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Manteca boys’ season ends with close loss in Monterey

The Manteca High boys basketball team gave its best effort but ultimately came up short on the road.

The Buffaloes were ahead 28-22 at halftime, but were outscored 21-8 in the third quarter, trailing 43-36 into the final period. But Manteca could not recover from their earlier deficit, and lost to the host Toreadores 69-54 in the first round of the CIF Northern California Regional Division III playoffs.

No. 9 Manteca finished its season at 21-12, while No. 8 Monterey improved to 24-4 and will play either No. 1 Redwood or No. 16 Santa Cruz in the second round.