Palos Verdes gets turnabout season to D-4A semifinals
Last season, the Palos Verdes girls basketball team won three games.
Saturday, the Sea Kings will be competing in the CIF-Southern Section Division 4A semifinals.
Maddie Farnsworth scored 24 points to go along with four rebounds, two assists and eight rebounds in a 48-35 win over Diamond Ranch in the quarterfinals Wednesday. Quinn Tamashiro added 14 points.
The Sea Kings (21-7) will be at West Ranch for their semifinal Saturday at 7 p.m. A win would send PV to its first CIF-SS final since 1991.
“We added two freshmen (Quinn Tamashiro and Katie Golden) and they have been essential in our turnaround, both on the offensive and defensive side,” Palos Verdes coach Daniel Rho said. “Maddie Farnsworth has been our leading scorer again this year and showed her dominance and leadership with a 24-point, eight-steal effort (Wednesday).”
Palos Verdes defeated Newbury Park Adventist (69-19) and Rosemead (5626) in the first two rounds of the playoffs.
The Sea Kings' roster has six juniors, four sophomores and two freshmen.
Torrance in semifinals
Monica Villanueva scored 22 points and Bella Roosa had 14 to lead Torrance to a 61-51 win over Saugus in Wednesday's CIF-SS Division 3AA quarterfinals.
Torrance will host topseeded Oak Park Saturday at 7 p.m.
CIF-SS soccer update
The Mira Costa boys soccer team will play Arlington in the second game of their CIF-SS Open Division series tonight at 6. The Lions have a 2-1 scoring lead in the twogame series.
In boys Division 3, Animo Leadership will host Buena Park today at 4 p.m. at Edward Vincent Park in Inglewood.
In girls soccer, Palos Verdes will visit JSerra in the CIF-SS Division 4 semifinal Saturday at 4:30 p.m.
In the girls Open Division, Mira Costa heads into the second game of its series with Santa Margarita with the scoring tied at 1-1. In Wednesday's game, Juju Arensdorf scored for the Mustangs, assisted by Sydney Bushman.
Saturday's game will be played at Santa Margarita at 5 p.m.
Palos Verdes in finals
The Palos Verdes girls water polo team will face Corona Centennial in the CIF-SS Division 3 final Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at Mt. SAC.
This will be PV's first finals appearance since 2013.
The spectators entrance is at Gate 21. Parking is $10 (cash only).
San Pedro in action
The No. 7-seeded San Pedro boys basketball team will face No. 6 Crenshaw in the City Section Division I semifinal at Roybal Learning Center tonight at 6.
Both teams pulled off upsets this week to advance. San Pedro beat No. 2 Granada Hills Charter and Crenshaw defeated No. 3 Venice.
The winner of tonight's game will face Washington or Fairfax in the final Feb. 24 at Pasadena City College.