CIF NorCal Regional Open Finals: Riordan vs Salesian Preview

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Tuesday March 10, the CIF NorCal Regional Championship game takes place at Archbishop Riordan in San Francisco, CA. This is the anticipated matchup between the two best teams in NorCal. #1 Archbishop Riordan vs #2 Salesian College Prep. The winner will play in the CIF State Championship game March 14 at Golden 1 Arena in Sacramento, CA against the SoCal winner Sierra Canyon or Harvard Westlake.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>CIF NorCal OPEN Finals: </strong>#1 Archbishop Riordan 28-1 vs #2 Salesian College Prep 28-3.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The last meeting between these two teams, last season: Regional Semifinal Riordan won 64-57</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Riordan's last loss was December 11, to Crean Lutheran from SoCal 53-40. They're on a 24 game win streak.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Salesians three losses were to Crespi SoCal, St. Joseph, Santa Maria the #3 team in the SoCal Open, and Wheeler the #1 team in Georgia, a team playing in the State Finals (GSHA) March 14.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Best of the Best: </strong><br>[player_tooltip player_id='1703096' first='Elias' last='Obenyah'] 6'5 Sr. Guard for Salesian is committed to Stanford University.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1702936' first='Andrew' last='Hilman'] 6'4 Sr. Guard committed to University of San Francisco (USF). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2853469' first='JP' last='Pihtovs'] 6'9 Sr. Forward committed to University of San Francisco (USF).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Next Best: </strong><br>Archbishop Riordan: [player_tooltip player_id='2215141' first='Cole' last='White'] 6'1 Jr Guard, [player_tooltip player_id='1703107' first='DJ' last='Armstrong'] 6'3 Guard, [player_tooltip player_id='3038323' first='Emmanuel' last='Ahamefule'] 6'9 Jr. Forward</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Salesian College Prep: Carlton Perrilliat Jr. 6'5 Sr. Forward, [player_tooltip player_id='1703083' first='Isaiah' last='Davis'] 6'0 Sr. Guard, [player_tooltip player_id='2137369' first='Asante' last='Johnson'] 6'1 Jr. Guard.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Supporting Cast:</strong><br>Archbishop Riordan: [player_tooltip player_id='2952295' first='Judah' last='Van-Ewijk'] 6'0 Fr. Guard, [player_tooltip player_id='2952296' first='CJ' last='Ani'] 6'2 Fr. Guard, [player_tooltip player_id='2450104' first='Jack' last='Loevner'] 6'5 So, Guard, [player_tooltip player_id='2219461' first='Andre' last='Amesquita-Carter'] 6'4 So, G/F</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Salesian College Prep: [player_tooltip player_id='2089500' first='Leon' last='Powe III'] 6'5 Sr. Forward, [player_tooltip player_id='2268982' first='Braylon' last='Franklin'] 6'3 Sr. Guard, [player_tooltip player_id='2605708' first='Juelz' last='Richo'] 6'5 So, Forward, [player_tooltip player_id='2484360' first='Tayshaun' last='Bozeman'] 6'0 So. Guard, [player_tooltip player_id='2452417' first='Jahlil' last='Lindsey'] 6'6 Sr. Forward</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->