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City Section has released the complete Division 5AA: Faith Baptist vs. #2 Trinity Classical at Masters U. The pairings and schedule for the L.A. City Section boys and girls basketball playoffs that start Tuesday, Feb. 15. Fremont was 96 percent African-American in 1980, but is now 90 percent Latino. "I think it's a societal trend," Ellison said. 3 Washington (1st in Marine, 20-6), No. 2000-01 BOYS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE. I went to Morningside basically because it was five minutes away from my home. The Highlanders won the Girls Open Division championship in 2019. They even looked out for each other with things that were going to go down over the weekend or at a party.". No. If you want an education, you can get an education.". 1 Taft (1st in West Valley, 23-2), No. "You had Crips affiliated with Crenshaw and the Bloods with Fremont, so you knew there would be tension," Sullivan said. Today the talent level on L.A. City Section teams -- and even some Southern Section schools near South L.A. -- and the sheer amount of players attaining college scholarships has never been lower. We hold championship events in 19 sports across three seasons a year (fall, winter, spring). At the 2011 Torrey Pines Holiday Classic in Del Mar, a public school coach in the Compton Unified School District was trying to sell the virtues of his program to parents or anyone who would listen. Taft Coach Derrick Taylor is quite serious when he says the boys bracket can be won by any of the eight teams. NORTHERN LEAGUE BOYS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE The Open Division kicks off play on Friday, Feb. 10, and every other division tips off on Wednesday. . Westchester (23-6) earned the No. Christmas Day. Westchester's 2012 junior varsity team was talented. Dominic Ellison, who earned a scholarship to Washington State in 1993 and helped Inglewood Morningside to the '92 Division III state title, feels a generation of more informed parents, not just educational and safety concerns, is a big factor driving kids to private schools. Beyond those two, the outlook is rather bleak. . Five and half months after that, on April 29, 1992, a Ventura County jury acquitted all four police officers of assault and acquitted three of the four of using excessive force against King. 2023 LA City Section Boys Basketball Division V Playoff Bracket 2023 LA City Section Girls Basketball Open Division Playoff Bracket 2023 LA City Section Girls Basketball Division I Playoff Bracket 2023 LA City Section Girls Basketball Division II Playoff Bracket 2023 LA City Section Girls Basketball Division III Playoff Bracket Saunders would have graduated from Los Angeles High or Dorsey, another traditionally strong basketball school in South L.A., had he attended the public school in his neighborhood. 5 East Valley (2nd in Valley, 14-5), No. Today, playing basketball at Crenshaw or another traditional inner-city power is similar to playing at a public school in the San Fernando Valley, Orange County or the Inland Empire -- coaches are optimistic to compete with the state's best teams and players hope to -- not expect to -- catch the attention of a college recruiter. "When I was coming up, not only did you have to go outside, but you had to stay outside and play and not come back in the house.". The home We have to continue to play hard, and value all of the little things more. Coach Derrick Taylor might have the most talented roster best suited to win an eight-team tournament at the end the regular season, but the Toreadors have some troubling losses, which gives hope to opponents in the playoffs. The Woodland Hills Taft boys' basketball team earned the No. 2 seed in the Division I playoffs and will play Gardena (5-18) in the first round. "How can you compare the educational and athletic opportunities at a school like Orange Lutheran to a pubic school?" The 15-time City champions dont have coach Ed Azzam (he retired) and have lost to Fairfax, Palisades and Venice, but theres still talent, led by Jonathan Choyce and Angel Corona. An ongoing recession fueled high rates of unemployment in the city, between 8 percent and 10 percent in 1992, according to the Los Angeles Times, and it built resentment about living conditions. Explanatory notes, rules, and tournament and All first-round games are scheduled for Thursday at 7 p.m. Also, the Open Division champion could end up being put in Division II for state playoffs. 6 Dorsey (2nd in Coliseum, 12-7), No. B. 15 Bravo Medical (2nd in Southern, 18-7). But you cant win a title unless you beat people.. We collaborated with the editor of the website to create a 18-team all-time CIF Los Angeles City Section football tournament. It means that the potential is there for a number of teams to get hot late and sweep to the championship. To illustrate the exodus of the basketball talent pool, Reggie Morris Sr., the varsity coach at Manual Arts for 11 seasons who guided the Toilers to the '88 state title in his last season there, says he doesn't believe any of his former players have sons who played basketball at the school. "Sometimes other coaches or the kids' AAU coach use fear tactics. "No, my son would never go to an inner-city high school," Player said. We have a couple of starters who are seniors but our main players are sophomores. A newspaper of historical dimensions, the San Fernando Sun has been publishing continuously since 1904 reflecting the valleys historical and cultural development. They are followed by (in seeding order) Los Angeles city schools Palisades, Westchester High and Hamilton High, Eagle Rock High, Los Angeles CES and King/Drew. The scene was surreal, but at that time, life in inner-city Los Angeles often seemed that way. Wilson, Northern Two years later, Capers scored 26 points to help Manual Arts beat Crenshaw in the City 4A title game and later earned a scholarship to Arizona State. 11 Central City (2nd in Freeway, 11-11) at No. 6 Carson (3rd in Marine, 11-12), No. Both say they believe preparation, a strong academic work ethic and an educated support system can help inner-city students overcome existing challenges. Second Round. 2. Could this be Narbonne's year in the boys basketball Open Division? Here are the teams that seemingly have a chance for the title. What fantasy baseball free agents should you be claiming this week? one coach who asked to remain anonymous asked rhetorically. Then you began to see Crips and Bloods out in the Inland Empire. Now they want to point out what you're doing wrong.". Many parents such as Player are OK with it as long as their kids engage in positive activities. The '88 team that eventually rose to No. CBSSPORTS.COM; 247SPORTS; . Most of our players now are underclassmen. In the 2012 L.A. City Division I playoff semifinal doubleheader at Cal State Dominguez Hills, Woodland Hills Taft took on Crenshaw and Dorsey squared off against Westchester. Today, as in those pioneering days, the weekly San Fernando Sun leads the valley residents with insightful editorial, community involvement and valuable consumer information. 2 Huntington Park College Ready (1st in Freeway, 24-2). Lincoln/South Gate winner at Los Angeles CES, Los Angeles/Fremont winner at Rancho Dominguez, Downtown Magnets/Hawkins winner at Los Angeles Kennedy, Animo Robinson/Middle College winner at Larchmont, CALS Early College/Lakeview winner at Harbor Teacher, Community Charter/Foshay winner at Maywood CES, Orthopaedic/Contreras winner at Alliance Neuwirth, East Valley/East College Prep winner at Belmont, Alliance Marine/Academia Avance winner at University Prep Value, WISH/Collins winner at Los Angeles Leadership, Bernstein/Elizabeth winner at Wilmington Banning, Mendez/Middle College winner at Maywood CES, Triumph/Orthopaedic winner at Huntington Park, Animo De La Hoya/Collins winner at South East, New West/Animo Venice winner at Academia Avance, Gertz-Ressler/Math/Science winner at Monroe, Alliance Neuwirth/Downtown Magnets winner at Panorama, Lake Balboa College Prep at Los Angeles Leadership, Dymally/East College Prep winner at Rivera, Rise Kohyang/Annenberg winner at Episcopal, Los Angeles Leadership/Lake Balboa College Prep winner at Larchmont, L.A. 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No practice is allowed on Friday, The COVID-19 pause didnt do the Gauchos any favors. 2023 LA City Section Boys Basketball Open Division Playoff Bracket, 2023 LA City Section Boys Basketball Division I Playoff Bracket, 2023 LA City Section Boys Basketball Division II Playoff Bracket, 2023 LA City Section Boys Basketball Division III Playoff Bracket, 2023 LA City Section Boys Basketball Division IV Playoff Bracket, 2023 LA City Section Boys Basketball Division V Playoff Bracket. Granada Hills is the top seed in the Girls Open Division. A jury found Korean store owner Soon Ja Du guilty of voluntary manslaughter with a 16-year prison sentence recommendation on Nov. 15, 1991, but the presiding judge, Joyce Karlin, reduced the sentence to probation, community service and a fine. Hollywood (11-5) ended the regular season with a four-game winning streak. 4 Hamilton (6th in Western, 15-15), No. Email: production@sanfernandosun.com, Taft is the Boys top seed and Granada Hills the Girls top seed in the Open divisions, but both face plenty of competition from fellow league and nonleague teams, Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window). 292-0332 During the criminal trial, the city held its collective breath awaiting a verdict against the officers charged with assault and the use of excessive force. Both groups operate autonomously, have large African-American male memberships and are made up of smaller gangs known as "sets," some of which feud with one another. Parents moved out to gets their kids away from gangs, but in many instances kids were already in the gang.". The Gill brothers, Andrew and Christian, have boosted the Gauchos. He lives 110 miles away in the desert resort town of Palm Springs. 13 Eagle Rock (4th in Northern, 8-10) at No. There have been several 7-foot high school basketball players in the past across the Southland. 1 could lose to No. "You can't blame parents for wanting to keep their kids safe.". KingDrew is a [tough] 1 vs. 8 matchup for us. The 08'-09' Findlay Prep Squad was stacked! Morris Jr. played for Ed Azzam at Westchester, then finished high school playing for his father at Locke in 1996. As the urban legend goes, 1993 ESPNHS All-American Jacque Vaughn, a four-year starter at Pasadena Muir who played at Kansas and 12 years in the NBA, didn't attend Crenshaw because of the uncertainty of cracking the lineup. 13 De La Hoya (2nd in Eastside, 12-4) at No. Get the latest Los Angeles City Section high school basketball scores and game highlights for Sat, 3/4/2023. "Nowadays in many cases kids don't have to leave the house for entertainment over the course of a weekend," Lynch said. Here are 22 essential L.A. spots for every tourist, Column: We cant afford another writers strike. Feb 18 . Birmingham lost to Venice early in the season we were coming off a two-week layoff due to a surge in the pandemic, Halic said and the Patriots are definitely motivated in having a rematch, even if its their playoff opener. Theyre also great at taking an offensive foul; theyre not afraid to step in front and sacrifice their body, Koopongsakorn said of the Highlanders. As the mother of an athlete, I want my kid prepared to go to the next level [academically], and college coaches have concerns that inner-city athletes are not prepared.". 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Because of technology, kids have more options these days to steer clear of trouble. Schools may enter a maximum of three (3) sanctioned Lee Joseph (View Park Continuation High School) - (323) "Nowadays, parents give more to their kids instead of making them earn it. No longer are future Pac-12 players getting cut from L.A. City varsity teams or tryouts so daunting that talented players look elsewhere. He understandably feels his team deserved a higher seeding. 1 Chatsworth (4th in West Valley, 21-9), No. 2023 LA City Section Boys Basketball Division II Playoff Bracket. The riots were the flash point of the L.A. City Section's decline in basketball over the next 20 years. Its why the Royals will have no trepidation about traveling to Fairfax (13-6) on Friday and playing against a program that has won multiple City titles in basketball, and is a perennial championship contender. While not knowing all the bracket teams in-depth After the top four teams, I wasnt sure who the [selection] committee would choose Koopongsakorn believes his team is where it should be with the tournament starting. Quarterfinals. Also seeded were Birmingham Charter High (sixth) and El Camino Real Charter (seventh). 2022 CIF LA City Section Boys' Basketball Championships Search Tournaments CA Basketball Playoffs 2022 CA Brackets Stat Leaders CA Basketball Scoreboard Division II Location Various Cities, CA Print Download PDF Add to My Site Feb 17 Second Round 1 Los Angeles CES 68 16 Lincoln 46 Recap Details 9 Roybal 67 8 Sherman Oaks CES 59 Recap Details 2023 LA City Section Girls Basketball Division I Playoff Bracket. Central City Value at Los Angeles Wilson. Teams qualifying for playoffs may continue to practice until eliminated. Will the trends of African-American exodus, private-school domination, and the de-emphasis of sports participation continue? In 2012, inner-city coaches no longer have the difficult task of cutting talented players that would run through a brick wall to be part of the team. 1997-1999 All rights reserved November 10th. The Los Angeles City Section basketball playoffs for boys and girls is underway. After Fremont defeated South Gate, many of the fans watching the second boys' game were distracted by gang-related altercations in the Sports Arena's upper level. Northern League Schools: Belmont, Eagle Rock, Franklin, Lincoln, Marshall, 6 Banning (4th in Marine, 9-17), No. (Santa Clarita), Friday, 5 p.m. Division 5A: #3 Louisville at #1 Newport Beach Pacifica Christian, Los Angeles Marshall 53, Granada Hills Kennedy 43. 16 Marshall (1st in Northern, 12-9), No.9 Bell (2nd in Eastern, 12-10) at No.8 West Adams (4th in Coliseum, 15-11), No. rules. Taft (13-3) may have started the season as the favorite, but the list of potential champions keeps growing. 1 team. Championship. Magnet League Schools: Bravo, DBM, Elizabeth, Foshay, LACES, Valley Alt., King-Drew, The Harvard-Westlake girls basketball team earned the top seed in the CIF Southern Section Division 2A playoff and will play Moorpark in the first round on Thursday night. On March 3, 1991, African-American motorist Rodney King was beaten by four police officers, and the incident was captured on video. 5 Roosevelt (3rd in Eastern, 15-11), No. 1 seed for Open Division girls, who begin games Thursday, and will face No. MLS Power Rankings: Galaxy slip further as Earthquakes break into top 10, Who is that masked man?! Feb 25 . 1 View Park (5th in Coliseum, 13-16), No. Note: Quarterfinals Feb. 22, 7 p.m. at home sites; semifinals Feb. 24 at home sites; finals March 4, 8 p.m. at Roybal Learning Center. LA North and LA South: CIF City Section boys basketball playoff brackets, Rob Dibble to coach Calabasas baseball team, Baseball D4: Palm Desert 4, Temple City 0, Baseball D6: Desert Christian 4, Capistrano Valley Christian 2, City Section D1: El Camino Real 5, Chatsworth 4 (9 innings), Baseball D5: Woodcrest Christian 6, Paraclete 1, Baseball D7: Firebaugh 5, Hillcrest Christian 4, City Section DII: North Hollywood 10, South Gate 5, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Combine the other factors with the decreased emphasis toward outdoor physical activity, and you have the lack of motivation Sullivan and other coaches are experiencing. Quick, perimeter-oriented teams that defeat opponents with pressure defense and transition offense defined City ball over the years. happening on a particular day in the City Section at a glance), or you can get to the Individual Team Schedule Index, where you can Many qualities that define a City ballplayer from that era were found in Vince "Chico" Langston. California; Los Angeles City Section; Division III; Playoff Prediction; Los Angeles City Section Division III Volleyball Playoff . 8, get ready for the City Section Open Division basketball playoffs next month. I had all the right teams, but the wrong order, Taylor said. 6 Harbor Teacher (1st in Crosstown, 12-10), No. All throughout the final game, many fans in the middle level spent much of their time turned away from the game to check out the latest rhubarb. For an individual league schedule (practice or Support the San Fernando Valley Sun Today! Langston is raising his 12-year old son and 9-year old daughter far from his old stomping grounds off 59th Street and Crenshaw Boulevard. NFHS Network is part of the CBS Sports Digital Network. The official basketball season for the CIF "Pretty much now, if you're not going to school [for athletics or academics], but you ain't from the hood, [gangs] are not going for that anymore. Mission League Practice Games, West Follow your favorite high school teams and players, Explore and purchase photos of your local teams, See top plays & highlights of the best high school sports. "You had whole sets of families moving out, even if it wasn't all at the same time. B. Taft will play Hollywood, the first-place team from the Central League, in the first round. There is one difference between the 2019 team and this group: the Division I title team was a senior-dominated squad, where this current team is more kiddie-driven. Division 3AA: #1 Ontario Christian at #2 Sage Hill, Friday, 7 p.m. Division 4A: Newport Harbor 58, Rancho Christian 45 (Wednesday). Eric Sondheimer is the prep sports columnist for the Los Angeles Times. I don't see how it helped or how anything good would come from it.". Playoff games for this season have yet to be scheduled. California taxpayers: Why does accountant insist I file now instead of Oct. 16? Its one reason why there are only eight teams in both of the boys and girls brackets. Questions? Photo Galleries Explore . Specific-Composite Schedule basis (in case you want to know everything that's Twenty-five years ago, I had plenty of kids that couldn't stand each other and we had to pull them apart in practice. Open Division: #2 Mater Dei at #1 Corona Centennial, 5:30 p.m. Division 1: Esperanza at #1 Long Beach Poly, Division 2A: Eisenhower at #2 Paloma Valley. The Crips and the Bloods are notorious Los Angeles street gangs with origins dating to 1969. Including all five divisions, boys and girls, private schools won all 10 state championships both years. during the Winter Break, when school is not in session. Monroe advances. How strong a politician is Gavin Newsom, really? 3 Garfield (1st in Eastern, 18-6), No. This is not to slight or diminish Divisions I through V, which began their playoffs earlier this week. If Lynch's prognostication is indeed correct, the only thing coaches and others with a vested interest in the lives of South Los Angeles kids hope is that it doesn't take another incident of civil unrest to accelerate the shift. L.A. City basketball coaches, especially those in South Los Angeles, would call Langston's assessment of what happened 20 years ago today a true understatement. Please refer to Rules and Regulations Governing Interscholastic Athletics (IAC Orange It is that kind of tournament in the Open Division. 16 Hollywood (1st in Central, 11-5) at No. CBSSPORTS.COM; 247SPORTS; MAXPREPS; FOLLOW MAXPREPS. 15 finished in the Top 20 out of 94 LAUSD schools. 1 in national rankings and the reserves off that team made up a majority of Crenshaw's '89 team, the last City team to win a state title before the riots. 2023 LA City Section Boys Basketball Open Division Playoff Bracket. We have to find a way to make them a bit uncomfortable on offense and disrupt the things they like to do as much as possible., Honig speaks very highly of Birmingham. Teams qualifying for playoffs may continue to practice until "I didn't really notice [any fights], but did see a lot of gang members, either behind our bench or in the stands. He lives 30 miles from the school in West Covina, and earned a scholarship to the University of Arizona. Basketball. Phone: (818) 365-3111 Granada Hills will open against King/Drew (16-11), co-champions of the Coliseum League with Crenshaw (which was placed in the Division I bracket). The action was fast-paced and the crowd was boisterous at times, but the talent level was a far cry from what it was 20 years ago. View the entire high school Girls Basketball brackets. Find out where your teams stands. In 2012, only city champion Taft at No. . Many traditional African-American neighborhoods were seeing an influx of Latino residents, which added to the racial tension. 14 Poly (5th in East Valley, 6-24) at No. Weve both got senior point guards and a good young core, said Birmingham head coach Victor Koopongsakorn. View the entire high school Boys Basketball brackets. MaxPreps Los Angeles City Section Basketball Rankings. MP Stats for iPad Stat keeping for basketball teams. 2023 Your Bilingual Community Newspaper for the Entire San Fernando Valley. I told the kids, if you dont like it, then do something about it.. 4 Crenshaw (1st in Coliseum, 18-8), No. ], learning to play through everything, Wyatt said. His first civics lesson? Not Hollywood, not L.A., not the country, At 19, he won a local school board seat. For assistance, please call the Athletics Office at (213) The Patriots senior leader is Jenna Holley, who tops the team in nearly every key offensive category. It was very active and definitely a lot going on in there. The CIFLACS released its boys basketball playoff seedings and schedules on Saturday afternoon, and all of SBLive's City Section boys hoops postseason brackets are linked below. "We have many qualifiers (kids eligible for scholarships), but you have to have educators to push them to be qualifiers," Bly said. Sullivan's Fremont team took on Central League rival South Gate in the 3A title game, with Westchester and Crenshaw in the 4A nightcap. But the Toreadors are not a lock to make the final, much less win it, the coach said. Division 3A: #3 Glendora at Marina, Thursday, 7 p.m. Division 4AA: Pasadena Poly 63, Arcadia 54, Division 4A: Linfield Christian 51, Pilibos 43, Division 5AA: Santa Ana Calvary Chapel 64, Costa Mesa 55, Division 5A: Faith Baptist 50, Desert Hot Springs 40, Championships, Thursday, 7 p.m. unless noted. Morris and Kim Bly, Washington Prep's athletic director and a former multisport athlete at Cal State Los Angeles, say they believe the notion of inner-city students being at an academic disadvantage is overstated. City Section basketball has no clear No. L.A. City Section schools have won 18 of 32 Division I state titles. 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