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BOYS VOLLEYBALL: Let the postseason begin

Here’s Scott Galetti’s update on the Pasadena Star-News area boys volleyball teams.
Local rematch highlights first round of playoffs
The CIF-Southern Section playoffs begin on Friday and there is plenty of area presence. Arcadia High School will host West Valley in the Division II playoffs. Looming in the future is a potential rematch against San Marcos and a battle with defending champion Valencia. An interesting local matchup will take place at La Salle when the Lancer host San Marino in a Division IV opening-round tilt. The Lancers beat the Titans in four games earlier this season.

CIF-SS Playoffs
All games on Friday at 7 p.m.
Division II
West Valley (16-4) at Arcadia (17-3)
Division III
Lancaster (7-9) at San Gabriel (20-5)
Keppel (6-13) at Quartz Hill (19-0)
Division IV
San Marino (14-6) at La Salle (20-8)
Carpinteria (8-8) at South Pasadena (16-4)
Gabrielino (11-7) at Mayfair (21-6)
Division V
Pasadena Poly (12-7) at Bell-Jefferson (17-7)
Whitney (8-8) at Flintridge Prep (14-8)
San Gabriel Academy 9-8) at Salesian (15-3)
St. Paul (9-8) at Southwestern Academy (9-4)

Apaches get the point
For the second straight season, Arcadia High School (17-9, 9-1), ranked No. 9 in the final CIF-Southern Section Division II poll, finished the regular season tied with Claremont for the Pacific League championship. The Apaches will enter the Division II playoffs which begin this week as league champion by virtue of scoring more points in head-to-head action. Thank goodness there are no coin flips. The question now is how far can Arcadia go in arguably the toughest division?

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Arcadia earlier this season.

Tigers bounce back from loss to nab RHL title
South Pasadena (16-4, 7-1), ranked No. 7 in final Division IV poll, lost to San Marino in four games before sweeping Gabrielino to win the Rio Hondo League for the fourth time since 2000. San Marino (14-6, 6-2) finished in second while Gabrielino was third.

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