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Four San Clemente winter sports teams qualified for the CIF-SS playoffs, as the postseason brackets for boys and girls basketball, boys and girls soccer and girls water polo were released over the weekend.
Only one San Clemente team earned a top-four seed – boys soccer is No. 4 in Division 2 – but two teams were selected for their CIF-SS Division 1 fields.
The Triton girls water polo and girls soccer teams, both South Coast League champions, will open the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs on Wednesday, Feb. 8.
San Clemente girls soccer (13-2-6) kicks off at home against Roosevelt of Eastvale (17-4-3). Roosevelt was the second-place team in the Big VIII League. If the Tritons advance, they will take on the winner of No. 2 seed Santa Margarita and Torrance on Tuesday, Feb. 14.
San Clemente girls water polo (15-8) starts against Almonte League champion Schurr (22-6). As the San Clemente pool doesn’t meet CIF-SS playoff size regulations, the Tritons will host their first-round home match at Capistrano Valley High School.
If the girls water polo team advances, the Tritons will travel to Division 1 top seed Long Beach Wilson for the quarterfinals on Saturday, Feb. 11.
San Clemente boys soccer and girls basketball get going in Division 2 on Thursday, Feb. 9.
With a second-place finish in league, the San Clemente boys soccer team (8-3-8) slipped to Division 2 and earned the No. 4 seed. The Tritons will host Norte Vista (10-6-5), which finished second in the River Valley League.
If San Clemente advances, the Tritons will take on the winner of Artesia-Palmdale in the second round on Saturday, Feb. 11.
The San Clemente girls basketball team (20-7) lost the South Coast League championship on the season’s final day, but the Tritons still earned a first-round home game against Cerritos (12-15), which finished third in the 605 League.
If San Clemente advances, the Tritons will play the Ventura-La Serna winner in the Division 2AA second round on Saturday, Feb. 11.
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