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Huntington Beach improved upon its nonleague showing against Beckman, but the host Patriots won 19-11 Thursday to open the CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoffs.

The Griffins earned their eighth straight league title with a 2-0 win over the Sailors on Wednesday night in the Sunset League tournament championship game.

Matthew Hatchette, who played for eight years in the NFL, will replace Brett Brown in guiding the Oilers.

Gaby Zifcak had seven goals to lead Ocean View to an 8-6 win over JW North in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 6 girls’ water polo playoffs.

Senior attacker Gaby Kelly scored four goals as the Chargers outlasted Long Beach Millikan in Tuesday night’s CIF opener.

Pacifica Christian beat Magnolia Science Academy 3-1 to wrap up the Academy League boys’ soccer championship on Tuesday.

The Vikings rally from a 30-point deficit to stun top-seeded Covina Northview, with tiebreaker criteria coming into play, in the semifinals on Saturday.

The Griffins defeated the host Vikings 56-35 to earn at least a share of the Sunset League girls’ basketball title. Marina had its six-game winning streak snapped.

Senior Erubey Bermudez produced his second hat-trick of the week to lead Los Amigos to a 4-2 win over Santa Ana Valley on Friday at home.

Jack Hooper’s penalty kick gave the Breakers the lead going into halftime, but the Trojans get the equalizer and maintain possession of first place in the Pacific Coast League.

The Sailors, guided by first-year head coach Brian Melstrom, edged perennial power Huntington Beach in the competition on Wednesday.

Jaylen Maroney and Lauren Green scored for the Chargers in Thursday’s 2-1 victory, which clinched a spot in the postseason for Edison.