Local teams suffer narrow losses in girls basketball semifinals
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The end of the road came on Feb. 21 for the final three Ventura County teams battling in the CIF-Southern Section girls basketball playoffs. It couldn’t have been any closer. In semifinals losses for Camarillo (Division 2) and Oxnard (Division 3) and a quarterfinal defeat for Oak Park in the Open Division on Saturday night, the margin of defeat was a total of just six points. An explosive first quarter and inspired performances from stars Emerson Martin and Dani Rocha wasn’t enough for Camarillo to survive a light-out shooting display from Saugus in a 48-46 loss at home in the Division 2 semifinals. “These opportunities sometimes can be once in a lifetime,” Camarillo head coach Matthew...