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As the postseason begins, let’s look at the best teams to watch out for in this year’s league, district, and state playoffs.

BOYS CITY SECTION Animo De La Hoya 73, Smidt Tech 54 Animo Robinson 91, Gertz-Ressler 22 Animo Watts 76, Animo Venice 75 East College Prep 57, Alliance Bloomfield 30 New Designs University 69, Neuwirth Leadership 23 Stern 50, School of Los Angeles 17 Triumph Charter 75, Community Charter 39 WISH Academy 49, New Designs Watts 27

The girls basketball team at Roseville continued its winning ways by defeating Marine City 45-34 on Wednesday. Dionni John led Roseville with 15 points. She also grabbed eight rebounds and had three steals.

Scores and top performers from Tuesday’s area high school basketball action: Girls Basketball Scores. Irmo 43, River Bluff 41. I: Jayla Anderson 17, Abby Livingston 14. RB: Megh

Braeden Skelly made the go-ahead layup with six seconds left and Logan Maha’s block at the buzzer preserved Sayville’s 67-65 win over Glenn in Suffolk VI boys basketball on Tuesday. Michael Carmody had 29 points and seven assists.

Foran 14 13 9 15 - 51 Shelton 14 10 15 9 - 48 Foran Jaxon Staples 9 0 3-4 21, John Johnson 2 1 0-0 7, Riley Young 1 0 0-0 2, Joe Meade 0 2 0-0 6, Jackson Doyle 0 4 1-2 13, Keith Vail 1 0 0-0 2. Totals: 13 5 4-6 51.