Division III-AA boys bracket

This is a 16-team bracket, so while most other 32 team brackets are playing the quarterfinals tonight, in this one they're already at the semis.

Here's the bracket updated with tonight's schedules. If you're interested in finding out about how the teams got here, we've collected some scores and details from the first round games which were played last Friday and the Quarterfinals from this past Tuesday. Here's the bracket:

First round games Friday February 21			Quarterfinals Tuesday Feb. 25	Semifinals Friday Feb. 28	Finals March 8 @ The Pond
Apple Valley 36	@	Artesia 55	Artesia 53 @ Newbury Park 49	Atascadero @ Artesia
Newbury Park (Wild Card A) 62	@	Monrovia 44	Artesia 53 @ Newbury Park 49
Servite (Wild Card B) 61	@	Atascadero 72	Atascadero 70 @ Pacifica/GG 59
Pacifica Oxnard (Wild Card C) 42	@	Pacifica/GG 58	Atascadero 70 @ Pacifica/GG 59
Temple City 72	@	Calabasas 84	Los Altos 94 @ Calabasas 78	Santa Margarita @ Los Altos
Barstow (Wild Card D) 70	@	Los Altos 78	Los Altos 94 @ Calabasas 78
Bonita (Wild Card E) 47	@	Diamond Ranch 58 (OT)	Diamond Ranch 41 @ Santa Margarita 70
Santa Margarita (Wild Card F) 70	@	Arlington 45	Diamond Ranch 41 @ Santa Margarita 70

First Round Scores and Details (in bracket order)-- Games Played Friday, February 21:

Artesia 55, Apple Valley 36--Kejaun Johnson scored 25 points to lead host Artesia (25-2) over Apple Valley (9-17).

Newbury Park 62, Monrovia 44--Chris Nooney scored 23 points and Jayme Miller added 14 points and 15 rebounds to lead Newbury Park (15-12) over host Monrovia (19-8). Monrovia's Brant Collins scored 13 points.

Atascadero 72, Servite 61--Alex Shorts scored 18 points to lead host Atascadero (18-6) over Servite (14-14). Atascadero's Augie Johnstone scored 13 points, Darroll Phillips and J.D. Berwick both had 12 points and Mecklen Davis added 10 points.

Garden Grove Pacifica 58, Oxnard Pacifica 42--Brandon Harper had 14 points for Garden Grove Pacifica (21-6), while Jason Brock added 11 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks. Oxnard Pacifica ends the year 17-10.

Calabasas 84, Temple City 72--Johnny Wilson scored 38 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to lead host Calabasas (19-8) over Temple City (14-13). Tim Sweeney scored 36 to lead Temple City in the loss.

Los Altos 78, Barstow 70--Anthony Garcia had 15 points, including making nine of 11 free throws and three three-pointers, for Los Altos (18-10). Barstow finishes 14-14.

Diamond Ranch 58, Bonita 47 (OT) --Bonita's Brian Campa made a three-pointer to tie the score with 28 seconds left in regulation, but Diamond Ranch made 10 of 10 free throws in overtime and Jason Dunn made a three-pointer to put Diamond Ranch ahead by five with about 50 seconds remaining. Tommy Musa scored 20 points for Bonita. Drake Walker had 13 rebounds, Tim Miller had nine and Michael Earl had 17 points, nine rebounds and six blocks for Diamond Ranch (16-10).

Santa Margarita 70, Arlington 45--

Quarterfinals (in bracket order)--Games Played Tuesday, February 25, 2003:

Artesia 53, Newbury Park 49 --Jibri Taylor, who finished with 15 points, seven assists and five steals, hit two free throws with 15 seconds to play to break a 49-49 tie for top-seeded and visiting Artesia (26-2). Kejuan Johnson added 16 points for Artesia. Chris Nooney and Randy Meru each scored 18 points for host Newbury Park (15-13).

Atascadero 70, Garden Grove Pacifica 59 --J.D. Berwick had 20 points, Mecklen Davis 16 points and 10 rebounds to lead Atascadero (19-6). Darroll Phillips had 13 points and Jake Wood added 10 for Atascadero. Brandon Harper had 15 points, Jason Brock had 14 and James Estrada added 13 for fourth-seeded Pacifica (21-7).

Los Altos 94, Calabasas 78 --Anthony Garcia had 26 points and Dylan Rogers added 25 for sixth-seeded Los Altos (19-10). Johnny Wilson and David Hoffman each scored 14 points for third-seeded Calabasas (19-9).

Santa Margarita 70, Diamond Ranch 41 --Tyler Smith had 20 points and James Keefe scored 12 for Santa Margarita (19-8). Diamond Ranch ends the season 17-11.

All games with the exception of the final round will start at 7:30 p.m. unless another time is mutually agreed upon and clearance is received from the CIF-SS Office. Public coin flips will be held in the lobby of the CIF-SS Office at 9:00 a.m. the day following each playoff game [these coin flips will determine subsquent sites after the first round, i.e., which school will be the host]. Coin flips will be available after 9:30 a.m. and we'll try to keep everyone posted with them here.