Girls’ basketball: Santa Monica and Summit will meet in title game

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Fourth-seeded Summit upset top-seeded Canyon Springs, 72-71, tonight in a Southern Section Division 1A semifinal at Rancho Verde High.

In the other Division 1A semifinal tonight at Damien High, second-seeded Santa Monica glided past third-seeded Ayala, 67-37, behind Moriah Faulk’s 20 points and Thea Lemberger’s 16 points.

Santa Monica (24-6) and Summit (25-5) will meet next week in the championship for the first time since Summit defeated Santa Monica, 40-39, at the Ladycat Classic on Dec. 2.

[Updated at 10:30 a.m.: An earlier version of this post incorrectly stated Santa Monica’s opponent.]

-- Melissa Rohlin