Ocean View Must Travel to Play Mayfair

Fourth-seeded Ocean View, one of four Orange County boys’ basketball teams to lose a coin toss Wednesday, will face top-seeded Lakewood Mayfair in the semifinals of the Southern Section Division II-A playoffs Friday at Cerritos Gahr.

The game will be a rematch of last year’s semifinal, in which the Seahawks broke open a tight game in the fourth quarter for a 71-56 victory.

Ocean View (22-6) is trying to reach its third section championship game in four seasons. The Seahawks’ last title came in 1998, when they won the Division III-AA crown.

Mater Dei, San Clemente and Tarbut V’Torah also lost coin tosses. The top-seeded Monarchs (26-2) will play at Canyon (18-10) in a Division I-A quarterfinal. Mater Dei defeated the Comanches, 104-79, in the regular season.

San Clemente (17-8) will play at Riverside North (13-12) in a Division I-AA quarterfinal, and Tarbut V’Torah (23-2) will face top-seeded Los Angeles Price (27-3) in a Division V-A semifinal tonight at Los Angeles Manual Arts High.

Capistrano Valley (25-3), among the county’s coin toss winners, will host Chino Hills Ayala (20-6), which is coming off a 54-51 upset of third-seeded Long Beach Poly, in a Division I-AAA quarterfinal.

In Division I-AA, top-seeded El Toro (25-3) will host Murrieta Valley (20-7) in a quarterfinal game.

Third-seeded Villa Park (23-4), which hosts Newport Harbor (21-6) in a Division I-A quarterfinal, didn’t need to win a coin toss. The Spartans were awarded the home game because they played a road game in the earlier rounds, while the Sailors played both of their games at home.

Second-seeded Santa Margarita (25-4) will host Wildomar Elsinore (17-10) in a Division II-AA quarterfinal.

In Division IV-AA, Northwood (21-7) will host Santa Fe Springs St. Paul (17-13) in a semifinal at Irvine High.

* Mark Brown, a freshman guard for the Saddleback men’s basketball team, was named co-player of the year in the Orange Empire Conference, along with Riverside’s Will Morris.

The Gauchos, who went undefeated in conference play, also had three players named to the first team.

Sophomores Rahshaw McAfee, Adrian Aguayo and Mike Donegan made it for the Gauchos, and Saddleback Coach Bill Brummel was selected coach of the year.

Also selected to the all-conference team: Mike Ahmad (Irvine Valley), So.; Romel Beck (Fullerton), Fr.; Nick Burwell (Orange Coast), So.; Zac Fray (Santa Ana), So.; Nick Gosserand (Riverside), So.; Chad Hegedorn (Orange Coast), So.; J.J. Sola (Fullerton), So.

* Three members of the Santa Ana women’s basketball team, Orange Empire Conference champions with a 13-1 record (24-6 overall), were named to the all-conference team.

Sophomores Terrial Cole and Acheve Barre and freshman Jennifer Green were selected, and Don Coach Jack Single was named co-coach of the year with Riverside’s Mike Barnes.

Claudine Ault, a sophomore at Riverside, was named player of the year.

Also selected to the all-conference team: Amber Avestruz (Irvine Valley), So.; Karyn Fierst (Orange Coast), So.; Angela Garrett (Cypress), So.; Reena Gonzales (Fullerton), Fr.; Maiya Hasan (Riverside), So.; Kalena Jackson (Saddleback), Fr.; Randi Perry (Golden West), Fr.; Dawn Regan (Irvine Valley), So.; Angela Romagnoli (Riverside), So.; Fala Suiaunoa (Irvine Valley), So., and Kristen Urban (Orange Coast), So.

WATER POLO

The Southern Section Division I girls’ water polo playoff semifinals will be Friday at El Toro High. Second-seeded Santa Margarita will play El Toro at 3:15 p.m. and top-seeded and defending champion Foothill will play Capistrano Valley at 5:30 p.m.

In Division IV, Laguna Beach is the home team for its semifinal against top-seeded Corona del Mar at a site to be determined. A coin flip today will determine the home team for the semifinal between El Dorado and University.

* Garrett Bowlus of Corona del Mar High has signed to play men’s water polo at UCLA.

Bowlus, a U.S. National Youth Team member, was a Times’ Orange County first-team selection, the Southern Section Division II Co-Player of the Year and an All-Pacific Coast League pick.

Bowlus helped the Sea Kings to consecutive Division II championships.