Girls’ water polo: Newport Harbor seeded No. 1 in Division I

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SOUTHERN SECTION PLAYOFFS

DIVISION I

First round, Wednesday, 3:15 p.m.

Schurr (Almont 3) at #1 Newport Harbor (Sunset 1); Laguna Hills (Pacific Coast T2) at El Toro (Sea View 2); Keppel (Almont 2) at Santa Margarita (Trinity 1); Edison (Sunset 3) at #4 Long Beach Wilson (Moore 1); Irvine (Pacific Coast T2) at #3 Foothill (Sea View 1); Millikan (Moore 2) at Los Alamitos (Sunset 2); Rosary (Trinity 2) at Montebello (Almont 1); Huntington Beach (Sea View 3) at #2 Corona del Mar (Pacific Coast 1).

Notes: Quarterfinals, Friday; semifinals, Feb. 20 at Heritage Park (Irvine). Championship, Feb. 23 at Heritage Park (Irvine), 7 p.m.

DIVISION II

Wild-card games, Tuesday, 3:15 p.m.

A--Capistrano Valley (South Coast T3) at Ventura (Channel 3); B--Anaheim Canyon (Century 3) at Thousand Oaks (Marmonte 3)

First round, Thursday, 3:15 p.m.

Newbury Park (Marmonte 4) at #1 Dos Pueblos (Channel 1); Mira Costa (Bay 2) at Tesoro (South Coast T1); Winner wild-card A at Agoura (Marmonte 1); Brea Olinda (Century 2) at #4 Laguna Beach (Orange Coast 1); Costa Mesa (Orange Coast 2) at #3 Santa Barbara (Channel 2); Winner wild-card B at Palos Verdes (Bay 1); Royal (Marmonte 2) at San Clemente (South Coast T1); Redondo (Bay T3) at #2 Villa Park (Century 1).

Notes: Quarterfinals, Saturday; semifinals, Feb. 20 at Heritage Park (Irvine). Championship, Feb. 23 at Heritage Park (Irvine), 1 p.m.

DIVISION III

Wild-card games, Tuesday, 3:15 p.m.

A--Warren (San Gabriel Valley T2) at St. Lucy’s (Sierra 2); B--Chino Hills (Sierra 3) at El Rancho (Del Rio 2); C--San Marino (Rio Hondo 3) at Lakewood St. Joseph (San Gabriel Valley T2); D--King (Ivy T3) at Charter Oak (Miramonte 2); E--La Serna (Del Rio 3) at Temple City (Rio Hondo 2); F--Alta Loma (Baseline T3) at Bonita (Miramonte 3).

First round, Thursday, 3:15 p.m.

Los Altos (Miramonte 4) at #1 Riverside Poly (Ivy 1); Winner wild-card A at La Canada (Rio Hondo 1); Winner wild-card B at Los Osos (Baseline T1); Winner wild-card C at #4 Walnut (Miramonte 1); Winner wild-card D at #3 Ayala (Sierra 1); Winner wild-card E at Upland (Baseline T1); Arlington (Ivy 2) at Cerritos (San Gabriel Valley 1); Winner wild-card F at #2 Whittier (Del Rio 1).

Notes: Quarterfinals, Saturday; semifinals, Feb. 20 at TBA. Championship, Feb. 23 at Heritage Park (Irvine), 5:30 p.m.

DIVISION IV

First round, Tuesday, 3:15 p.m.

#1 Harvard-Westlake (Mission 1), bye; Camarillo (Pacific View 3) at Paso Robles (Pac-7 T2); La Salle (Prep 1), bye; Glendale (Pacific 3) at Carpinteria (Tri-Valley T2); Crescenta Valley (Pacific 1), bye; Pasadena Poly (Prep 3) at Alemany (Mission 3); San Luis Obispo (Pac-7 T2) at Santa Maria St. Joseph (Los Padres 2); #4 Rio Mesa (Pacific View 1), bye; #3 Malibu (Tri-Valley 1), bye; Arcadia (Pacific 4) at Chadwick (Prep 2); Lompoc Cabrillo (Los Padres 1), bye; Nipomo (Pac-7 T2) at Louisville (Mission 2); Mayfield (Prep T4) at Burbank (Pacific 2); Sherman Oaks Notre Dame (at-large/Mission 4) at Oxnard Pacifica (Pacific View 2); Cate (Tri-Valley T2) at Santa Ynez (Los Padres 3); #2 Arroyo Grande (Pac-7 1), bye.

Notes: Second round, Thursday; quarterfinals, Saturday; semifinals, Feb. 20 at TBA. Championship, Feb. 23 at Heritage Park (Irvine), 4 p.m.

DIVISION V

First round, Wednesday, 3:15 p.m.

Don Lugo (Mt. Baldy 3) at #1 Murrieta Valley (Southwestern 1); Cathedral City (Desert Valley 2) at Jurupa Valley (Mountain View 2); Corona Centennial (Mountain View 3) at Redlands (Citrus Belt 1); #4 Temescal Canyon (Southwestern 3) at Colony (Mt. Baldy 1); Palm Desert (Desert Valley T3) at #3 Chaparral (Southwestern 2); Ontario (Mt. Baldy 2) at Yucaipa (Citrus Belt 2); Redlands East Valley (Citrus Belt 3) at La Quinta (Desert Valley 1); Vista Murrieta (at-large/Southwestern T4) at #2 Corona Santiago (Mountain View 1).

Notes: Quarterfinals, Friday; semifinals, Feb. 20 at Corona Roosevelt. Championship, Feb. 23 at Heritage Park (Irvine), 11:30 a.m.

DIVISION VI

First round, Tuesday, 3:15 p.m.

#1 Saddleback (Golden West 1), bye; Beverly Hills (at-large/Ocean 4) at Arroyo Valley (San Andreas 1) ; Elsinore (Sunbelt 1), bye; Fullerton (at-large/Freeway 4) at Los Amigos (Garden Grove 2); El Segundo (Ocean 1), bye; San Gorgonio (San Andreas 3) at Savanna (Orange 2); Westminster (Golden West 3) at Placentia Valencia (Empire 2); West Valley (Sunbelt 4) at #4 Sonora (Freeway T1); #3 Western (Orange 1), bye; Torrance (Ocean 3) at Perris (Sunbelt 2); Garden Grove (Garden Grove 1), bye; Sunny Hills (Freeway 3) at Loara (Empire 1); Garden Grove Pacifica (Empire 3) at Santa Monica (Ocean 2); Hemet (Sunbelt 3) at Cajon (San Andreas 2); Bolsa Grande (Garden Grove T3) at Orange (Golden West 2); #2 La Habra (Freeway T1), bye.

Notes: Second round, Thursday; quarterfinals, Saturday; semifinals, Feb. 20 at Heritage Park (Irvine). Championship, Feb. 23 at Heritage Park (Irvine), 10 a.m.

MASTERS TOURNAMENT

Feb. 29-Mar. 1 (Friday games at Mater Dei, Newport Harbor, Capistrano Valley, and Santa Margarita; Saturday games at El Toro).

16-team field includes four semifinalists from Division I and II, champions from Divisions III-VI, and four at-large teams.

-- Eric Maddy, stats guru