Carson Girls Begin Volleyball Playoffs

The City Section girls’ volleyball playoffs begin today with 16 matches, including top-seeded Carson playing host to L.A. Belmont at 7 p.m. and L.A. Roosevelt at second-seeded Harbor City Narbonne at 3 p.m.

Third-seeded San Pedro plays host to L.A. Wilson and South Gate travels to third-seeded Venice for 7 p.m. matches.

Losers of first-round matches move into the Invitational division and will play for that title, and winners move to the Championship division. Second-round matches in both divisions will be held Monday with quarterfinals Wednesday, semifinals Nov. 16 and the finals Nov. 19 at Occidental College.

Boys’ Water Polo

The Southern Section will release its playoff pairings Monday.

If the current coaches’ rankings hold through the final days of the regular season, top-seeded teams will be Long Beach Wilson in Division I, Villa Park in Division II, La Canada in Division III, Simi Valley Royal in Division IV, Riverside Poly in Division V and La Verne Bonita in Division VI.

Play begins Tuesday with first-round games in Division VI and wild-card games in all other divisions.

First-round games in Division I will be played Wednesday, Divisions II and IV will play Thursday and Divisions III and V on Friday.

The Division IV final will be held Nov. 20 at Pepperdine, and the finals in other divisions will take place Nov. 22-23 at Long Beach Belmont Plaza.

Girls’ Tennis

The Southern Section will release its playoff pairings Monday.

If the coaches’ rankings hold up, top-seeded teams will be Rolling Hills Estates Peninsula in Division I, Santa Barbara in Division II, Brentwood in Division III, Beverly Hills in Division IV and Malibu in Division V.

Play begins Tuesday with wild-card games and first-round games scheduled for Thursday. Finals will be played Nov. 22 at the Claremont Club.

Football

Anaheim Magnolia (1-7) gets bonus points for its Orange League effort last Thursday night.

The Sentinels, who had gone four weeks without scoring more than seven points, tied the score as time expired against Santa Ana Century (4-4).

Instead of kicking the point after to force overtime, Coach Robert Frasco’s team went for the win, only to have Louis Ford tackled short of the two-point conversion.

Magnolia lost, 41-40.

-- Martin Henderson