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In Division 3, No. 4-seeded Southern Door hosts No. 5-seeded Kewaunee, and in Division 5, No. 3-seeded Sevastopol hosts No. 6-seeded NEW Lutheran.

Top-seeded North Dakota State and No. 8 seed Denver face off Saturday at 6 p.m., and the other Sunday quarterfinal pits fourth-seeded Oral Roberts against fifth-seeded Omaha.

Santa Monica, seeded 15, proved to be the bracket buster in this year’s regional tournament after posting upset wins over second-seeded East Los Angeles (24-4) and seventh-seeded Riverside (20-9).

The top-seeded Cavaliers (30-2) got several crucial plays from role player Jack Salt down the stretch and will face fifth-ranked and second-seeded Duke or 12th-ranked and sixth-seeded North Carolina for the tournament title Saturday night in Brooklyn.

Falmouth teammates Xander Barber and Sam Yoon, seeded one and two respectively, advanced to the afternoon finals, as did Edward Little senior Mya Vincent and Brunswick sophomore Coco Meserve, also seeded one and two.

He scored 14 points and pulled down seven rebounds as the top-seeded host Hawks beat second-seeded Lemont 45-39 in the Class 3A Hillcrest Sectional championship game.

Liberty, the top seed in the Division I district tournament, will play the winner of 28th-seeded Whetstone and 41st-seeded Mifflin in Wednesday’s second round.

Second-seeded Catawba out-shot the Bulldogs 17-3, and the third-seeded Bulldogs (14-4-1) didn’t threaten in the second half.

Seeded 11th in the South Region, the Ramblers trailed the sixth-seeded Hurricanes by a point and sent Lonnie Walker IV to the line for a one-and-one with nine seconds left.

Sturgeon Bay, which is also in Division 3 for softball, opens the tournament May 18 when the No. 9-seeded Clippers play a regional quarterfinal at No. 8-seeded Valders.

The largest betting postseason upset in NBA history was the eighth-seeded Nuggets beating the top-seeded Seattle Supersonics in the first round of the 1994 NBA playoffs as 14-1 underdogs.

The Menaul/Oak Grove Classical Academy co-op, seeded No. 2, was eliminated Thursday, 7-2 by seventh-seeded Tularosa.

The teams left standing: the NFC's top-seeded Eagles and second-seed 49ersAFC's top-seeded Chiefs and the third-seed Bengals.

Third-seeded Olentangy Orange started fast and pulled away in the second half to put the finishing touches on a 64-54 Division I district semifinal win over 18th-seeded Grove City Wednesday night at Upper Arlington.

ABRAM 1: The second-seeded Hawks opened with six runs in the bottom of the first, fueled by a two-run double from Bryce Stacy, as they took five innings to dispatch the third-seeded Roadrunners in a Class C South semifinal at Hiram.

After receiving a first-round bye in the beach volleyball tournament, the top-seeded girls’ team dropped its first set to the 33rd-seeded team Tuesday before picking up the next two sets.

Currently underway, DJ Burns and the No. 11-seeded NC State Wolfpack look to keep their memorable tournament run going as they are taking on Kyle Filipowski and the No. 4-seeded Duke Blue Devils.

Despite De Minaur’s determined defensive efforts, Sinner’s remarkable consistency and powerful groundstrokes proved to be the difference in the high-quality battle between the top-seeded Italian and the fifth-seeded Australian.

He also has top-seeded Purdue and third-seeded Baylor in the Final Four.

It was all possible only because sixth-seeded NC State had upended three other tournament opponents in one- or two-point games, including first-seeded Virginia in the regional final.