Girls' Basketball: Roundup of Saturday Playoff Games

El Toro's charge for a Southern Section championship in girls' basketball took another step forward Saturday.

The second-seeded Chargers scored a 58-47 victory over the host team, seventh-seeded Villa Park, in the quarterfinals of the Division 1A playoffs.

El Toro (26-2), which shared the South Coast League title with Laguna Hills, got 23 points from Whitney Williams.

Jasmine Kennon added 15 points and 10 rebounds.

The Chargers also got a strong supporting effort from Alyson Doherty, who contributed 10 points and seven rebounds even though she missed much of the first half because of foul trouble.

El Toro held a 14-point lead going into the third quarter, and Villa Park (17-12) pulled to within five points in the fourth, but it wasn't enough to stop the Chargers' charge.

In Division 3AA

Laguna Hills 53, Yorba Linda 46: The fourth-seeded Hawks stunned top-seeded Yorba Linda as Celia Marfone scored 25 points and Maddy Ziering-Smith scored 14. The semifinal victory sends Laguna Hills (21-8) to the section championship game for the fifth time; the Hawks previously won titles in 1997, 2000, 2007 and 2008. Laguna Hills also got a big defensive effort from Anna Muum, who had 10 blocked shots. The victory by Laguna Hills snapped the Mustangs' 15-game winning streak and ended the coaching career of Marc Hill, who announced this would be his final season; he coached for many years at Esperanza before taking over Yorba Linda (23-6), which was competing in only its second varsity season.