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High school basketball fans around San Francisco are still buzzing over visiting Mission’s 64-54 Northern California Division 3 semifinal defeat of top-seeded St. Ignatius before more than 2,000 fans jammed into McCullough Gym on Tuesday.
“What an atmosphere,” St. Ignatius coach Rob Marcaletti said.
San Francisco doesn’t always get credit for their love and their quality of basketball.
The crowd appeared evenly divided between St. Ignatius and Mission fans.
According to Barbier Security Group operations supervisor Daniel Menjivar, there were no problems or incidents.
With all five starters returning, including first-team All-West Catholic Athletic League guards Brandon Beckman and Darrion Trammell, and several promising front-liners, Marcaletti and St. Ignatius will likely be ranked among the top five in Northern California to start 2017-18.
Why aren’t regional-title games in Divisions 2-5 at neutral sites, as they had been for decades?
California Interscholastic Federation Director Erin Davenport said an advisory committee decided that it wanted to stay consistent with other sports — volleyball, soccer and football — which play regional finals at higher seed’s home sites.
Financial costs — saving money by not renting larger venues like Santa Clara University’s Leavey Center or the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento — were a consideration, but “not a driving force” in the change, Davenport said.
Each host school gets a flat fee from the CIF, which secures all gate receipts.
Any profit that “goes above and beyond the operating costs goes right back to the sections,” she said.
A greater consideration for the change, Davenport said, is that that the three-week state playoff format likely will be tightened to two in 2018-19, meaning regional finals would be scheduled for midweek.
Kyree Walker (29 points) and Damari Milstead (28 points) led the way in Moreau Catholic-Hayward’s 20th straight win Tuesday, an 82-66 Division 2 semifinal win over visiting Cardinal Newman-Santa Rosa (27-5).
Third-seeded Moreau (24-9) plays at No. 1 St. Francis (21-9) on Saturday. …
12 rebounds and eight steals in a 67-58 Division 3 semifinal home win over Pleasant Valley-Chico.
Campo, winner of four state titles (the last in 1997), hosts St. Mary’s-Berkeley on Saturday. …
Defending Division 5 girls state champion Eastside Prep-East Palo Alto (21-8) got 14 points from Zion Gabriel and 12 from Kayla Mahan in a 63-25 semifinal home win over Argonaut-Jackson.
Eastside will play second-seeded Woodside Priory, which lost to the Panthers 70-55 and 66-39 this season, for the NorCal title.
MaxPreps.com senior writer Mitch Stephens covers high school sports for The San Francisco Chronicle.
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“What an atmosphere,” St. Ignatius coach Rob Marcaletti said.
San Francisco doesn’t always get credit for their love and their quality of basketball.
The crowd appeared evenly divided between St. Ignatius and Mission fans.
According to Barbier Security Group operations supervisor Daniel Menjivar, there were no problems or incidents.
With all five starters returning, including first-team All-West Catholic Athletic League guards Brandon Beckman and Darrion Trammell, and several promising front-liners, Marcaletti and St. Ignatius will likely be ranked among the top five in Northern California to start 2017-18.
Why aren’t regional-title games in Divisions 2-5 at neutral sites, as they had been for decades?
California Interscholastic Federation Director Erin Davenport said an advisory committee decided that it wanted to stay consistent with other sports — volleyball, soccer and football — which play regional finals at higher seed’s home sites.
Financial costs — saving money by not renting larger venues like Santa Clara University’s Leavey Center or the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento — were a consideration, but “not a driving force” in the change, Davenport said.
Each host school gets a flat fee from the CIF, which secures all gate receipts.
Any profit that “goes above and beyond the operating costs goes right back to the sections,” she said.
A greater consideration for the change, Davenport said, is that that the three-week state playoff format likely will be tightened to two in 2018-19, meaning regional finals would be scheduled for midweek.
Kyree Walker (29 points) and Damari Milstead (28 points) led the way in Moreau Catholic-Hayward’s 20th straight win Tuesday, an 82-66 Division 2 semifinal win over visiting Cardinal Newman-Santa Rosa (27-5).
Third-seeded Moreau (24-9) plays at No. 1 St. Francis (21-9) on Saturday. …
12 rebounds and eight steals in a 67-58 Division 3 semifinal home win over Pleasant Valley-Chico.
Campo, winner of four state titles (the last in 1997), hosts St. Mary’s-Berkeley on Saturday. …
Defending Division 5 girls state champion Eastside Prep-East Palo Alto (21-8) got 14 points from Zion Gabriel and 12 from Kayla Mahan in a 63-25 semifinal home win over Argonaut-Jackson.
Eastside will play second-seeded Woodside Priory, which lost to the Panthers 70-55 and 66-39 this season, for the NorCal title.
MaxPreps.com senior writer Mitch Stephens covers high school sports for The San Francisco Chronicle.
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