A busy night for Inland Empire boys’ basketball teams
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A number of Inland Empire teams reached championship games tonight.
Redlands will try to remain unbeaten when it meets Citrus Belt League rival Redlands East Valley at 8:15 p.m. in the final of the San Gorgonio tournament.
Redlands (13-0) avenged a one-point loss to San Gorgonio in last season’s final, knocking off the tournament host, 89-73, in Friday’s semifinal. REV beat Cajon, 74-68, in the other semifinal.
Rancho Cucamonga became the third Baseline League team to advance to a tournament final tonight, defeating Charter Oak, 83-74, in a semifinal Friday night at the Nogales tournament. The Cougars will play Rancho Verde at 8 p.m.
Over at the Paloma Valley tournament, the host Wildcats made it to the championship game, where they will take on Murrieta Valley at 7:30 p.m. Paloma Valley advanced with a 59-55 victory over Valley View.
It’s probably too late to make it to this game, but Riverside King is also playing for a title tonight at 10:30 PST at the Walter Wong tournament on the campus of Chaminade University in Honolulu.
-- Dan Arritt