IT’S ALMOST playoff time for local prep basketball teams (Shutterstock).

The regular season for the local boys’ high school season finished this week with league championships won and now, the CIF-SS playoffs beginning next week.

Pairings and schedules for that tournament will be announced over the weekend; we’ll post those games that involve local teams in our area of coverage.

Three of those “locals” won league titles; as many as four others earned playoff spots. The number of tickets to the postseason varies, based on the size of the league. Generally, it’s three teams for a six-team league, for example.

Here’s how the situation looks.
Coast League: Los Amigos won the title and Western second.
Sunset League: Corona del Mar the champs; Edison took third.
Golden West League: Laguna Hills won the title; Garden Grove was third.
Orange Coast League: Segerstrom was first and Ocean View third
Orange League: Bolsa Grande shared the title with Loara.

Girls’ prospects for the playoffs

Girls basketball – no less intense than boys – moves into the CIF-SS playoffs next week now that league play has finished.

When and where those teams that earned a post-season berth will be announced over the weekend and will be posted online on The Tribune’s website. Local teams are posted with win-loss record

Here’s how things look now for those locals hoping to continue in the post-season:
Grove League: Bolsa Grande (7-1, 21-3), Orange (3-1, 11-11) and Rancho Alamitos (2-2, 8-15).
Orange League: Saddleback, Western (3-1, 6-11).
Orange Coast League: Costa Mesa, Garden Grove (9-2, 20-8) and Westminster (2-4, 3-12),
Sunset League: Los Alamitos, Huntington Beach (9-3. 20-8), Marina (7-5, 15-13).