Here are the results from the first round of the CIF Southern California Regionals.

Division I

Huntington Beach def. Buchanan, 25-10, 25-15, 27-25

San Clemente def. Granada Hills, 25-20, 25-14, 25-14

Loyola def. Clovis, 25-21, 25-14, 25-21

Otay Ranch def. Santa Fe, 25-15, 27-25, 25-19

Division II

Esperanza def. Venice, 25-18, 25-16, 25-12

South Pasadena def. La Jolla, 25-12, 25-21, 25-27, 18-25, 15-7

Eagle Rock def. Santa Barbara, 25-16, 25-18, 12-25, 25-22

La Costa Canyon def. Cathedral, 25-18, 25-23, 25-23

Division III

Saddleback Valley Christian def. Bishop’s, 19-25, 23-25, 25-19, 25-23, 15-5

Northridge Academy def. St. Margaret’s, 27-25, 25-23, 22-25, 21-25, 15-12

Bishop Montgomery def. Crossroads, 25-22, 25-20, 25-15

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Hot Shots Overtime 4: Tuesday’s volleyball, tennis matches
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Hot Shots Overtime 4: Tuesday’s volleyball, tennis matches

Here is the schedule for the CIF Southern California Regional semifinals, set for Thursday at 7 p.m.

Division I

No. 4 San Clemente at No. 1 Huntington Beach

No. 3 Loyola at No. 2 Otay Ranch

Division II

No. 4 South Pasadena at No. 1 Esperanza

No. 6 Eagle Rock at No. 2 La Costa Canyon

Division III

No. 4 Saddleback Valley Christian at No. 1 Francis Parker

No. 6 Northridge Academy at No. 2 Bishop Montgomery

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Hot Shots Overtime 4: Tuesday’s volleyball, tennis matches

SoCal Regional playoffs begin Tuesday in three divisions. The second round is Thursday and the finals are Saturday at Santiago Canyon College.

Here are the first round pairings

Division I

Top half

No. 8 Buchanan at No. 1 Huntington Beach

No. 4 San Clemente at No. 5 Granada Hills

Bottom half

No. 3 Loyola at No. 6 Clovis

No. 7 Santa Fe at No. 2 Otay Ranch

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Here is the schedule for Saturday’s CIF-SS boys volleyball championships.

The matches will be played at Santiago Canyon College. Tickets are $9 for students with high school I.D., $5 for children, ages 5-13. There is also a $2 parking fee.

Division 5

No. 1 Saddleback Valley Christian (22-6) vs. La Quinta (19-4), 9 a.m.

Division 4

No. 1 Cathedral vs. No. 2 Bishop Montgomery, 11:30 a.m.

Division 3

No. 1 Camarillo vs. No. 2 South Pasadena, 2 p.m.

Division 2

No. 1 Esperanza (26-4) vs. No. 3 Santa Barbara (21-9), 4:30 p.m.

Division 1

No. 2 Loyola of Los Angeles (30-3) vs. No. 4 Huntington Beach (30-2), 7:30 p.m.

The Esperanza-Dos Pueblos boys volleyball quarterfinal has been moved from Saturday to Monday, Esperanza coach Isaac Owens confirmed in a text.

Dos Pueblos has its prom Saturday night and the Aztecs agreed to make the switch. The match will be played Monday at 7 p.m. at Esperanza.

The first week of the CIF-SS boys volleyball playoffs will finally end Saturday night. Here is the schedule for the semifinals. All matches are set for 7 p.m., unless noted

Division 1

Mira Costa at St. John Bosco; Huntington Beach at Dana Hills; San Clemente at Mater Dei; Loyola at Redondo Union

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The CIF-SS boys volleyball championships begin this week.

Here’s how you can help: After each match, we need for a coach to report the scores to us at 714-796-7804 or dcalhoun@ocregister.com. Please include the records for both teams, the scores for each set and a couple of stat leaders (kills, assists, blocks).

This will help me update the brackets after each round and also assist in my playoff roundups.

The match of year is here … again.

Dana Hills, ranked third in the county, will host top-ranked San Clemente with the outright South Coast League title on the line tonight at Dana Hills.

In the first match, the Tritons edged the Dolphins in five sets, April 2. What does Dana Hills coach Oz Simmons expect this around?

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The fourth-ranked Aztecs (21-4, 11-0) clinched their third consecutive Century League title with Wednesday’s 23-25, 26-24, 25-21, 25-13 victory over Foothill.

Jake Arnitz led Esperanza with 33 kills and five blocks. Ben Oxnard had 11 kills and 13 digs. Ryan Heller had 59 assists and three blocks. The Aztecs are the top-ranked team in Division 2.

Esperanza and Corona del Mar have advanced to the semifinals of the Karch Kiraly Tournament of Champions at Santa Barbara high.

The Aztecs will face Bellarmine Prep today and Corona del Mar will face Mira Costa.

The Aztecs defeated Bullard (25-17, 25-13, 25-21) and Santa Barbara (20-25, 25-23, 25-22, 22-25, 15-12) Friday to advance. Jake Arnitz had 30 kills in the victory over Santa Barbara

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This year’s tournament begins Friday at Santa Barbara High. Here are the first-round matches.

Upper bracket

No. 1 Mira Costa vs. No. 16 Valencia

No. 8 San Marcos vs. No. 9 Archbishop Mitty

No. 5 Buchanan vs. No. 12 Dos Pueblos

No. 4 Corona del Mar vs. No. 13 Clovis West

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Friday, the Orange County Championships will begin and Division 1 will have a new look.

For the first time, Division 1 will not be played under the pool-play format. This year, the 16 teams in Division 1 are in a bracket with each team playing four best 3-out-of-5 matches.

Here are the first round pairings.

Foothill-San Clemente; Edison-Orange Lutheran; Laguna Beach-Servite; Tesoro-Mater Dei; Huntington Beach-El Toro; Corona del Mar-Santa Margarita; Newport Harbor-Esperanza and Fountain Valley-Dana Hills

First round matches Friday are at 3:30 p.m., with the second round at 7 p.m.

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