CIF-SS Championship Capsule: Division 2A

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This weekend marks the culmination of the Southern Section post season with 18 teams competing for championships across nine divisions. In this capsule we break down the names to know and things to watch out for in the Division 2A matchup between St. Bonaventure of Ventura and Canyon of Canyon Country which will take place Friday night at Azusa Pacific University.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":4} --> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">St. Bonaventure</h4> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Record:</strong> 26-6 overall; 8-0 Tri Valley League (1st)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>How They Got Here:</strong> The Seraphs defeated Verbum Dei (62-51), Blair (73-52), Villa Park (71-65) and Irvine (66-60) to advance to the 2A championship game.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>How They Win:</strong> St. Bonaventure has been relied on their strong guard play to carry them to 26 wins, a league title and another appearance in the CIF Southern Section championship game. Freshman guard [player_tooltip player_id='2750207' first='Charlie' last='Adams'] is the main scoring threat as his ability to create andp score off the bounce and knock down perimeter jumpers has led to his 19.4 points per game average. Senior guard [player_tooltip player_id='2119976' first='Matthew' last='Wilson'] is an athletic and physical driver and finisher whose ability to get to the rim puts pressure on the defense and senior [player_tooltip player_id='1903780' first='Sam' last='Seiden'] is one of the best passers and pure point guards in the area who leads the team in assists and steals at 7.0 and 2.5, respectively. St. Bonaventure will have to slow down Canyon's high-scoring guard Eric Kubel to pull out the win.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":4} --> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Canyon</h4> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Record:</strong> 23-9 overall; 7-5 Foothill League (4th)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>How They Got Here: </strong>The Cowboys defeated El Dorado (58-49), Dos Pueblos (69-46), Rancho Mirage (60-57) and Oak Park (55-48) to advance to the 2A championship game.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>How They Win:</strong> The Cowboys have been riding the shooting ability of 6-foot-4 senior guard Eric Kubel who is averaging 23.1 points per game and has knocked down 107 three-pointers, including 10 in a win over Hawthorne, and has surpassed the 25-point mark 10 times this season. Junior guard Isaac Yuhico (14.6 points per game) is another dangerous scoring threat for Canyon and senior Chigozie Osuji rounds out Canyon's double-digit scorers at 12.6 points per game. The Cowboys have prided themselves on their toughness and scrappiness to reach the Southern Section 2A championship game and have embraced their lack of size by playing an uptempo style that features sharing the ball on offense and speeding up the opponent to create turnovers on defense.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->