Mira Costa, Redondo, Torrance resume volleyball playoffs
The 2020 Mira Costa boys volleyball team didn’t get a chance to compete for a CIF Southern Section title after the season was shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Mustangs, who advanced to the 2019 Division 1 final, will officially kick off the 2021 playoffs today.
Mira Costa, the second seed in the Division 1 bracket, will host Orange Lutheran in a first-round match at 6 p.m. If the Mustangs advance, they will host either Corona del Mar or Mater Dei on Saturday in the semifinals.
In the top half of the bracket, Redondo is the eighth seed and will be on the road at No. 1 seed Loyola.
The final is set for June 5. In Division 4, Torrance has advanced to the quarterfinals and will host Warren at 6 p.m. Torrance swept Ontario Christian in the first round and defeated California in four sets in the second round.
CIF-SS basketball updates
The Rolling Hills Prep girls basketball team will host St. Anthony at Chadwick High on Thursday at 7 p.m.
The Peninsula girls basketball team’s Division 1 game against Brentwood is Thursday at 6 p.m.
The start time for the Mira Costa boys basketball team’s Division 2AA game at Westlake has been moved to today at 5 p.m.
Today’s CIF-SS boys basketball area schedule
Today’s games start at 7 p.m., unless noted:
Bishop Montgomery at Riverside Poly; West Torrance at Dominguez; Mira Costa at Westlake, 5 p.m.; Palos Verdes at Saugus; Kaiser
at Morningside; Ayala at El Segundo; Lakewood at Lawndale; Wiseburn Da Vinci at Bell Gardens; and Katella at Hawthorne.
PV boys tennis advances
Top-seeded Palos Verdes defeated San Marino 12-6 in a CIF Southern Section Division 1 quarterfinal match Monday.
The Sea Kings will visit Loyola in the semifinals today at 3 p.m.
Gardena girls soccer advances to final
The fourth-seeded Gardena girls soccer team will face second-seeded Sun Valley Magnet on Thursday at 3 p.m. in the CIF L.A. City Section Division IV championship game.
The Panthers opened the playoffs with a 6-0 win over East Valley on May 18 in the quarterfinals. They followed that with a 3-2 win over top-seeded GALA in the semifinals May 20.