Northern Section basketball play will kick off Tuesday night with Division 4 and 5 girls action, while Divisions 3, 6, and 7 start on Thursday.
Top-seeded Pleasant Valley (21-7) will not start its playoff run until Feb. 20 as it has a first-round bye with Corning opting out. The Vikings will get the winner of Thursday night’s No. 4 Shasta (14-11) and No. 5 Enterprise (10-15) contest.
Also that evening, No. 3 Foothill (18-8) will host No. 6 Las Plumas (14-12), and No. 2 seed Chico (19-8) will host Red Bluff (9-18). It will be the third time that the Spartans and Panthers have squared off this year, with the Panthers winning both contests.
In Division 4, the top four seeds, University Prep, West Valley, Colusa, and Anderson, will get a first-round bye.
Tuesday’s first-round action Includes No. 9 Pierce (13-14) at No. 8 Orland (12-16), No. 12 Willows (10-18) at No. 5 Winters, (19-5) and No. 6 Gridley (14-12) will host No. 11 Lassen (8-19), and No. 7 Yreka (14-14) will host No. 10 Oroville (9-16).
Division 5 girls
In Division 5, the eight-team tournament starts Tuesday night as top seed Quincy (24 -4) will host Los Molinos (7-18). No. 4 Modoc will host No. 5 East Nicolaus, and sixth-seeded Durham (15-13) will play at the No. 3 seed Trinity. (16-11) while the No.2 seed Hamilton (19-5) \will host No. 7 seed Portola (14-14) to wrap up Tuesday’s first-round action.
The Division 6 playoffs begin on Wednesday, with No. 1 Weed hosting No. 8 Plumas Charter. Also playing Wednesday night are No. 4 Biggs (14-11), hosting No. 5 Etna, No. 3 Fall River will host No. 6. Maxwell, and No. 2 Redding Christian will host No. 7 Tulelake.
All of those games will tip off at 7 p.m.
In Division Seven, the top two seeds, Hayfork and Butte Valley, will get a bye. On Wednesday, No. 4 Chester (9-8) will host No. 5 Princeton (7-9), while No. 3 Loyolton will play No. 6 Surprise Valley.
Boys basketball
Unlike the girls’ bracket, the Pleasant Valley will get a first-round game on Friday night. The Vikings, 20-7, are the top seed in the Division 3 tournament and will host No. 8 Corning (11-14) on Friday night.
Also in action on Friday will be No. 4 Chico (15-11) against No. 5 Las Plumas (18-10), while No. 3 Enterprise (19-8) hosts No. 6 Shasta (12-16) and No. 7 Red Bluff (7-18) travels to play at No. 2 Foothill (17-9).
Division 4 boys basketball playoffs will kick off on Wednesday with first-round action. The top four teams, Gridley, University Prep, Colusa, and Orland, all get first-round byes.
Wednesday’s first-round games include No. 8 Pierce hosting No. 9 Winters, No.5 West Valley hosting No.12 Anderson, No. 6 Lassen (14-13), hosting No.11 Oroville (7-17), and No.7 Yreka (12-16) hosting No.10 Paradise. (10-15)
In Division 5, there’s only one game in the first round on Wednesday and it is No. 8 East Nicolaus hosting.
No. 9 Quincy.
The rest of the Division 5 playoffs will start on Friday night, with top-seed Weed hosting the winner of Wednesday night’s game. Also, on Friday, No. 2 Mt. Shasta (20-8) will host No. 7 Hamilton (7-13), No. 3 Durham (22-6) will host No. 6 Modoc (9-14), and No. 5 Los Molinos (16-12) will be at No. 4 Portola(19-9)
In Division 6 boys, Redding Christian and Fall River will get a bye into the second round. First-round games that will be played on Tuesday night include No. 4 Etna hosting No. 5 Maxwell and No.3 Biggs (19-5) hosting No. 6 Plumas Charter (12-12).
Division 7 playoff action will begin on Tuesday. Top-seeded Princeton will get a first-round bye, along with Loyalton, Hayfork, Chester, and Happy Camp.
Tuesday’s action will include No. 8 Big Valley hosting No. 9 Surprise Valley, No. 6 Paradise Adventist (9-14) Academy hosting Bethel Christian (3-16) and No. 7 Butte Valley hosting No. 10 Westwood.
