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Palm Desert High Faces Choppy Waters in CIF Girls Water Polo Playoffs

The Aztecs travel to Garden Grove to meet Pacifica in a CIF Division 6 first-round matchup.

Palm Desert High faces wave after wave of strong teams as it hopes to advance through the CIF Division 6 Girls Water Polo Tournament.

The Aztecs, which finished third in the Desert Valley League, will travel to Garden Grove Pacifica High for a first-round matchup Thursday at 5 p.m. Pairings were announced Sunday at the CIF offices in Los Alamitos.

The CIF Girls Water Polo playoffs begin Tuesday with wild-card games in some divisions. First round games in Division 6 are Thursday at 5 p.m.  Winners advance to the second round on Saturday. The CIF Finals are scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 26 at the Aquatics Center in Irvine.

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The top four seeds in the division are Warren, Pasadena Poly, Cerritos and La Quinta.

Should the Aztecs win Thursday, they will draw third-seeded Cerritos Saturday. Desert Valley League champion La Quinta has a first-round bye, as did DVL runner-up Palm Springs.

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The San Gabriel Valley League, however, made quite a splash in Division 6, as they have two teams seeded, including No. 1 seed Downey Warren and Cerritos.

Cerritos, the second-place team from the San Gabriel Valley League, is one of nine teams that earned a first-round bye in Division 6. Downey Warren High, the SGVL champion, is the top seed in the division.

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