Salinas-Alisal boys hoops

Central Coast Section Division I Quarterfinals
Saturday's game
No. 5 Salinas (15-9) vs. No. 4 Alisal (22-2) at Piedmont Hills, 1 p.m.
 Someday the Central Coast Section will get it right and have quarterfinal games played at the higher seeds home in basketball, like it does for soccer and football.
 For now two Salinas teams will make the 75 mile drive to San Jose in front of a sprinkling of fans instead of a sold out gym for Saturday's quarterfinal rematch.
 Perhaps a mutual site for round three between the two Gabilan Division rivals will give us the game we'd hope we would see in the first two meetings.
 While the two teams split their head-to-head battles in league, neither were close as Salinas ended the visiting Trojans 15-game winning streak with a 30-point blowout.
 Two weeks later the Gabilan Division champion Trojans returned the favor in their gym with a 20-point pasting.
 No doubt, Alisal has a different look as 6-foot-8 Sebastian Reynoso has become more involved in the offense, sharing the ball with Adriano Betancourt and Josue Gil-Silva.
 Gil-Silva led the team in scoring at just under 18 points a game on the season. Reynoso averaged over 15 points a game in the second half of the season.
 The Cowboys have had a different player step up each game, starting with senior Jarrett Edria. In its win over Independence Thursday, AJ Saldana led a balanced attack with 12 points.
 Flying under the radar all season has been Caden Batista, who had 11 rebounds on Thursday, while JoJo Paris has heated up in the second half.