Local Roundup:

Cal Maritime men’s hoops to start Cal-Pac playoffs Saturday,

The Cal Maritime men’s basketball team will start the California Pacific Conference playoffs on Saturday.

The Keelhaulers are the No. 3 seed in the tournament and will face off against No. 2 UC Merced at 7:30 p.m. in Lancaster. The first semifinal is top-seeded Antelope Valley against No. 4 Simpson at 5 p.m.

All games, including the championship contest on Monday, will take place at Antelope Valley’s Pioneer Events Center in Lancaster.

Antelope Valley (25-4 140) enters the tournament on a record 16-game winning streak, running the table in the Cal-Pac for just the second time in league history. Should the Pioneers manage to capture the tourney title, their 27 wins would also match the all-time league best (Cal Maritime 2014, Dominican 2005).

The Pioneers are facing a Simpson (15-11, 7-7) team which they swept in the regular season by a combined 65 points and have beaten six straight times.

UC Merced (17-9, 9-5) and Cal Maritime (20-8, 8-6) will meet in the second semi. The Bobcats swept the Keelhaulers during the regular season, and are looking to get back to the Cal-Pac finals for the first time since a one-point loss to Antelope Valley in Vallejo in 2018.

The second matchup between Cal Maritime and Merced was a classic as Merced freshman Justin Nguyen had a 3-pointer with 1.2 seconds was the game-winner in a 75-72 win. The Keelhaulers needed a 12-0 run late in the second half to tie the game.

The Keelhaulers are back in the semis, and sports their sixth 20-win season since 2012. This tournament marks the first time the CalPac has had a pair of 20-win teams in over 15 years.

The winner of the conference tournament advances to the NAIA nationals in Sioux Falls, S.D. Antelope Valley has won the last two tournament titles.

Local honors

Tickets available for hall of fame

Tickets are available for the Vallejo Sports Hall of Fame on March 14 at the Dan Foley Cultural Center.

The athletes are Richie Anderson

and Ronnie Anderson (BMX Hall of Fame), Willie Anderson (Harlem Globetrotters), Joanie Bettencourt (softball), Bobby Gonzalez Jr (wrestling), Tony Longmire (baseball) and Everett Robinson (Tae Kwon Do).

The coach being inducted is Ann TalamantesRistow. The team being inducted is the 1987 Vallejo High girls basketball squad and special achievement is the PAL German soccer exchange program with Mike Kollar.

Tickets are $60 and $30 for ages 6 to 17 through the Greater Vallejo Recreation District.

For more information, call (707) 648-5317 or go by the main office at GVRD.

All proceeds from the ceremony benefit youth sports for GVRD.