For . 2000-01 BOYS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE. The ones that stuck it out eventually gained respect for each other. 2 Westchester (1st in Western, 23-6), Note: Quarterfinals Feb. 22, 7 p.m. at home sites; semifinals Feb. 25, 6/8 p.m. at Galen Center; finals March 5, 1 p.m. at Galen Center, No. The pairings and schedule for the L.A. City Section boys and girls basketball playoffs that start Tuesday, Feb. 15. 16 Animo South LA (3rd in Crosstown, 7-8) at No. Many times, athletes can get away from it on campus, but my fear is the out-of-school activity. Book). Sophomore Marianne Boco (15.3 points per game) is the top scorer, and sophomore Emma Perez is the leading rebounder (10.0) and shot blocker (2.5). It was a time when the city was so tough Fremont advanced from the lower 3A Division to the state title game in '91. "The city used to be the place to be.". Long Beach man killed in crash after fleeing Gardena police, I took Metro to the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. It is that kind of tournament in the Open Division. The riots were the flash point of the L.A. City Section's decline in basketball over the next 20 years. Dean Backes Feb 2, 2023 Basketball: National assist leaders Viking point guard has reached double figures in assists 25 times this season. A player of Langston's caliber who felt it normal to carry a gun would stick out like a sore thumb in this day and age of iPhones, Facebook and Twitter because of the decreased number of gang members on teams. The featured games were by Los Angeles City Section top ranked teams #10 San Pedro (CA) @ St. Bonaventure (Ventura, CA), and #15 South Gate (CA) @ Lynwood (CA). VIEW MORE Top Performers View All Leaders Points Per Game M. Adams Jr. Often the top seed has the easiest opening game. The coach of the defending SoCal Division IV champions used to live in Upland, but grew weary of the long commute into the city and moved back. With the competing schools involved, longtime Fremont coach Sam Sullivan knew the atmosphere to expect. The scene was surreal, but at that time, life in inner-city Los Angeles often seemed that way. Thats our goal: they put us at sixth, and we want to make everyone look stupid. There is currently another handful of them playing. They own an early-season win over Fairfax. Monroe advances. Then you began to see Crips and Bloods out in the Inland Empire. 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. They returned to lose to Gardena in a Marine League game. A tough 5-foot-9 guard, Langston paid his dues on Crenshaw's junior varsity team in 1987-88, when the program had eight seniors bound for Division I and 14 eventual scholarship players on its roster. "I was a member since seventh grade, and you never get out of being in a gang," Langston said. Many qualities that define a City ballplayer from that era were found in Vince "Chico" Langston. 3 Garfield (1st in Eastern, 18-6), No. Taft will play Hollywood, the first-place team from the Central League, in the first round. I always had my gun with me in my bag. SOUTHERN SECTION BOYS' BASKETBALL Championships, Wednesday. As expected, San Pedro and Chatsworth earned the No. He can be reached at ronnie.flores@espn.com And the top-tier level the Open Division tips off on Friday, Feb. 18. . 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). Taft Coach Derrick Taylor is quite serious when he says the boys bracket can be won by any of the eight teams. Westchester. 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. He lives 30 miles from the school in West Covina, and earned a scholarship to the University of Arizona. "When I go back to the block now, only one person from my era still lives there," Langston said. The 08'-09' Findlay Prep Squad was stacked! He picked the top seed, third seed, 11th seed and 16th seed correctly. 1 seed in the CIF City Section Division I playoffs. The thinking is it's safer and there is better education on the outskirts. They are really good. 7 Venice (5th in Western, 12-15), No. This is not to slight or diminish Divisions I through V, which began their playoffs earlier this week. Honig said he didnt see any easy opening games for any of the teams in the bracket. Wilson, Northern Note: Quarterfinals Feb. 22, 7 p.m. at home sites; semifinals Feb. 24 at home sites; finals March 3, 8 p.m. at Roybal Learning Center. When Griffin (UNLV) and Langston (who later gained a small measure of fame in the hip-hop group Chico & Coolwadda) helped Crenshaw to the '89 state title, it was actually Westchester, with point guard Sam Crawford (New Mexico State) and forward Zan Mason (UCLA), which opened up the preseason ranked No. Zendejas the hero Club America needed in key win, Ratings: Stellar 8/10 Salah performance keeps Liverpool top-four hopes alive, Arsenal flop reignites Premier League title race, plus Bayern's issues run deeper than manager, How the Tyreek Hill trade affects the Chiefs in this year's draft, Saquon Barkley sends Giants a message by avoiding offseason program, Five NCAA gymnasts to keep your eye on in 2024, 2023 NCAA gymnastics championships: Oklahoma repeats and Trinity Thomas ties record, College football transfer portal tracker: Notable players to enter, Are college football transfer windows here to stay? The L.A. City Section has its share of great individual talent, but top-tier L.A. City squads are usually defined by depth and the ability to wear teams down. "Society has changed," Morris Sr. says. 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 I don't see how it helped or how anything good would come from it.". 1 team. 5 East Valley (2nd in Valley, 14-5), No. 12 Valley Alternative (4th in Valley, 10-9) at No. They have a very efficient offense and play tough defense to try and make you play quicker than you want to. Birminghams only two league losses were to Granada Hills. Quarterfinals. 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. 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Parents moved out to gets their kids away from gangs, but in many instances kids were already in the gang.". There has been a large population shift of African-American families, accentuated by the riots, from the inner city to other areas of Southern California. "Coach [Sam] Sullivan is the only one who's been there [a long time]," Lynch said. No. 2. "Everyone else either got killed or moved.". The brackets for the 2022 CIF LA City Section boys basketball playoffs have been finalized. "Fremont and the others schools just don't have the players," said Mychal Lynch, the coach at L.A. Price, a private school on Vermont Avenue in South L.A. Lynch was also an LAPD detective for the 77th Division at the time of the '92 riots. Coliseum League Schools: Crenshaw, Dorsey, Fremont, Jefferson, Locke, Manual Arts, 2001 892 likes, 11 comments - Highland Park (Thee HLP 90042) (@highlandpark90042) on Instagram: "Congratulations to @franklinpanthersfootball Coach Diaz who is this year . Check SBLive's CIFLAS basketball brackets for all the scores, game times and updated matchups: But the Toreadors are not a lock to make the final, much less win it, the coach said. 4 Sherman Oaks CES (1st in Valley, 12-5), No. Stream regular season and playoffs online from anywhere. Teams qualifying for playoffs may continue to practice until Quarterfinals, Friday, Feb. 18. We have five guys in our starting lineup who, in any other year could be a number one of two leading scorer elsewhere. Right behind it, as the second seed, is Birmingham. Los Angeles City Section is scheduled for the period of Monday, November 6, 2000 to ESPN Recruiting's Joel Francisco said he has never seen it so low in more than 25 years of watching L.A. City basketball. But that would only happen if both teams reach the final. 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.". Taft (22-2) has won 13 games in a row and completed a perfect 10-0 season in the West Valley League. Were doing a great job this year, with a very different team makeup, Granada Hills Coach Jared Honig said. 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"The main reason is the atmosphere and potential for violence. 5:30 p.m., Evening Varsity: 7:00 p.m. 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. 13 De La Hoya (2nd in Eastside, 12-4) at No. 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. Tension ran high between L.A. residents of different ethnic backgrounds in the early 1990s. How 'light the beam' became a Sacramento Kings rallying cry, Overreaction Monday: What we learned from Game 1s, 2023 NBA playoffs: First-round series, Finals, MVP odds. The COVID-19 pause didnt do the Gauchos any favors. 13 Jordan (6th in Eastern, 7-12) at No. With wins over the Comets and Birmingham, the Dolphins could be in the Open Division playoffs. Fifteen, 20 years ago, you knew with Willie West at Crenshaw, they were never going to have a down year. 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. It was very active and definitely a lot going on in there. City Section basketball has no clear No. "No, my son would never go to an inner-city high school," Player said. Sullivan says he doesn't believe coaches have to deal with players with a background similar to Langston's as much today. If they dont think its important, they dont care. Basketball Home; Teams; States; Scores; Rankings; Stat leaders . Since the advent of the modern California state championships in 1981, the road to the highest-level classification title (Division I) has gone through the L.A. City Section, composed of high schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District. 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 BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS. Feb 25 . Teams qualifying for playoffs may continue to practice until eliminated. 2 Grant (1st in East Valley, 17-10). B. 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State Playoff Information; CIF Los Angeles City Section 10660 White Oak Ave. Suite 216, Granada Hills, CA 91344 Phone: (818) 767-0800 . 15 Bravo Medical (2nd in Southern, 18-7). 10 Birmingham (6th in West Valley, 12-18) at No. on Thursday, October 26, 2000, at 6:00 p.m., at Hamilton High School in the Cafeteria. "You had whole sets of families moving out, even if it wasn't all at the same time. unless noted Open Division: #2 Corona Centennial at #1 Sierra Canyon, Friday, 7 p.m. Division 1: Chaminade 53, Capistrano Valley 49. There is no in between. The six-time state champion coach referred to the state of L.A. City basketball at the time of the riots when his program ended the Crenshaw and Manual Arts stranglehold and won back-to-back 4A titles. Now they want to point out what you're doing wrong.". November 10th. Today, as in those pioneering days, the weekly San Fernando Sun leads the valley residents with insightful editorial, community involvement and valuable consumer information. But he is the only player Taylor said is nursing any kind of significant injury. In that sense, the riots were kind of stupid. Now, they say theyre spending their retirement paying for it. Age discrimination, How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Rainn Wilson, Elliott: Anze Kopitar ignites Kings to thrilling overtime win over Oilers in Game 1, Clippers expect Kevin Durant to play more aggressively on offense in Game 2, Eric Kendricks finds himself in middle of a big hole in Chargers defense, Hunter Renfroes three-run blast powers Angels to rain-disrupted win over Red Sox, Jalen Hurts agrees to five-year, $255-million extension with Eagles. The dwindling of African-American enrollment at South L.A. schools that previously competed for CIF state titles -- Crenshaw, Manual Arts, Fremont -- is most vivid at Manual Arts and Fremont. Any problems with transportation should be addressed to (323) 227-4488. 1 in the state. With Reggie Morris and Randolph Simpson, Manual Arts was really able to compete" for the state title. Questions? PRO PHOTOGRAPHY. Sunset Six League Schools: Canoga Park, Grant, Although two of the four law enforcement officers later were found guilty of violating King's civil rights, the damage was done. Upward of 80 to 100 hopefuls would try out, hoping to wear the famous blue and gold 'Shaw jersey. They even looked out for each other with things that were going to go down over the weekend or at a party.". Many traditional African-American neighborhoods were seeing an influx of Latino residents, which added to the racial tension. Hamilton, Eagle Rock, Los Angeles CES, and Sun Valley Poly are the top seeds in Division I in that order, and all earned first round byes. This is not to slight or diminish Divisions I through V, which began their playoffs earlier this week. "Parents are more protective and aware of the educational and athletic opportunities for their kids. Here are the teams that seemingly have a chance for the title. L.A. City Section schools have won 18 of 32 Division I state titles. We do play defense; and I believe we have the most talent, he said. Key California high school boys basketball games, playoff brackets, computer rankings, stat leaders, schedules & scores - live & final. Taft (13-3) may have started the season as the favorite, but the list of potential champions keeps growing. "I know there are good teachers in public schools. Weve both got senior point guards and a good young core, said Birmingham head coach Victor Koopongsakorn. 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. Beyond those two, the outlook is rather bleak. Watch high school sports and events nationwide, live and on demand, via the NFHS Network. First Round. No. California Los Angeles City Section Division III Volleyball Playoff Prediction. school must provide a faculty member who will, at all times, be in charge of scoring and 2023 LA City Section Boys Basketball Division II Playoff Bracket. 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. "Gabe" is Gabe York, Lutheran's high-scoring guard ranked No. The Highlanders won the Girls Open Division championship in 2019. MaxPreps is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Granada Hills has won 13 straight since that last loss, including a signature victory over Harvard-Westlake High. 8 North Hollywood (3rd in East Valley, 11-16), No. 6 Harbor Teacher (1st in Crosstown, 12-10), No. We may be going to Fairfax butI think Ive prepared them enough to be where we need to be, Wyatt said. 2005-2023 CBS Interactive. Here are 22 essential L.A. spots for every tourist, Column: We cant afford another writers strike. 3 Washington (1st in Marine, 20-6), No. 2023 LA City Section Girls Basketball Division I Playoff Bracket. Use the "Find my Team" feature to quickly locate your team! "I was always on point. Some families simply left the state. But Jenna was able to lead us along early and now the core players around her have progressed. Schedules--By League--(Nov. 5, 2000). Immediately following the acquittals, thousands of people of different ethnicities rioted throughout Los Angeles over a six-day span. 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