In other City Championship quarterfinals:

Manual Arts 83, Washington 66--Senior guard James Wright scored 30 points and had six assists as the second-seeded Toilers took a step toward returning to the City final with the quarterfinal victory at Manual Arts.

Senior guard Curtis Millage added 17 points and seven steals for Manual Arts, which lost to Westchester in last season’s championship game.

Manual Arts led, 39-28, at halftime. The Toilers maintained an 11-point advantage throughout most of the second half, but extended their lead by making 15 of 19 free throws in the fourth quarter.

Manual Arts’ Johnny Hardwig scored only two points but he had 14 rebounds and six blocked shots.

Lewis Woods scored 19 points for Washington.

Rodney Anderson and Michael Tardy each added 12 or the Generals.

Westchester 76, Franklin 65--Eric Knight scored 31 points and Lou Wright added 15 for the defending City and state Division I-champion Comets, who were too much for the Panthers, who upset fourth-seeded Fremont in their opener.

In Divisional quarterfinals

North Hollywood 48, Wilmington Banning 41--Rahnell Johnson made 10 of 12 free throws, including six in the last minute to give the Huskies the victory in a Division quarterfinal at North Hollywood.

Poly 74, San Fernando 68--James Word scored 29 points and had 17 rebounds for Poly at San Fernando.

Word made three three-point baskets and scored 12 points in the fourth quarter. Poly made 13 of 16 free throws in the final quarter.

Hollywood 60, Kennedy 59--Vahe Malikyan converted a three-point play with nine seconds left to give the Sheiks the come-from-behind victory at Kennedy.

Malikyan scored 14 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter as Hollywood came back from a 47-38 deficit at the end of the third quarter.

Kennedy (15-10) got the ball back after Malikyan’s basket, but Nana Gbewonyo missed two shots.