Division III-AA boys bracket

3/7/04 Update: Congratulations to Rancho Santa Margarita Catholic HS, the 2003-04 CIF-SS Division III-AA Champions and to Calabasas HS, the Division runner-up.

This was a 32-team bracket with no wild card games. The four "seeded" teams in the bracket were Santa Margarita, Ocean View, Calabasas and Atascadero. All first round games began on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2004, and the host team was the one listed second in the bracket (preceded by the @ symbol). Tickets for the finals on Saturday at the Pond were $9.00 for general admission, $5.00 for students and children, and they were good for all four games of the morning session. Here's the bracket:

First round games Wednesday February 18			Second Round Friday February 20	Quarterfinals Tuesday Feb 24	Semifinals Friday Feb. 27	Finals March 6 @ Pond
Upper half of Bracket
Bye	@	Santa Margarita	Gabrielino 27 @ Santa Margarita 69	Ganesha 36 @ Santa Margarita 59	Santa Margarita 51 (away) @ Ramona HS Arlington 37 (host)	Santa Margarita 57 vs 9:00 a.m. Calabasas 55
Chino Hills 54	@	Gabrielino 60 (OT)	Gabrielino 27 @ Santa Margarita 69
Palm Desert 52	@	Ganesha 55	Western 43 @ Ganesha 66
Gahr 58	@	Western 63 (OT)	Western 43 @ Ganesha 66
Bye	@	Arlington	Rim of the World 60 @ Arlington 74	Arlington 76 @ Northwood 61
Diamond Ranch 50	@	Rim of the World 72	Rim of the World 60 @ Arlington 74
Monrovia 55	@	Northwood 62	Northwood 65 @ Atascadero 54
Bye	@	Atascadero	Northwood 65 @ Atascadero 54
Lower half of Bracket00
Bye	@	Calabasas	Workman 40 @ Calabasas 71	Calabasas 49 @ Artesia 48	Calabasas 83 (away) @ Katella HS Servite 71 (host)
Workman 49	@	Bonita 45	Workman 40 @ Calabasas 71
Bye	@	Pomona	Artesia 56 @ Pomona 52
Bolsa Grande 47	@	Artesia 72	Artesia 56 @ Pomona 52
Servite 60	@	San Luis Obispo 50	Pacifica GG 50 @ Servite 69	Servite 78 @ Ocean View 71
South Hills 50	@	Pacifica GG 52	Pacifica GG 50 @ Servite 69
Alemany 60	@	Mountain View 49	Alemany 65 @ Ocean View 72
Bye	@	Ocean View	Alemany 65 @ Ocean View 72

All games with the exception of the final round started at 7:30 p.m. unless another time was mutually agreed upon and clearance was received from the CIF-SS Office. Public coin flips were held in the lobby of the CIF-SS Office at 9:00 a.m. the day following each playoff game [these coin flips determined subsquent sites after the first round, i.e., which school was the host]. Coin flips were available after 9:30 a.m. following each game and posted here and at the CIF-SS website. Whether a coin flip was utilized and the results are not shown in the bracket above.