Top-ranked St. Francis finishes season sweep of Mitty

St. Francis, The Chronicle’s No. 1 squad, had leads of 12-2 and 23-9 after the first two quarters en route to a wire-to-wire, 55-38 Central Coast Section Open Division semifinal win over West Catholic Athletic League rival Mitty on Tuesday at Independence High in San Jose. Noah Stapes had 13 points and Curtis Witt and Logan Johnson added 11 apiece for the Lancers (25-2), who face another WCAL rival, Bellarmine, in the final at Santa Clara University at 8 p.m. Friday. An acrobatic layup and two free throws late by Wojcik, a sophomore, keyed the victory. In the Division 2 semifinals at Santa Clara High School, Darrion Trammell had 17 points and Will Emery added 12 points and 12 rebounds as top-seed St. Ignatius (16-10) went wire-to-wire to beat fourth-seed Los Gatos (18-8). The Wildcats, who got 12 points each from Matt Redmond and David Saadatnezhadi, now face third-seeded Leland-San Jose, a 53-52 winner over second-seed Leigh-San Jose, in Saturday’s final. Defending league playoff champion Mission (24-6) takes on Lowell (18-14) in a 4 p.m. semifinal game Wednesday at Kezar Pavilion, followed by Burton (19-9) against Lincoln (15-13) at 5:30 p.m. The winners meet for the championship Friday at Kezar. In an Open Division semifinal at Milpitas High School, Akayla Hackson made five three-pointers and scored 20 of her game-high 26 points in the first half as No. 2-seed Pinewood (22-4) ran past the third-seeded Irish (16-9), who got 26 points from Iimari’i Thomas. Pinewood, which got 15 from Hannah Jump and a combined 17 from Erin Poindexter-McHan and Chloe Eackles, now plays top-seed Mitty for the title at 6 p.m. Friday at Santa Clara University. SHC will play in a third-place game against Valley Christian on Thursday before advancing to next week’s Northern California tournament. [...] at Milpitas, Thalia Garza and Heleyna Hill had 14 points apiece as the top-seeded Monarchs (22-3) went on a 22-12 run in the second quarter to take a 33-17 halftime lead to cruise into Friday’s championship. In the Division 2 semifinals at Gunn High-Palo Alto, Ayzhiana Basallo had 16 points and Hanna Lee and Marie Paul combined for 16 more as the second-seeded Wildcats (12-14) moved into Saturday’s final to face top-seed Presentation (17-9), a 63-51 winner over Mountain View (11-11). Yuriko Castillian broke a 22-22 tie with a bucket just before halftime and Lincoln (24-6) did not trail from there in a 60-49 semifinal win over Lowell at Kezar Pavilion.