La Mirada~The CIF-Southern Section basketball playoff match-ups were announced yesterday, with both the boys and girls teams of La Mirada High School playing on the road in the first round.

The Lady Mats, (13-12, 6-6), under second-year coach Nicole Hyde, will play at No. 10 seed Wilson High School (Hacienda Heights) Thursday in a Division 3AA first-round contest beginning at 7 p.m.

Junior Lexi Vanzuillen (avg.13 pts. a game), and senior Kalena Glover (11),  lead the Matadores who enter the playoffs as a Suburban League at-large entry.

They will face a tough opponent in Wilson (20-6, 10-2), who finished second in the Valle Vista League and are riding a four-game win streak.

The boys will have a more scenic route, heading 200 miles up US-101 to Arroyo Grande High School, which is a couple of blocks from Pismo State Beach and just south of San Luis Obispo.

The Matadores (17-11, 8-4),  bring a modest two-game winning streak along for the ride, finishing as the Suburban League third place team.

Led by first-year head coach Bryce Jones, the Matadores will  face a very tough Arroyo Grande squad. The Eagles (18-8, 11-1),  finished first in the Pac-7 League. Start time for the Division 3AAA game is 7 p.m.

You can follow both games on our Twitter feed at www.twitter.com/lamiradablog.

In Girls Soccer, the playoff brackets were announced today. The Matadores, one of the premier teams in the area, finished in first place in the Suburban League and will host the Division 3 post-season opener Friday against Cypress, a very familiar foe from years gone by. Game time is 3 p.m. at La Mirada High School