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CIF California Bowl Championships Saturday roundup: Pittsburg, Liberty-Bakersfield to face off again
The CIF Bowl Championships continued Saturday with 14 regional video games all through California.
The winners from the North and South will meet subsequent week at websites to be decided, aside from the highest 5 divisions, which all meet at Saddleback Faculty in Mission Viejo.
One exception is on the Division 7-AA degree, the place Pinole Valley (8-4) traveled to Mendota (9-5) for the state crown on Saturday. The visiting Spartans pulled out a gritty one.
This is a snapshot of outcomes compiled by SBLive from a wide range of sources together with employees reporters/correspondents/photographers, web feeds, trusted Twitter posts, coaches and California journalists.
Preview and former Bowl Championship materials:
The Open Division title groups — the highest two — have already been hand-picked by the ten part commissioners and they’re Serra-San Mateo (North) and St. John Bosco-Bellflower (South). They’re scheduled to play final at Saddleback, 8 p.m. on Dec. 10.
SATURDAY
DIVISION 1–A BRACKET
NORTH: Pittsburg 35, Manteca 14
With a continuing rain and chill, the operating group (Manteca) appeared to have an edge. However Pittsburg (12-2), with Florida-bound quarterback Jaden Rashada and a number of Division I receivers, confirmed they’re greater than a passing fancy operation. Rashda solely threw 13 passes however he accounted for 177 yards and three touchdowns. Sophomore operating again Elijah Bow rushed 22 instances for 163 yards and two touchdowns. And Oregon State-bound receiver Zach Card had three catches for 102 yards, one a superb, diving 18-yard TD late within the first half that gave the Pirates the lead for good. The Pirates held the excessive scoring Buffaloes to 261 yards (all on the bottom), together with 167 yards on 32 carries and a landing from Florida State certain Blake Nichelson. Manteca finishes 11-2. STORY | VIDEO | PHOTOS
SOUTH: Liberty-Bakersfield 41, Yorba Linda 28
Identified for its power and physicality, the Liberty-Bakersfield soccer group (12-2) merely wore down beforehand unbeaten Yorba Linda (14-1). Junior quarterback Jace Nixon accounted for 4 touchdowns and Xancer Chisholm, Jalen Hankins and Mehki Delouth scored fourth-quarter touchdowns to carry the Patriots to a 41-28 CIF Division 1-A Southern California championship win on the Mustangs’ house discipline. STORY | PHOTOS
DIVISION 2–A BRACKET
NORTH: San Ramon Valley 19, Marin Catholic-Kentfield 17
Austin Shelton kicked a 37-yard discipline aim with 18 seconds left lifting the host Wolves (12-2) to their first state-title sport. Charles Williams rushed for 220 yards and two touchdowns nevertheless it wasn’t sufficient for Marin Catholic (13-1). Luke Baker threw a landing go to Owen Scott and Pau Mendoza rushed for a 60-yard landing for SRV. Scott additionally blocked a discipline aim with 4 minutes left that arrange the game-winning drive, cashed in by Shelton. STORY | PHOTOS | SLIDESHOW
SOUTH: Granite Hills-41, Etiwanda 21
If there was any query that Granite Hills-El Cajon (12-2) was going to tug out all of the stops, it was answered on the opening kickoff. In line with Eric-Paul Johnson of the Press-Enterprise, the Eagles profitable pulled off an onside kick. It led to a 27-yard landing by Zak Darling and Granite Hills was on its strategy to a victory over Etiwanda (9-6). Granite Hills will tackle San Ramon Valley-Danville, a 19-17 winner over Marin Catholic-Kentfield, in subsequent week’s state finals, which takes place at midday Saturday at Saddleback Faculty in Mission Viejo. STORY | PHOTOS
DIVISION 3–A BRACKET
NORTH: Bellarmine-San Jose 35, Vanden-Fairfield 21
Ben Pfaff rushed for 140 yards and two touchdowns and the Bells, at one time 3-6 on the season, scored three touchdowns within the third quarter to place the sport away at San Jose Metropolis Faculty. In line with the San Jose Mercury Information, QB Nate Escalda completed with 103 yards speeding and three complete touchdowns and linebacker Reece McKeever had three sacks main a protection that allowed 170 complete yards. Vanden, the defending state 5-AA champs, completed 12-2. Bellarmine (8-6) will host a state title sport subsequent Saturday towards Laguna Hills.
SOUTH: Laguna Hills 35, Birmingham-Lake Balboa 28
The Hawks (14-1) held on for the win towards the Patriots (9-5), because of the high quality all-around play of Troy Leigber. In line with the Los Angeles Instances, Leigber scored 4 touchdowns — three speeding and one on a kickoff return. He rushed 28 instances for 121 yards. Peyton Waters scored three TDs for Birmingham (9-5).
DIVISION 4–A BRACKET
NORTH: San Marin-Novato 29, Menlo Faculty-Atherton 21
The Mustangs (12-2), the defending state 5-AA champion, will host one other state championship with a dominating efficiency. They recorded eight sacks and received touchdowns from Blake Hart, Ben Langford and Matt Goodin. Meno, making its first regional look, completed 8-6. the Knights fell behind 26-0 however made a sport of it with a 21-3 run.
SOUTH: Granada Hills Constitution 56, Laguna Seaside 55
Dijon Stanley rushed for 250-plus yards and 4 touchdowns to carry the Highlanders ( 12-2) who rushed for greater than 480 yards. There have been 11 lead modifications. Laguna Seaside finishes 11-4.
DIVISION 5–A BRACKET
NORTH: Orland 41, Clear Lake 21
Orland is headed to its first CIF state championship sport after a decisive house win Saturday evening. The Trojans (14-0), one in all two remaining undefeated groups in California in response to CalHiSports, now have a shot at ending an ideal 15-0 if they’ll defeat Shafter (11-4) for the CIF Division 5-A championship. The Trojans caught to their ground-and-pound assault that has led them to success all season and it proved profitable as soon as once more. Quarterback Grant Foster ran for 3 touchdowns, operating again Jaime Albarran ran for 2, and fellow RB Lucas Landeros capped the scoring with a sixth speeding TD. By no means stop Clear Lake completed 12-2. STORY
SOUTH: Shafter 20, Walnut 16
Shafter (11-4) received two brief speeding TDs by Christopher Espinoza and scored 17 straight factors at one juncture. Walnut completed 11-4.
DIVISION 6–A BRACKET
NORTH: Atascadero 21, Colusa 0
Trey Cooks scored on a 9-yard run in the midst of the primary quarter and that is all visiting Atascadero (10-4) would wish as a result of its protection performed lights out. Cooks added a second TD with 4 minutes left within the second quarter on a 1-yard run. Colusa completed 10-3.
SOUTH: San Gabriel 46, Kennedy-Granada Hills 34
In line with the Pasadena Star-Information, Jacob Muniz threw for 2 touchdowns and rushed for 2 scores main the Matadors (12-3) to the highway win. Rpbert Lucero added added 132 yards speeding for San Gabriel. Kennedy completed 9-6.
DIVISION 7–AA State Championship
Pinole Valley 34, Mendota 21
In line with Jesus Cano of the San Jose Mercury Information, Larry McDonald’s 36-yard landing run with 39 seconds left sealed it for the visiting Spartans (9-4). Ellis Shamsid-Deen had a landing run of 72 yards and caught TD passes of 38 and 26 yards from Maddux Wu. Mendota, of Fresno county, completed 9-6.
DIVISION 7–A BRACKET
NORTH: Lincoln-San Francisco (9-3), BYE
SOUTH: Crenshaw-Los Angeles 48, Whittier Christian-La Habra 7
The Cougars (8-6) outrace the Heralds (10-5) and can face Lincoln-SF for the CIF-State D14 title.
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Wisconsin storms back against Pittsburgh to win Greenbrier Tip-Off
The Wisconsin Badgers are the 2024 Greenbrier Tip-Off champions.
Wisconsin, ranked No. 19 in the nation, improved to 7-0 by coming back from a double-digit deficit to defeat Pittsburgh (6-1) 81-75 Sunday evening in West Virginia. The comeback completed a sweep of the showcase, having defeated Central Florida in their first game of the tip-off on Friday afternoon.
John Tonje led the Badgers with 33 points. The star guard was 11-of-19 shooting and a perfect 10-of-10 from the free-throw line. It’s his second 30-point game of the season; his first was a 41-point explosion in Wisconsin’s win over then-No. 9 Arizona on Nov. 15.
Pittsburgh jumped out to a 20-8 lead nearly 10 minutes into the first half before the Badgers clawed back to within 34-27 at the half.
In the second half, Pittsburgh kept the Badgers at bay, leading 50-45 with 12:22 to go before Wisconsin went on a run and grew a lead to 71-64 with 4:15 remaining.
The Badgers have scored at least 79 points in all seven games this season, which is a program first.
Up next: Wisconsin vs. Chicago State, Nov. 30 at 7 p.m. CT.
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Pirates Prospect Wins Bronze Medal With Team USA
A busy fall for Pittsburgh Pirates prospect Termarr Johnson has come to a close.
Team USA wrapped its run in the WBSC Premier12 with a 6-1 win over Venezuela to win the bronze medal on Saturday. They also beat Venezuela 6-5 in the Super Round of the Premier12 on Friday and wrapped up the tournament going 2-2.
Chinese Taipei shut out Japan in the championship game 4-0 to win the Premier12 and hand them their first loss in international play since 2019. Team USA lost to Japan 9-1 and Chinese Taipei 8-2.
Johnson went 1-4 with one run scored and a walk and one strikeout on Saturday. After grounding out in his first two at-bats, the Pirates’ left-handed hitting middle infield prospect singled to center field with one out in the top of the sixth inning. He stole second base, then came around to score with two outs on an infield single from Tampa Bay Rays left-handed hitting outfield prospect Chandler Simpson to extend Team USA’s lead to 3-0.
Team USA went 5-4 in the Premier12. In the previous Premier12, the US finished in fourth place.
Johnson struck out and walked in his next two at-bats. The Pirates’ No. 3 prospect by MLB Pipeline and the No. 75 prospect in baseball hit .310/.414/.429 with one home run and two RBIs in nine games. He also walked six times and struck out nine times.
Before playing in the WBSC Premier12, Johnson played in the Arizona Fall League. The left-handed hitting prospect batted .250/.444/.475 with one home run and four RBIs across 11 games for the Scottsdale Scorpions. He also walked 14 times and scored nine runs.
Johnson, who was the fourth overall pick in the 2022 MLB Draft by Pittsburgh spent time with High-A Greensboro (110 games) and Double-A Altoona (14 games) in 2024. He batted .237/.366/.386 with 15 home runs and 54 RBIs in his 124 games played.
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Pittsburgh’s Light Up Night kicks off the holiday season
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The holiday season began in Pittsburgh on Saturday night with the city’s popular Light Up Night event.
Thousands crowded Downtown streets to ring in the holidays.
The iconic Highmark Christmas tree was lit along with trees at the City-County Building and PPG Place. A new light show on the Sister Bridges was also unveiled.
“It’s just a magical time of the year,” said Nicole Ambrogio.
She brought her kids to see the Highmark tree lit up.
“It almost gives you that Times Square-like feeling,” said Melissa Iaquinta. “It was amazing. The fireworks are always an added touch, and it’s beautiful.”
Vendors also filled Market Square, along with caroling and drumming.
“This is my first Light Up Night. It’s honestly amazing. I love all the music,” said Pietro Pucci. “It’s really magical; it’s like a winter wonderland come to life.”
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