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The 2010 North Section CIF High School basketball playoff brackets have been set. Here’s a quick run-down of teams from Northeast California. See below for complete brackets for each division.

Girls Playoffs
Division IV 
Despite losing their last two games of the regular season, the Lassen Lady Grizzlies were able to secure the number two seed and a first round bye in the Division IV playoffs.
Lassen, (14-11, #2) will open the post season, Thursday, February 25th, against the winner of Tuesday’s, (Feb.23rd), Mt. Shasta (15-9, #10) at West Valley (9-16, #7) game.
Thursday’s tip-off is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. in “the Cave”

Division V
Portola (18-8, #6) will host Los Molinos (9-11, #11), Chester (13-7, #9) travels to Colusa (14-11, #8) and Quincy (12-12, #12) is at Fall River (15-6, #5). All three games are scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 23rd.

Division VI
Westwood (10-9, #7) hosts Herlong (11-8, #10), Thursday, Feb. 25th. 

Boys Playoffs
Division IV
The slumping Lassen Grizzlies (10-15, #9) open the playoffs at Wheatland (10-15, #8), Wednesday, Feb. 24th. Lassen dropped six of it’s last seven regular season games.

Division V
Chester (15-7, #8) hosts East Nicolaus (17-7, #9) and Portola (13-4, #12) travels to Fall River (18-6, #5). Both games are set for Wednesday, Feb. 24th.

Division VI
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Lots of basketball action this past weekend. Here’s the wrap-up, in no particular order.

Lassen High Lady Grizzlies at Yreka (2/05)
Final Score
Lassen – 54
Yreka – 44
Lassen Leading Scorers 
Carlotta Kloppenburg - 15 points
Raeyel Shephard - 12 points
Lassen improves to 11-9, (3-3 NAL)
The Lady Grizzlies will face first place Corning, Tuesday, February 9th, at home.

Lassen High Grizzlies vs. Yreka, at home (2/05)
Final Score
Lassen -55
Yreka – 40
Lassen Leading Scorers
Brandon Whitestone - 14 points
Jordan Vial - 11 points
JP Faulkner - 10 points
Lassen is now 10-11 (2-4 NAL)
The Lassen junior varsity and freshman teams also picked up victories over Yreka.
The Grizzlies travel to Corning Tuesday, February 9th.

Herlong High Lady Vikings vs. Elk Creek, at home (2/05)
Final Score
Herlong – 53
Elk Creek -29
Herlong Leading Scorers
Tina Berry – 22 points
Angelique “Pooh” Owen – 10 points
The Herlong ladies improve to 10-8 (5-2 Pioneer League)

Lassen College at College of the Redwoods (2/06)
Lassen Lady Cougars Final Score
Lassen – 74
Redwoods – 71
The Lady Cougars earn their first Golden Valley Conference win of the year.

Men’s Final Score
Redwoods – 87
Lassen – 39
Lassen remains win-less in conference play.
The Cougars and Lady Cougars will be at home, Wednesday, February 10th, for a conference doubleheader with Shasta College.

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The Herlong High Lady Vikings basketball team fell to Providence, in Pioneer league play, Wednesday, (2/03).
Final Score
Providence – 37
Herlong – 27
Said Herlong head coach, Ken Berry. “The girls played hard against a Providence team that is currently unbeaten in league,and is the #2 ranked team in the division”.
Angelique Owen led Herlong with 11 points, while Rachael Bania pulled down 10 rebounds.
Herlong, 8-8, (3-2 Pioneer League) will return home for a league battle with Elk Creek High School, Friday, February 5th.

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The Herlong High School Lady Viking basketball team returned to action, Tuesday, (1/26) at home against the Loyalton Grizzlies.
Final Score
Loyalton – 46
Herlong – 32
Herlong head coach, Ken Berry recaps the night:
After 2 weeks of canceled games we finally got on the court against an opponent, (non-league game), a formidable opponent at that. I new this would be a tough game for us considering this was mostly the same Loyalton team we split with last year.
I was pleased at the half being down by only 9 after shooting very poorly.
In the third we fell behing by 18 and then went on a 10 to 0 run and got within 8. But that would be as close as we could get.
We shot 10 of 45 from the field and 1 of 10 from 3pt range.
Tina Berry led the way with 17 pts and 5 steals, Angelique (Pooh) Owen, 7 pts and Rayann Harryman led the team in rebounds with 10.
We have a league game on Friday, (1/29) against Princeton at home.

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The Herlong High Lady Viking basketball team competed in tournament action this weekend (12/11-12).
Friday’s Game
Herlong – 27
Sierra Lutheran -26
Saturday’s Game
Herlong – 44
Gerlach – 17
The first game of the Tourney was a nail biter as you can see. Sierra Lutheran brought an intense man defense that was relentless all night. Sierra Lutheran had the ball with 10 seconds left and they were in the bonus, so we couldn’t afford a foul. Rachel Bania anticipated a pass with a game saving steal as time ran out.
In the Championship game it was all Herlong as the girls beat Gerlach 44 to 17 to take the first place trophy at the Gerlach Invitational.
Tina Berry was named MVP with 24 pts and 13 assists and Angelique (Pooh) Owen was selected to the All-Tourney team, she had 24 pts and 15 rebounds.
Other notables were Rachael Silva with 12 steals and 11 pts in the tourney. Rayann Harryman also had 12 rebounds and played relentless defense.

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The Lady Vikings of Herlong High, clinched their third straight Pioneer League championship, Tuesday night, (2/10), with a 30-21 victory over Downieville.

Herlong was able to overcome a shaky offensive shooting night to defeat Downieville High, and clinch the teams third consecutive Pioneer League championship with defense and perseverance.

Herlong, playing it’s third game in five nights, hit just 12 of 56 field goals on the night, but Herlong’s stellar defense enabled the team to go into the locker-room at halftime tied with Downieville 11-11. The Lady Vikings found their legs in the second half, outscoring Downieville 19-10 to secure the victory, and a third straight conference championship.

Tina Berry led Herlong with nine points. Reanna Retterath had yet another double-double, this time with 13 rebounds and ten blocked shots. Retterath also contributed eight points to the Herlong victory. Andrea “Peanut” Owen chipped in with eight points.

The Lady Vikings wrap up the regular season, Friday night, Feb. 13th, at home against Elk Creek.

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The Lady Vikings of Herlong High may have simply forgotten how to lose. Herlong earned it’s 14th straight win Monday, (2/9) with a 33-11 victory over Greenville.

Much as wins have become the norm for the Lady Vikings, so too have double-doubles for Herlong senior, Reanna Retterath. Retterath had 12 points and 12 rebounds in Mondays non-conference win. Tina Berry chipped in with nine points for Herlong. The win pushes Herlong’s season record to 15-5.

Herlong will look to make it 15 in a row tonight, Feb. 10th, at home against Pioneer League foe, Downieville.

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We’ve got a little bit of everything from this past weekend, so here we go in no particular order.

High School Basketball (Boys) (2/06)

Yreka – 57

Lassen – 53

The Grizzlies inability to hit free throws proved costly. Lassen converted just eight of 22 free throw in the four point loss. Miles Maurino led Lassen scorers with 12 points. Loren Rainey finished with 11 points and Brandon Whitestone had 10 points. The loss drops Lassen to 10-11 on the year, 1-5 in the NAL. The Grizzlies will be at home, Tuesday, Feb. 10th,  to face Corning.

High School Basketball (Girls) (2/06)

Yreka – 49

Lassen – 47

The Lady Grizzlies came from behind to lead Yreka 47-45 but the Miners scored the games final four points to earn the win. Lassen missed a three-pointer as time expired. Carlotta Kloppenburg led Lassen with 13 points. The Lassen ladies are now 7-11 and 1-5 in tne NAL. Lassen travels to Corning, Tuesday, Feb. 10th.

Herlong – 31

Providence – 23

The Lady Vikings earned their 13th straight victory. Herlong’s Andrea “Peanut” Owen knocked in ten points while pulling down 12 rebounds. Reanna Retterath had a double-double of her own, with 14 rebounds and ten blocked shots. Herlong is now 14-5 overall, 6-0 in the Pioneer League.

College Basketball (Women) (2/07)

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Andrea “Peanut” Owen scored 15 points and Reanna Retterath added 14 as the Herlong High School Lady Vikings basketball team earned it’s 12th consecutive victory, downing Princeton High School 50-27, Tuesday, (2/03).

The Lady Vikings improved to 13-5 on the year, (5-0 in the Pioneer League) with the win. Owen and Retterath each had 12 rebounds for Herlong. The Lady Vikings will be back in action, Friday, Feb. 6th, at Providence High School.