Windward of Los Angeles guard Sela Kay looks for openings in the defense of Santa Ana Mater Dei when the two state-ranked teams’ met in the CIF Southern Section Open Division semifinals last Saturday in Riverside. Photo: Dylan Stewart/CIFSS.org.
There were no major upsets among the top teams going into this week’s semifinals and finals of the CIF section playoffs with ranked teams, but there was a State Top 20 team that lost in the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section. The injury bug also has bitten and at this stage of the season that can change the landscape overnight. It had an effect on three of the top 10 teams, including No. 1 Archbishop Mitty, and four if you consider Harvard-Westlake senior Jayla Ruffus-Milner has been playing all season with a separated shoulder.
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