The right to play at Arco Arena is on the line tonight for a number of area teams. We’ve got guys all over the place and they will be calling and texting me throughout the night with updates.

All so you don’t have to miss American Idol.

I’ll keep the most updated scores here, then a running blog of some details below.

Boys games

Division-I

De La Salle 49, Oakland 45 (OT); McClymonds 62, Newark Memorial 42.

Division-II

Mitty 85, Hayward 68; Fairfield 62, Rocklin 59

Division-III

Sacramento 59, Riordan 49; Sacred Heart 72, El Camino 67 (2OT)

Division-IV

St. Mary’s 70, Colfax 50; Modesto Christian 87, Kennedy 72.

Division-V

Branson 37, Woodside Priory 30; Lick Wilmerding 46, Liberty Christian 34

Girls games

Division-I

Berkeley 50, San Benito 38; Kennedy 52, Castlemont 49.

Division-II

Mitty 52, Oak Ridge 42; St. Francis 47, Wilcox 37

Division-III

St. Mary’s 70, Miramonte 51; Sacred Heart Cathedral 67, Sacramento 46
Division-IV

Justin-Siena vs Modesto Christian; St. Patrick-St. Vincent vs Valley Christian

Division-V

Branson 51, St. Francis CCC 24; Eastside Prep 72, Liberty Christian 60

Running Updates

9:41: Alright, we’ll I’m going to check out now. I have a 6 a.m. flight to spring training to catch.

9:34: Taft High has been upset by MLK-Riverside, 83-82 in overtime! King will now play Dominguez, which also needed overtime to beat Fairfax. The winner will play the winner of DLS-Mack for the D-I state title.

9:32: All of the NorCal boys scores are in. It’s going to look like this at Arco: D1: McClymonds vs De La Salle; D2: Mitty vs Fairfield; D3: Sacread Heart vs Sacramento; D4 St. Mary’s vs Modesto Christian; D5: Branson vs Lick Wilmerding (NCS rematch)

9:25: De La Salle got it done in extra time, winning 49-45.

9:18: From Southern California, Mater Dei has beaten Mission Hills 83-54 and is one win away from a return to the D-II state title game. It will play Edison of Fresno, which beat Hoover.

9:14: Drake Green scores a putpack for Oakland with 2.2 seconds left to send it to overtime with De La Salle. For those of you doing the math, it was a 6 to 6 fourth quarter.

8:54: De La Salle and Oakland are all tied up. It’s 35-35 headed into the final quarter.

8:52: McClymonds is officially back in the NorCal final, it defeated Newark, 62-42, and we will now wait to see if it’s an MLK rematch vs DLS or if Oakland will get another crack at Mack Daddy.

8:49: Word out of Modesto is that D.J. Seeley scored 43 points to lead Modesto to the NorCal final with a 87-72 win. A fantastic season for Kennedy comes to an end. But as the saying goes, there are very few teams who end their season with a win and Kennedy has a lot to be proud about. The St. Mary’s-Berkeley vs. Modesto Christian game is a can’t miss.

8:43: It’s all but over in Hayward. Mack has opened up a 15-point lead, 55-40 as Otis and Powell both have 16 points.

8:40: The St. Mary’s-Miramonte game is in the books. Final score: St. Mary’s 70, Miramonte 50. Congrats to Miramonte on a great season … and for keeping it close for awhile.

8:35: Berkeley has officially won, 50-38.

8:34: De La Salle leads Oakland 24-22 at the half. Jose Rivera (DLS) has 11 points, Damian Lillard (O) has 15. Marcus Alridge has 6 rebounds for Oakland.

8:27: Frank Otis took control in the third, scoring 7 points (14 in game) and Mack now leads 42-33 after three.

8:25: With 3:51 left, St. Mary’s is up 66-44. Courtney French has knocked down five 3s for St. Mary’s and has 20 points.

8:23: The DLS game is underway and the Spartans took a 14-9 lead after the first quarter.

8:19: We tracked down the Berkeley-San Benito score, the ‘Jackets have this one locked up and are going the the NorCal finals. It’s 48-33 with 3 minutes left.

8:12: At the end of three, St. Mary’s leads Miramonte 53-32. It was a 27-13 quarter for St. Mary’s and bad news for Mats fans, Ashlee Burns fouled out with 1:23 left in third quarter …

8:06: It’s now 29-23 McClymons at the half from Hayward, where Chris Jones is struggling. He’s got just 2 points for the Cougars. Down just six without a good showing from Jones could mean a lot of things. When he gets going the team can score at will, looking forward to the second half …

8:02: With 2:39 third quarter, St. Mary’s-Stockton has found its stride. It’s now 47-26 after they’ve connected on four 3s in the quarter. In the finals we’ll see St. Mary’s vs Sacred Heart, which are widely considered the two teams in the state regardless of division and two of the nation’s best. Some are saying the California D-III NorCal girls championship might as well be the national championship.

7:56: After a quarter from the University formerly known as Hayward State, McClymonds leads Newark 18-15. Damon Powell has been on the ooping end of two alley-oops, courtesy of Sims and Hill. Powell has 8 points, Frank Otis 6. Keon Sankey has 10 points for Newark.

7:45: Just did a little research on St. Mary’s-Stockton. The team is averaging 84.8 points per game this year and came in with a 32-0 record and is ranked No. 9 in the nation by USA Today. Its lowest point total of the year came in a 52-44 win against Brea Olinda in the championship game of the West Coast Jamboree on New Year’s Eve. Since then the team hasn’t been held below 72.

7:40: From Stockton, we have St. Mary’s up 26-19 at the half. Miramonte took a 9-8 lead a minute into the second quarter, but then St. Mary’s went on a 9-2 run. Ashlee Burns has seven points and two steals for Miramonte.

7:25: The word from Durkin is that they have postponed the start of the McClymonds/Newark Memorial game due to a long line at the door. We’re looking at a 7:30 start at best now.

7:21: At the end of the first quarter from Stockton, we have St. Mary’s leading Miramonte 8-7. James Leonard is there and said that Miramonte didn’t even attemt a shot until midway through the quarter. Chelsea Gray (St. Mary’s) got into a some foul trouble, and with her on the bench the Mats closed the gap.

6:10 p.m.: Our first blog item of the night comes from Jimmy Durkin, who has a bone to pick with Cal State East Bay, which is hosting tonight’s game between McClymonds and Newark Memorial. Whoever is in charge of figuring out the parking situation didn’t really think it through … They are charging $3 to park, but they’re not doing it at the lot entrances. Parking passes are being sold at the gym door. A little extra exercise never hurt anyone, but come on, that makes no sense … everyone is being forced to park, walk to the gym, buy a parking ticket, walk back to their cars to put the ticket in their cars, then walk back to buy a game ticket before entering. Hopefully the night will improve.