{"id":220229,"date":"2026-03-15T02:07:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T02:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/220229\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T02:07:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T02:07:12","slug":"californias-cif-open-division-championship-live-updates-highlights-scores-from-salesian-prep-vs-sierra-canyon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/220229\/","title":{"rendered":"California’s CIF Open Division championship: live updates, highlights, scores from Salesian Prep vs. Sierra Canyon"},"content":{"rendered":"

California’s CIF Open Division championship: live updates, highlights, scores from Salesian Prep vs. Sierra Canyon<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

SACRAMENTO, California, March 13 \u2014 California’s CIF Open Division state championship will feature two nationally-ranked Top 25 programs squaring off late Saturday night at the Golden 1 Center in California’s state capital.<\/p>\n

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The No. 6 Sierra Canyon [Chatsworth, CA] Trailblazers have been the best team in California all season, but the No. 21 Salesian College Prep [Richmond, CA] Pride have quietly met every challenge placed before them in the postseason en route to winning Northern California’s regional championship.<\/p>\n

Now, the two powers from the North and the South will meet on the hardwood to determine California’s state champion. Sierra Canyon’s only loss so far in a 29-1 campaign is a 57-52 upset way back on December 6 to the Bishop McNamara [Forestville, MD] Mustangs.<\/p>\n

Salesian College Prep also has 29 wins, but three losses to the Crespi [Encino, CA] Celts (70-67 on December 27), Wheeler [Marietta, GA] Wildcats (60-53 on January 1), and St. Joseph [Santa Maria, CA] Knights (67-63 on January 24) are the difference. They’ve won 11 straight games since their third loss while Sierra Canyon has piled up 24 straight wins.<\/p>\n

In other words, something has to give Saturday night, and history suggests Sierra Canyon will be a tough out. The Trailblazers won the CIF Division I state championship last year, and they are 4-0 all time in state championship games including back-to-back Open Division titles in 2018 and 2019.<\/p>\n

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Game time is set for a 11 p.m. EST (8 p.m. PST local) tip.<\/p>\n

STREAM:Watch California’s CIF boys basketball Open Division state championship game on the NFHS Network<\/a><\/p>\n

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Date:\u00a011 p.m. EST (8 p.m. PST local) Saturday, March 13<\/p>\n

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