St. Joe wins Open Division NorCal Regional Final to advance to State Championship Game

ST JOES.00_00_29_17.Still001 — St. Joseph wins CIF-State NorCal Regional Final in the Open Division

By Mike Klan

Published March 8, 2023 12:43 am

MODESTO, Calif. - St. Joseph boys basketball keeps on knocking off top-seeds and now they are one win away from a State Championship in the highest division.

The Knights beat #1 seed Modesto Christian 72-58 to capture the CIF-State Open Division NorCal Regional Final.

28-6 St. Joseph will now play Harvard-Westlake for the CIF-Open Division State Championship on Saturday at 8pm at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.

St. Joe was tied at Modesto Christian at 11 after one quarter but led 30-26 at half and 50-42 heading into the fourth quarter.

Last last month the Knights beat top-seed Clovis West to win the CIF-Central Section Division 1 crown.

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