19-2 and will play No. 4 Cristo Rey Thursday.

No. 2 Woodside Priory 56, No. 7 Nueva 11

Priory improves to 13-12 and will play No. 3 Castilleja Thursday.

BOYS’ BASKETBALL

Division I

No. 3 Carlmont 53, No. 6 Mountain View 44

Carlmont improves to 18-7 and will play No. 2 Los Gatos in a semifinal Thursday.

Division II

No. 2 Hillsdale 57, No. Oak Grove 50

Hillsdale improves to 19-6 and will play No. 3 Christopher in a semifinal game Thursday.

Division III

No. 1 Jefferson 59, No. 8 Prospect 54

Jefferson improves to 20-4 and will play No. 4 Monterey Thursday.

No. 2 Burlingame 57, No. 7 El Camino 35

Burlingame improves to 20-4 and will play a semifinal game Thursday against No. 3 Aptos. El Camino finishes the season 13-13.

No. 3 Aptos 57, No. 6 South City 50

South City finishes the season 15-11.

Division IV

No. 1 King’s Academy 71, No. 8 Terra Nova 55

Terra Nova finishes the season 12-13.

No. 2 Half Moon Bay 71, No. 7 Harker 46

HMB improves to 16-9 and will play No. 11 Scotts Valley in a semifinal game Thursday.

No. 11 Scotts Valley 58, No. 3 Menlo School 53

Menlo finishes the season 11-14.

Division V

No. 1 Woodside Priory 97, Pinewood 43

Priory improves to 22-3 and will play No. 4 St. Francis-Watsonville Thursday.

No. 3 Summit Shasta 52, No. 6 Thomas More 50

Summit Shasta improves to 25-2 and will play Oakwood in Thursday’s semifinals.

No. 2 Oakwood 82, No. 7 Crystal 38

Crystal finishes the season 12-11.

MONDAY

BOYS’ BASKETBALL

CCS Open Division

No. 2 Riordan 58, No. 6 Menlo-Atherton 53

The Bears held an 11-point lead after the first quarter, 22-11, but could not hold on as the Crusaders rallied for the win in Game 2 of Pool B.

Riordan (20-6) rallied in the second period, outscoring M-A (21-5) 19-6 to lead 30-28 at halftime. The Crusaders extended their lead to 45-41 after three quarters and then held off a Bears’ rally in the fourth.

Riordan improves 1-1 in Pool B play and can advance to the Open Division final with a win over Sacred Heart Prep Wednesday, which improved to 2-0 with a buzzer-beating win over Sacred Heart Cathedral.

M-A falls to 0-2. The Bears close out Pool B play Wednesday when they host SHC at 7 p.m.

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL

CCS Open Division

No. 8 Crystal 39, No. 4 Los Gatos 25

The Gryphons earned the school’s first-ever Open Division victory in a school-record 20th win as they dominated the Wildcats in the second half.

Leading 21-17 at halftime, Crystal (20-6) held Los Gatos (21-5) to just eight points in the second half — outscoring the Wildcats 12-0 in the fourth quarter.

The win over Los Gatos evens the Gryphons’ record at 1-1 in Pool A. They will wrap up Open Division play at No. 5 Branham at 7 p.m. Wednesday.