Downey, Warren enter winter postseasons

DOWNEY – The Warren High School girls’ basketball team finished their regular season with an overall record of 15-10 and a S.G.V.L. record of 6-4. 

The Lady Bears traveled to St. Joseph’s of Lakewood yesterday for their first-round game in the C.I.F. Division 3AA playoffs (score unavailable at press time). Coach Rachel Palmer, her staff and players are all looking forward to making a run in postseason play.

St. Joseph’s finished their regular season with an overall record of 12-14 and a Camino Real League record of 5-3. The Lady Jesters are the third entry from the Camino Real League. 

 

WARREN GIRLS WATER POLO: The Warren High School girls’ water polo team finished their regular season with an overall record of 12-17 and a S.G.V.L. record of 4-1.

The Lady Bears hosted Villa Park on Wednesday in the wild card round of the C.I.F. Division 3 playoffs (score unavailable at press time). If Warren won Wednesday, they played Long Beach Wilson yesterday. Coach Stephanie Rosero, her staff and players are all looking forward to making a run in postseason play. 

Villa Park finished their regular season with an overall record of 15-16 and a Crestview League record of 1-2. The Lady Spartans are an at-large entry from the Crestview League.

 

WARREN GIRLS SOCCER: The Warren High School girls’ soccer team finished their regular season with an overall record of 20-2 and a S.G.V.L. record of 10-0. The Lady Bears are the 2018 S.G.V.L. champions. 

The Lady Bears hosted Rosary Academy of Fullerton yesterday at Warren in the first round of the C.I.F. Division 2 playoffs (score unavailable at press time). Coach Lily Dussan, her staff and players are all looking forward to making a deep run in postseason play.

Rosary Academy finished their regular season with an overall record of 12-7-4 and were 4-4 in Trinity League play. The Lady Royals were the number three entry from the Trinity League.  

 

DOWNEY GIRLS BASKETBALL: The Downey High School girls’ basketball team finished their regular season with an overall record of 21-5 and a S.G.V.L. record of 8-2. 

The Lady Vikings hosted Murrieta Valley in the first round of the C.I.F Division 2A playoffs at Downey yesterday (score unavailable at press time). Coach Nate Harris, his staff and players are all looking forward to making a deep run in postseason play.

Murrieta Valley finished their regular season with an overall record of 15-11 and a Southwestern League record of 7-3. The Lady Nighthawks are the number two entry from the Southwestern League.

The Downey High School girls’ water polo team finished their regular season with an overall record of 23-5 and a S.G.V.L. record of 5-0. The Lady Vikings are the 2018 S.G.V.L. champions.

Coach Uriel Villa, his staff and players are all looking forward to making a deep run in postseason play. Downey hosted Hillcrest of Riverside on Wednesday in the first round of the C.I.F. Division 4 playoffs (score unavailable at press time).

The Lady Trojans finished their regular season with an overall record of 16-13 and a River Valley League record of 8-2. Hillcrest is the number one entry from the River Valley League. 

 

DOWNEY GIRLS SOCCER: The Downey High School girls’ soccer team finished their regular season with an overall record of 12-6-4 and a S.G.V.L record of 7-2-1. 

The Lady Vikings traveled to Mayfair yesterday to play the Lady Monsoons in the first round of the C.I.F. Division 3 playoffs (score unavailable at press time). 

Mayfair finished their regular season with an overall record of 17-3-3 and a Suburban League record of 10-1-1. The Lady Monsoons are the number two entry from the Suburban League. Coach Javier Aguiniga, his staff and players are all looking forward to making a deep run postseason play. 

 

DOWNEY BOYS BASKETBALL: The Downey High School boys’ basketball team finished their season with an overall record of 10-16 and a S.G.V.L. record of 4-6. 

The Vikings finished their season on a two-game winning streak by defeating cross-town rival Warren at Downey 64-61 on 2/6 and defeating Gahr at Downey 56-51 on 2/8. Downey did not qualify for postseason play. Coach Larry Shelton and his staff will now focus their efforts on preparing for next season.

 

DOWNEY WRESTLING: The Downey High School wrestling team was defeated by Arroyo 53-16 in the C.I.F. Western Division Wrestling Final on Feb. 3. 

Downey received a bye in the first round, defeated La Canada 48-30 in the second round, defeated Millikan in the semi-final round and was defeated by Arroyo in the Final. 

Arroyo had a bye in the first round, defeated Paramount 55-15 in the second round, defeated Mayfair 41-32 in the semi-final round and defeated the Vikings in the championship final to claim the crown.

Coach Miguel Soto, his staff and wrestlers will now turn their attention towards C.I.F. Individual competition, the Master’s Meet and the State Meet. Downey is the 2018 San Gabriel Valley League champion.

 

DOWNEY BOYS SOCCER: The Downey High School boys’ soccer team finished their regular season with an overall record of 13-7-4 and a S.G.V.L. record of 7-1-2. The Vikings are the 2018 S.G.V.L. champions.

Downey will host Fountain Valley later today at Downey.

Coach Marvin Mires, his staff and players are all looking forward to making a deep run in the C.I.F Division 1 playoffs. 

Fountain Valley finished their season with an overall record of 9-11-1 and a Sunset League record of 5-5. The Barons are the number three entry from the Sunset League. 

 

WARREN BOYS BASKETBALL: The Warren High School boys’ basketball team finished their regular season with an overall record of 15-10 and a S.G.V.L. record of 6-4.

The Bears traveled to St. Paul on Wednesday to take on the Swordsmen in the first round of the C.I.F. Division 3AA playoffs (score unavailable at press time). Coach Zaiid Leflore, his staff and players are all looking forward to making a run in postseason play. 

St. Paul finished their regular season with an overall record of 22-5 and a Santa Fe League record of 8-2. St. Paul is the number two entry from the Santa Fe League.

 

WARREN WRESTLING: The Warren High School wrestling team did not participate in the C.I.F. Western Division Duals on Feb. 3. 

Warren finished third in San Gabriel Valley action behind cross-town rival Downey and Paramount, respectively.

The Bears will now turn their attention to C.I.F. Individual competition, the Master’s Meet and the State Meet in Bakersfield. Coach Brogden, his staff and wrestlers are all looking forward to advancing in postseason competition.

 

WARREN BOYS SOCCER: The Warren High School boys’ soccer team finished their regular season with an overall record of 10-7-4 and a S.G.V.L. record of 7-2-1. 

The Bears will host Harvard-Westlake later today in the first round of the C.I.F. Division 1 playoffs . Coach Pena, his staff and players are all looking forward to the start of postseason play.

Harvard-Westlake finished their regular season with an overall record of 9-8-2 and a Mission League record of 7-4-1. The Wolverines are the number two entry from the Mission League.  
 

SportsMark Fetter