Sylmar Seeded No. 1

Sylmar (12-0) is seeded No. 1 in the championship bracket of the City Section girls’ volleyball playoffs and will play host to Los Angeles Belmont in the first round Monday.

In other key matches, second-seeded Woodland Hills Taft is at home against Van Nuys Grant, third-seeded Palisades plays host to Bell and fourth-seeded Granada Hills, which shared the Valley Mission title with Taft, plays host to San Pedro.

Chatsworth is the top-seeded team in the Invitational bracket and plays host to Canoga Park on Monday.

Quarterfinals take place Thursday and semifinals are Nov. 16. Finals will be Nov. 21 at Occidental College.

The Southern Section will release its playoff pairings Sunday.

-- Paul McLeod