The San Diego Section spring sports playoffs have faced off in boys and girls lacrosse, boys volleyball, boys tennis and girls beach volleyball.
East County teams, of course, are included.
Boys lacrosse
A total of 42 teams (out of 58) qualified to fill four divisional brackets: six in the Open Division and 12 each in Division I, Division II and Division III.
East County qualifiers include Granite Hills (No. 5 in Division I at 12-5), Santana (No. 7 in Division I at 12-8), Helix Charter (No. 3 in Division II at 14-3), El Capitan (No. 7 in Division II at 9-8), West Hills (No. 8 in Division II at 9-8), Valhalla (No. 2 in Division III at 12-4) and Foothills Christian (No. 11 in Division III at 4-13-1).
Top-seeded teams include Carlsbad (Division I), Westview (Division II) and Classical Academy (Division III).
Quarterfinals in Division II and Division III are Friday, May 9, while the Division I quarterfinals are scheduled for Saturday, May 9.
Semifinal contests are slated Tuesday, May 13, in Division I and Division III and Wednesday, May 14, in Division II.
Westview High School will host the boys divisional finals. The Division I final is scheduled for Friday, May 16, at 7 p.m. Three more finals follow on Saturday, May 17: Division III at 11 a.m., Division II at 2 p.m. and Open Division at 5 p.m.
The six Open Division teams are No. 1 Torrey Pines (13-5), No. 2 La Costa Canyon (11-6), No. 3 Cathedral Catholic (16-4), No. 4 Santa Fe Christian (19-9), No. 5 Coronado (13-5) and No. 6 Bishop’s (8-8). The top two seeds receive byes in the quarterfinals (May 8) and move directly to the semifinals (May 14).
Girls lacrosse
A total of 61 teams competed in the section’s girls circuit this season with 42 advancing to postseason play.
East County playoff qualifiers include Valhalla (No. 7 in Division II at 10-7), Granite Hills (No. 9 in Division II at 9-8), El Capitan (No. 11 in Division II at 11-5), Helix Charter (No. 6 in Division III at 9-10), West Hills (No. 7 in Division III at 4-12) and Grossmont (No. 12 in Division III at 3-12).
Top-seeded teams include Carlsbad (Division I), Rancho Bernardo (Division II) and Tri-City Christian (Division III).
Quarterfinal games are scheduled Friday, May 9, in Division II and Division III and Saturday, May 10, in Division I.
Semifinal elimination contests are slated Tuesday, May 13, in Division II and the Open Division and Wednesday, May 14, in Division I and Division III.
San Dieguito Academy will host the girls championship games. The Open Division final is slated Friday, May 16, at 7 p.m. Three finals follow on Saturday, May 17: Division III at 11 a.m., Division II at 2 p.m. and Division I at 5 p.m.
The six Open Division teams include No. 1 Coronado (17-0), No. 2 Cathedral Catholic (14-5), No. 3 La Costa Canyon (10-6), No. 4 San Marcos (16-2), No. 5 Bishop’s (16-2) and No. 6 Torrey Pines (8-11). Semifinals are Tuesday, May 13.
Boys volleyball
Playoffs will be conducted in six divisions: Open Division (eight), Division I (12 teams), Division II (12 teams), Division III (12 teams), Division IV (12 teams), Division V (12 teams) and Division V-AA (12 teams).
Granite Hills (15-10) earned a berth in the Open Division playoffs as the No. 8 seed opposite No. 1 Carlsbad in the first round. The division playoffs include a double-elimination format with the opening two rounds on May 6 and May 8.
Third-round games are scheduled Saturday, May 10, followed by fourth-round games on Tuesday, May 13, a fifth round (if necessary) on Thursday, May 15, and championship game May 17 at the Francis Parker School.
Other East County playoff qualifiers include El Cajon Valley (No. 1 in Division II at 29-7), Foothills Christian (No. 3 in Division III at 16-14), Santana (No. 11 in Division III at 9-14), West Hills (No. 6 in Division IV at 14-16), Christian (No. 7 in Division IV at 19-12), El Capitan (No. 9 in Division IV at 21-13), Monte Vista (No. 1 in Division V at 21-12) and Mountain Empire (No. 4 in Division V-AA at 10-7).
Top-seeded teams include St. Augustine (Division (I), El Cajon Valley (Division II), Mater Dei Catholic (Division III), San Pasqual (Division IV), Monte Vista (Division V) and San Diego Academy (Division V-AA).
The playoff schedule is staggered at multiple locations.
Quarterfinals are Friday, May 9, in Division I, Division IV and Division V-AA while Division II, Division III and Division V got a head start on Thursday, May 8.
Semifinals are scheduled Tuesday, May 13, in Division III, Division V and Division V-AA and Wednesday, May 14, in Division I, Division II and Division IV.
Finals for Division V and Division V-AA are Thursday, May 15 at MiraCosta College.
Finals are Friday, May 16, for Division I and Division III at Mira Mesa High School and Saturday, May 17, at Francis Parker for Division II and Division IV.
Boys tennis
Team playoffs took place April 29 to May 10 in four divisions: Open, Division I, Division II and Division III.
East County qualifiers included Helix Charter (No. 12 in Division I), Steele Canyon (No. 13 in Division I), Valhalla (No. 1 in Division II), Santana (No. 15 in Division II), West Hills (No. 16 in Division II), Christian (No. 3 in Division III) and El Capitan (No. 6 in Division III).
Valhalla (13-5 over West Hills) and Christian (11-7 over No. 14 Army-Navy Academy) both won first-round matchups to advance to the quarterfinal round.
In the quarterfinals, Valhalla topped No. 9 High Tech High San Diego, 13-5, while Christian eliminated No. 11 Rancho Buena Vista by a score of 11-7.
In the semifinals, Valhalla defeated No.5 La Costa Canyon, 10-8, while Christian upset No. 2 Hilltop, 11-7.
The Norsemen advanced to meet No. 2 Mater Dei Catholic in the Division II final while the Patriots advanced to meet No. 1 Valley Center in the Division III final.
