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CIF State Playoffs: Southern Region
Finals Matchups, Schedules & Predictions--(March 13, 1998)

Frankly, we've already put so much information online here at SoCalHoops about the teams playing in the Boys' Regional Finals, that it hardly makes any sense for us to do in depth previews. If you want to read about Westchester, fine, there are a ton of articles we've done in the last few weeks; same thing for Artesia, and all of the other teams in the other divisions. The only expection might be Division IV, Verbum Dei and The Bishop's, about whom we probably know the least. So if you want to see a "preview", read the stuff we've already put up to get a feel for who you'll see and what they're likely to do.

And unlike our usual practice, this time we're going to pick 'em: In Division I, we're going with Westchester over Artesia; In Division II, Compton will upset Santa Margarita avenging last week's Southern Section Championship loss and thus propel the Tarbabes to the State Final; In Division III, USDHS will beat Washington Union who will play without Chris Jeffries who injured his foot last night, and Uni will finally go to the State Championship; in Division IV, we still don't have a clue, and (sorry all you PH fans) Horizon will repeat and return yet again to the state finals. We're not going to predict scores, just results.

Division I: Westchester v. Artesia at UCLA Pauley Pavilion 8:00 p.m.
Division II: Compton v. Santa Margarita at UCLA Pauley Pavilion 3:00 p.m.
Division III: Washington Union v. USDHS at Long Beach Pyramid 8:00 p.m.
Division IV: Verbum Dei v. The Bishop's School at Long Beach Pyramid 4:00 p.m.
Division V: Horizon v. Pacific Hills at Pauley Pavilion 11:00 a.m.

And in case you plan to spend your day at either Pauley or the Pyramid, or plan to travel between them, here's what you'll find going on at each location throughout the day. The matchups here include Boys' & Girls' games:

9:00 a.m. Girls Division V: Mission Prep v. Chadwick
11:00 a.m. Boys Division V: Horizon v. Pacific Hills
1:00 p.m. Girls Division II: Brea Olinda v. Edison
3:00 p.m. Boys Division II: Compton v. Santa Margarita
6:00 p.m. Girls Division I: Narbonne v. Peninsula
8:00 p.m Boys Division I: Westchester v. Artesia

2:00 p.m. Girls Division IV: St. Bernard v. Corcoran
4:00 p.m. Boys Division IV: Verbum Dei v. The Bishop's School
6:00 p.m. Girls Division III: Alemany v. Harvard-Westlake
8:00 p.m. Boys Division III: Washington Union v. USDHS

Westchester

David Bluthenthal (6'-7" Sr. C/F)
Tony Bland (6'-5" Sr. SG)
Albert Miller (6'-3" Sr. G)
Chris Williams (6;-1: Sr. G)
Brandon Granville (5'-10 Sr. PG)
Chris Osborne (6'-9" Jr. C)
Ben Davis (6'-3" Sr. G)
Mackenzie Dent (6'-6" Jr. F)
Jacobe Durrett (6'-2" Sr. G)
Eric Knight (6'-2" Jr. G)
Jamal Sampson (6'-9" Fr. C)
Lou Wright (6'-5" So. SG/SF)

Artesia

James Murdock ( 6'-1" Sr. G)
Willie Alford (5'-11" Sr. G)
Jason Kapono (6'-8" Jr. C)
Aaron Hamilton (6'-6" Jr. F)
Jamal O'Quinn (6'-7" Sr. F)
Darryl Sanford (5'-11" Fr. G)
Apolinar Fernandez (6'-9" Fr. C)
Marcus Crane (6'-3" Fr. SG/SF)
Andre Hazel (5'-11" So. G)
Youn Im (5'-10" Sr. G)
Jack Martinez (6'-7" Fr. F)
Donnie Wesley (6'-0" Sr. G)
Rodney Boyce 6'-3" Jr. SG/SF)

DeAndre Moore (5'-8" Sr. PG)
Reggie Howard (6'-2" Sr. SG)
Tito Maddox (6-4" Jr. SG)
Milton Riley (6'-7" Sr. PF)
David Hamilton (6'-9" Sr. C/PF)
James Cummings (5'-10" Jr. PG)
Lanere Anderson (6'-0" Jr. PG)
Dony Legans (6'-0" Jr. SG)
Ray Ross (6'-4" Sr. SF)
Jeremiah Thompson (6'-4" So. PF)
Ellis Myles (6'-4" So. SF)
Terry Hosendove (6'-4" Jr. SF)
Robert Ringer (6'-5" SF)

Jeff Blackburn (6'-3" Jr F)
Grant Brown (6'-6" Sr F)
Ryan Dwight (5'-9" Jr PG)
Ryan Forehan-Kelly (6'-4" Sr F)
Spencer Gloger (6'-3" Jr G/F)
Al Jahroumi (5'-9" Sr PG)
Kelly Kramer (6'-4" Jr F)
Dekker McKeever (6'-7" Sr F)
Parker McMannes (6'-3" Sr F)
Carson Palmer (6'-5" Sr F)
Steve Pearce (5-9 Sr PG/SG)
Tim Rahall (6'-3", Jr SG)
Paul Restelli (6'-2" Sr G/F)
Craig Rice (6'-2" Sr G)
Jake Rohe (6'-5" Sr F/C)
Steve Tashjian (5'-10" Sr SG)
T.J. Williams (6'-0" Sr PG)

Wahington Union

Deshawn Stevenson (6'-5" So. G)
Derek Thomas (5'-9" Sr. G)
Marc Hurtado (5'-5" Sr. G)
Shamell Stallworth (6'-4" Jr. F)
Coupe Taylor (6'-0" Jr. G)
Joe Hernandez (6'-0" Sr. G)
Depree Copeland (5'-6" Fr. G)
Chris Jeffries 6'-8" Sr. G/F/C)
Navi Pooni (5'-9" Sr. G)
Richard Millsap (6'-5" Sr. G)
Mike Vega (5'-9" Jr. G)
Ryan Jacobsen (6'-3" Sr. F)
David Covarruvia (6'-3" Sr. F)
Carvell Wafer (6'-5" Jr. F)

USDHS

Luke Walton (Sr. F 6'8", 200 lb.)
Ron McMillan (Sr F 6'6", 170 lb.)
David Abramowitz (Sr PG 6'0", 170 lb.)
Carlos Cong (Sr G, 5'5", 140)
Kam Walton (Soph C 6"8', 185 lb.)
Chris Walton (Soph F 6'6", 175 lb.)
Carlos Quentin (Soph 6'-1' G)
Connor Hulburt (Soph 6'-3" SG/F)
Pavle Novakovic (6'-3" So. F)
Christian Trapp (6'-7" Jr. F)
Justin Green (6'-0" So. G)

Verbum Dei

Marlon Parmer (6'-1" Jr. PG)
Dalron Johnson (6'-8"Jr F/C)
Larry Davenport (6'-4" Jr F)
Washum Dashiell (6'-3" Jr SG/SF)
Robert Watkins (6'-1" So SG)
Eric Moses (5'-8" Sr PG)
Rashawd Cobbs (5'-11" Jr PG)
Lawrence Diggs(6'-2" Jr SG)
Cedric White (6'-3" Jr F)
Beck Drummond (6'-4" Jr PF)
Earl Shuford (6'-4" Jr F/C
Ricardo Suazo (6'-5" Jr F).

The Bishop's School

Basically we don't know
but here are the names of a
few:

Trainer
Yates
Leshaw
Garcia
Nick Booker
Mike Hausmann

Horizon

Blake Jensen (6'-11" Sr. C)
Trevor Jensen (6'-7" Jr. PF)
Chris Monroe (6'-8" So. F)

and a bunch of other guys,
including Detrick Watts
we don't know the rest

Pacific Hills

Kamaal Davis (6'-1" Sr G)
Peter Rovekamp (5'-11" Sr. F)
Brandon Owens (5'-9" Jr. G)
Hyman Lewis (6'-0" Jr. G)
Charles Pagan (6'-1" Sr.G/F)
Conrad Adamczak (6'-5" Sr. F)
Michael Jaffe (6'-2" Jr. F)
Sharif Joshua (6'-0" So. G)
Daniel Malwah (6'-2") Fr. G)
Yves Benaroch (5'9" Sr. G)
Anthony Kyles (6'-0" So. G)
Rodney Harvey (6'-5" Jr. C)
Ryan Abrahams (6'-3" Jr.F)
Gary White (6'-1" Jr.G)
Vinkesh Bali (6'-3" So.F)