HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK

The Oxnard boys appeared to be peaking for the playoffs, but the Yellowjackets lost to visiting Downey Warren, 56-53, in a second-round Division I-AA game.

Oxnard (22-5), the Pacific View League champion and ranked No. 2 in the region by The Times, had a first-round bye after winning 11 consecutive games.

“I’m very disappointed,” Coach Henry Lobo said. “The kids are hurt. To not play our very best game was very disappointing.”

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Lobo accused the Southern Section of showing little respect for the Pacific View League when the playoff pairings were announced, but he acknowledged the league’s 1-4 showing in the playoffs did little to improve its reputation.

“I talked about respect for the league,” he said. “But . . . all of us lost [our first game], except for Channel Islands.”