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Crossroads Boys Basketball Team Heads to Championship

Roadrunners will meet Brentwood in Division 2AA title game.
Poised under pressure and cool in crunch time, the Crossroads boys basketball team has engineered a remarkable postseason. And it isn’t over yet.
 
The Roadrunners continued their outstanding play with an impressive win Feb. 23, defeating Cajon 84-64 at Grisanti Gym in the semifinals of the CIF Southern Section Division 2AA playoffs.
 
The victory vaulted Crossroads (20-8) into a matchup against league rival Brentwood for the section title game, which will be held March 3 at 2 p.m. at Azusa Pacific University’s Felix Event Center in Azusa.
 
“We worked extremely hard for this and went through a lot as a team to get to this moment,” senior Tamir Saban says. “We all have the mentality of a potluck—each one brings his best abilities to create the best team possible. Hopefully we will be remembered as champions just like great Crossroads teams before us are remembered.”
 
It has shaped up to be a special postseason run for the Roadrunners, who are making the program’s first trip to a section championship final since 2003.
 
After knocking out Camarillo 67-58 at home in the opening round Feb. 14, the Roadrunners outlasted Rancho Cucamonga in an 88-82 victory on the road two days later. That triumph set up Crossroads’ meeting with top-seeded Los Altos in the quarterfinals Feb. 20 at Grisanti Gym, where senior guard DJ Houston zigzagged into the lane in the final seconds and scored a difficult basket in traffic to seal the thrilling 69-67 win.
 
In the semifinals against Cajon, the Roadrunners used a strong second quarter and an inspired second half to earn their 10th consecutive victory—and, more importantly, a spot in the title game against Brentwood.
 
Crossroads, which finished in second place in the Gold Coast League, is rounding into form at the right time thanks to the guidance of coach Anthony Davis and his staff. The team has won 13 of its last 14 games, including two four-point victories against Brentwood.
 
“Rivalry games are always fun—the whole atmosphere leading up to the game and the electrifying energy coming from the crowd during the game is just an amazing feeling,” Tamir says. “And now that we will face them for the third time, during the most important game of the season, it is truly exciting.”
 
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