MHS playoff roundup

Girls Soccer opens playoffs v. Grand Terrace

MHS Girls Soccer will play its playoff opener this Friday, Feb. 21 at Grand Terrace, located in San Bernardino County.

The MHS Girls finished 9-4-1 overall in the regular season, with an 8-1-1 league record (good for 2nd place).

The team has been led offensively by Marissa Villalpando, who finished second in the league with 17 goals. The Huskies second-leading scorer is Jackelen Infante.

The top defenders are Maria Lopez and Emily Hutchison.

The team will be the underdog in Friday’s matchup against Grand Terrace (16-3-6), which is ranked 180 in the state according to MaxPreps, unbeaten in its last eight games and unbeaten at home this year.

Mammoth is ranked 646.

Boys’ Hoops falls to Belle-Jeffe

Mammoth Boys’ Basketball was ousted in the first round of the CIF playoffs on Wednesday, falling to Bellarmine-Jefferson 81-34.

Belle-Jeffe of Burbank is the #2 seed in the California Southern Section Division 5A tourney.

For the sake of comparison, Lucerne Valley, which used to play in Mammoth’s league up until a few years ago, took on the #1 seed Renaissance Academy on Wednesday and lost 88-14.

To look on the brioght side, this waqs Mammoth’s first trip to the playoffs in a dozen years, and the team won 11 games.

Against Belle-Jeffe, Fox Kailiawa led the way for Mammothg with 17 points. Other scorers were Cole Presson (6), Dennis Orrick (6) and Liam Carrigan (5). Kailiawa finished the season as a 1st team All-Desert Mountain League selection. Cole Presson was chosen 2nd team All-League.