The King’s Academy eliminates Oakland in NorCal regional play as Oakland Tech squads fall short

Key results across Northern California regional brackets

Northern California’s high school basketball regional playoffs produced a set of decisive outcomes for Oakland-area programs over the first full week of March, with postseason runs ending for Oakland High’s boys team and both Oakland Technical High School teams.

In a Saturday night boys regional matchup in Sunnyvale on March 7, The King’s Academy defeated Oakland High School 82-59. The result advanced The King’s Academy into the regional championship round and ended Oakland’s season after the Wildcats reached the regional semifinals.

Oakland High’s semifinal loss to The King’s Academy

Oakland entered the regional round as a lower seed and had already navigated earlier playoff games to reach the semifinal stage. Against The King’s Academy, the contest remained competitive into the second half before the outcome swung sharply late. Game accounts and box-score summaries show The King’s Academy separated in the fourth quarter to turn a tight game into a 23-point final margin.

The March 7 game was also one of several high-profile regional fixtures carried on the NFHS Network, reflecting the elevated stakes of the CIF state tournament’s Northern California bracket.

Oakland Tech boys fall in regional action

Oakland Tech’s boys team also exited the regional bracket during the same weekend. The Bulldogs appeared in the regional semifinals on March 7 in a matchup listed as Amador Valley vs. Oakland Tech, closing the door on Oakland Tech’s path to a NorCal final in the 2025-26 postseason.

Oakland Tech entered the regional period with recent championship pedigree at the state level in prior seasons, underscoring the difficulty of sustaining deep runs in a statewide tournament structure that compresses travel and turnaround time into a narrow March window.

Oakland Tech girls stopped in Division II; title game set in Oakland

On the girls side, Oakland Tech’s season extended to the Division II regional championship round, where the Bulldogs were scheduled to face Sierra Pacific on March 10. The matchup reflected Oakland Tech’s continued positioning among Northern California’s strongest programs, but the regional final marked the endpoint of the Bulldogs’ 2025-26 playoff run.

The regional format culminates in championship games during the second week of March, with winners advancing toward statewide title games held later in the month.

What the results show about this year’s NorCal bracket

• Lower-seeded teams continued to make deep runs, including Oakland High reaching the regional semifinals before falling to The King’s Academy.
• Oakland Tech placed teams in late-round regional play on both the boys and girls sides, reflecting program depth despite not advancing to the NorCal championship stage this year.
• Late-game execution proved decisive in marquee matchups, highlighted by The King’s Academy’s fourth-quarter surge against Oakland.

Regional brackets compress multiple high-stakes games into a short period, amplifying the importance of fourth-quarter performance, travel recovery, and matchup-specific adjustments.

The Northern California regional tournament continued this week with championship games across divisions, setting the field for the next stage of CIF state championship play.