Final CIF Northern Regional 2023 boys volleyball playoff brackets: Clovis East, Sanger, Carlmont, Branham take titles

Three of the top seeds go on to win the Northern California titles

Mitch Stephens, SBLive Sports | May 22, 2023

Final CIF Northern Regional 2023 boys volleyball playoff brackets: Clovis East, Sanger, Carlmont, Branham take titles /

The brackets for the 2023 CIF Northern Regional playoffs held largely true to form.

Three top seeds in the four divisions earned titles on Saturday night: Clovis East (Division 1), Carlmont (D3) and Branham (D4).

The only upset was in Division 2, where top seed Bishop O'Dowd dropped a 25-20, 20-25, 25-16, 25-19 home match to second seed Sanger.

🏆🏐 Congratulations to the Sanger Apaches - 2023 CIF NorCal Division II Boys Volleyball Champions! pic.twitter.com/d3RP2vgW3i
— CIF State (@CIFState) May 21, 2023

Clovis East had a tough time but defeated Central Section rival Clovis 25-19, 26-24, 27-25 in the Division 1 finals. Clovis upended Valley Christian (see photo of team below) in five games in a semifinal match.

🏆🏐 Congratulations to the Clovis East Timberwolves (@CETWOLVES - 2023 CIF NorCal Division I Boys Volleyball Champions! pic.twitter.com/Yp1oxFvzhC
— CIF State (@CIFState) May 20, 2023

In Division 3, Carlmont-Belmont needed 33 kills from Sean Murphy to outlast Berean Christian-Walnut Creek 25-21, 23-25, 25-20, 18-25, 15-4 in the finals.

Carlmont finished off its historic run in the boys’ volleyball postseason Saturday night, claiming the CIF Northern California Division III championship with a five-set win over Berean Christian-Walnut Creek. The Scots won it 25-21, 23-25, 25-20, 18… https://t.co/UIrd3mri3Q
— San Mateo Daily Journal (@smdailyjournal) May 22, 2023

In Division 4, Branham breezed for two games before Carmel would not go down without a long flight as the Bruins held on for a 25-12, 25-18, 35-33 title win.

Here are the 2023 CIF Northern Regional playoffs brackets with complete scores.

2023 CIF-NORTHERN REGIONAL VOLLEYBALL BRACKETS DIVISION 1

2023 CIF-NORTHERN REGIONAL VOLLEYBALL BRACKETS DIVISION 2

2023 CIF-NORTHERN REGIONAL VOLLEYBALL BRACKETS DIVISION 3

2023 CIF-NORTHERN REGIONAL VOLLEYBALL BRACKETS DIVISION 4

Valley Christian-San Jose is second seed in Division 1 playoffs. Courtesy photo: Valley Christian athletics

Published May 22, 2023

MITCH STEPHENS, SBLIVE SPORTS

Mitch Stephens is a senior editor at SBLive Sports for California, a state he's covered high school sports since 1984. He won multiple CNPA and CPSWA writing awards with the Contra Costa Times, San Francisco Chronicle and MaxPreps.com before joining the SBLive staff in 2022. He's covered the beat nationally since 2007, profiling such athletes as Derrick Henry, Paige Bueckers, Patrick Mahomes, Sabrina Ionescu, Jayson Tatum, Chiney Ogwumike, Jeremy Lin and Najee Harris as preps. You can reach him at mitch@scorebooklive.com.