Oakland High Girls Win Division III State Basketball Championship

SACRAMENTO (CBS SF) -- Oakland High School has won the California state championship in girls basketball, the first state title in the school's history.

The Wildcats defeated the McFarland (Kern County) Cougars 51-35 Friday at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento in the California Interscholastic Federation Division III championship game.

Oakland High is the first team from the Oakland Athletic League to win a state title since 2005 and is one of three Oakland schools playing in the CIF girls basketball championships.

A second OAL team, Oakland Tech, will play for the Division IV girls state basketball championship Saturday against Northview (Los Angeles County), while Bishop O'Dowd will play for the girls Division I state title Friday against Rosary Academy of Fullerton.