Bret Harte girls ready to host; Calaveras ready to hit the road

The Bret Harte High girls basketball team defeated Linden 56-40 Tuesday night in Angels Camp to put the finishing touches on a regular season that included 23 wins, two tournament titles and its first outright Mother Lode League championship since 2005.

But a day later, the Bullfrogs couldnt help but feel a little disrespected when they were announced as the No. 6 seed for the Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV playoffs, the lowest seeding for a MLL championship team in at least 10 years.

Bret Harte (23-4) will host No. 11 Los Banos (18-10) in a first-round playoff game at 7 p.m. Tuesday night in Angels Camp. If the Bullfrogs win, they will hit the road for Thursdays second round.

Were really happy to be playing at home for our first playoff game, Bret Harte coach Ronnie Davis said.

Having said that, we feel we were under-seeded and didnt get rewarded for the season we had. We have the second best record in the section andwere aleague champion and were over-seeded bya second place team with a 16-6 record (No. 2 West Campus) and a thirdplace team with a 16-10 record (No. 3 Colfax). Wehave no control overthe seeding so nowwell start preparing for tournament basketball.

Calaveras lost its regular season finale 47-32 to Argonaut Tuesday night at home and finished third in the MLL. Megan Walters had 10 points and 12 rebounds for Calaveras on Senior Night, while fellow senior Kelly Airola had eight points, six rebounds and five steals.

Two years removed from a section title, the Redskins

(17-11) received the No. 9 seed for the Division IV playoffs and will travel to Citrus Heights to face No. 8 San Juan (17-9) Tuesday with the winner advancing to face top-seeded Bear River of Grass Valley Thursday in the quarterfinals.

Kelsey Switzer scored 23 points, and Jessie Evans and Sami Seider scored 12 each to lead Bret Harte against Linden.

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Bret Harte girls ready to host; Calaveras ready to hit the road