LOOKING AHEAD / UPCOMING PREP EVENTS IN ORANGE COUNTY

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Intriguing matchups in the first round of the Southern Section Division I playoffs include Los Alamitos hosting Westminster (18-7-1), Irvine (18-9) hosting Marina (16-9-1) and El Toro (23-7-1) hosting Fountain Valley (14-14).

The best local Division II game features San Clemente (15-10) at Cypress (16-11). And in Division III: Western (17-9) is at Canyon (18-12-1), Garden Grove (14-14) at Laguna Hills (17-7), Sonora (20-9) at Glendora St. Lucy’s (21-7), and Brea Olinda (16-8) at La Habra (21-6).