CIF State Playoffs in NorCal RDS: I and II

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>PH NorCal was in the gym this week for the CIF State Play-Offs. Teams are competing hard for the opportunity to play their last game at the Golden One Arena in Sacramento, CA. Here are the games we attended this week.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><br>February 28th: King's Academy defeated Ygnacio Valley 64-61, Div III<br>March 1st: De La Salle defeated Archbishop Mitty 46-44, Open Division<br>March 2nd: Half Moon Bay defeated Hillsdale 60-48, Div IV</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Standouts from the games:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":["not_in_db"],"_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"Jaalen Mhoon ","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"2023","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"field_62aba4ddecf30","player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"6'1u0022","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"field_62aba4e8ecf31","player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"77244","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"King's Academy","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"field_62d20e723441a","player_evaluations_0_player_details":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details":"field_62aba4afecf2e","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Mhoon comes close to the glue guy in this game, he didn't stuff the stat sheet but was good doing the little things to help get his team to the next round. 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