LOS ANGELES - Nearly 7,000 high school students from throughout California will compete in 17 boys and girls sports in the L.A. Watts Summer Games on June 2 at L.A. Southwest College (1600 W. Imperial Hwy., L.A.), Cerritos College (11110 Alondra Blvd., Cerritos) and 16 Los Angeles High Schools.

Students will compete in basketball, soccer, football, baseball, softball, water polo, volleyball, and tennis during the first weekend. Track & field, cheerleading, wrestling and the art competition will occur on the second weekend of the Games, June 9 and 10.

Developed as a healing response to the 1965 Watts Riots, the mission of the Games is to build bridges of understanding among high school youth. The Games strive to promote positive interaction, respect and achievement through spirited competition in athletics, arts and academics. The Games are a grassroots event managed by a 60-person steering committee, 3 full-time staff, 2,000 volunteers and 600 volunteer CIF officials. More than 4,000 volunteer hours contribute to the success of the Games each year. The full June 2 schedule follows:

Schedule of Events for June 2:

EVENTS AT LA SOUTHWEST COLLEGE
Baseball
9:00am Gahr vs LA Polytechnic
12:00 pm Gardena vs Arlington

Girls Basketball
9:00am Leuzinger vs Bellflower Court 1
Gardena vs USC MAST Court 2
10:00am Narbonne vs TBD Court 1
Redondo Union vs Bell Court 2
11:00am Oxnard vs Taft Court 1
LB Poly vs Bye Court 2
12:00pm Mayfair vs L.A. Jordan Court 1
Channel Islands vs Ontario Court 2

Football
8:00 am Westchester vs Chatsworth Field 1
Pacific Palisades vs Morningside Field 2
9:00 am Verbum Dei vs Hollywood Field 1
Marshall vs Jefferson Field 2
10:00 am Chatsworth vs Manual Arts Field 1
Morningside vs Dominguez Field 2
11:00 am Hollywood vs Westchester Field 1
Pacific Palisades vs Marshall Field 2
12:00 pm Manual Arts vs Verbum Dei Field 1
Jefferson (LA) vs Dominguez Field 2
1:00 pm Belmont vs Ramona Field 1
Lakewood vs Dorsey Field 2
2:00 pm Culver City vs Locke Field 1
Jordan (LA) vs Canyon Field 2
3:00 pm Belmont vs Banning Field 1
Lakewood vs South Gate Field 2
4:00 pm Ramona vs Culver City Field 1
Canyon vs Dorsey Field 2
5:00 pm Locke vs Banning Field 1
Jordan (LA) vs South Gate Field 2
Softball
8:00 am Venice vs Millikan B
9:10 am Van Nuys vs Westchester
10:20 am Lynwood vs Fairfax
11:30 am Ramona Convent vs Inglewood

Girls Water Polo
9:00 am Eisenhower vs Peninsula
10:00 am Oxnard vs Culver City
11:00 am Eisenhower vs Muir
12:00 pm Oxnard vs Chadwick
1:00 pm Peninsula vs Muir
2:00 pm Culver City vs Chadwick

EVENTS AT CERRITOS COLLEGE
Boys soccer
12:00 pm Arcadia vs Banning Field 1
Millikan (A) vs John Muir Field 2
St. Francis vs Dos Pueb. Field 3
Loyola vs Garey Field 4
1:30 pm Arcadia vs Hoover Field 1
Millikan (A) vs Hamilton Field 2
St. Francis vs Gardena Field 3
Loyola vs Grant Field 4
3:00 pm Banning vs Hoover Field 1
John Muir vs Hamilton Field 2
Dos Pueblos vs Gardena Field 3
Garey vs Grant Field 4

Boys Soccer (Gahr High School)
12:00 pm Royal vs Narbonne Field 5
Peninsula vs Montebello Field 6
1:30 pm Royal vs Sylmar Field 5
Peninsula vs Washington Field 6
3:00 pm Narbonne vs Sylmar Field 5
Montebello vs Washington Field 6

Girls Soccer
8:00 am Pacifica vs University Field 1
Garey vs Venice Field 2
Temp. City vs Morningside Field 3
Agoura vs Hoover Field 4
9:00 am LB Poly vs Van Nuys Field 1
Lancaster vs Indio Field 2
Nordhoff vs John Glen Field 3
Peninsula vs Foshay Field 4
10:00 am Pacifica vs Garey Field 1
University vs Venice Field 2
Temple City vs Agoura Field 3
Morningside vs Hoover Field 4
11:00 am LB Poly vs Lancaster Field 1
Van Nuys vs Indio Field 2
Nordhoff vs Peninsula Field 3
John Glen vs Foshay Field 4

Boys Volleyball - 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
All boys teams will be put into pool play upon check-in at Cerritos. Teams include:
Arcadia High School
Arcadia (2)
Carson High School
Chatsworth High School
Culver City High School
Foshay Learning Center
Garden Grove High School
Garfield High School
Long Beach Poly High School
Long Beach Poly (2)
San Marino High School
Santa Ana High School
Santa Fe Springs High School
Taft High School
Valley Alternative Magnet

Girls Waterpolo
9:00 am San Gorgonio vs CAMS
10:00 am Santa Fe vs Millikan (LB)
11:00 am San Gorgonio vs Redondo
12:00 pm Santa Fe vs TBA (2)
1:00 pm CAMS vs Redondo
2:00 pm Millikan (LB) vs TBA (2)

HIGH SCHOOL VENUES AND EVENTS

Carson High School- Baseball
9:00 am Alhambra vs Carson
12:00 pm South Gate vs Lynwood

Westchester High School- Baseball
9:00 am Burbank vs Westchester
12:00 pm Martin Luther King vs La Quinta

Locke High School- Baseball
9:00 am Wilson (LB) vs Locke
12:00 pm Hawthorne vs Tustin

Carson High School- Softball
8:00 am Leuzinger vs Lincoln (L.A.)
9:10 am Carson vs Rubidoux
10:20 am Bell vs Mary Star A
11:30 pm L.A. Jordan vs Millikan A

Jefferson High School - Girls Basketball
9:00 am Millikan vs Jefferson
10:00 am Peninsula vs LB Poly #2
11:00 am Lynwood vs Saint Monica
12:00 pm Chatsworth vs King Drew Medical

Morningside High School- Girls Basketball
9:00 am Marborough vs Morningside
10:00 am Marina vs Sherman Indian
11:00 am Muir vs Montclair
12:00 pm Diamond Ranch vs Louisville

Fremont High School- Girls Basketball
9:00 am Canoga Park vs Crenshaw
10:00 am Ayala vs Polytechnic (LA)
11:00 am Bye vs Inglewood
12:00 pm Hamilton vs Westminster

Roosevelt High School- Girls Basketball
9:00 am Fairfax vs Roosevelt
10:00 am West Torrance vs Culver City
11:00 am Artesia vs Bye
12:00 pm Dorsey vs oaks Christian

South Gate High School- Girls Basketball
9:00 am South Torrance vs South Gate
10:00 am Pasadena vs Hawthorne
11:00 am St. Bernard vs Crescenta Valley
12:00 pm Camarillo vs Fremont

Westchester High School- Girls Basketball
9:00 am Birmingham vs Westchester
10:00 am Reseda vs Bell Gardens
11:00 am Marshall vs Chino
12:00 pm Blair vs Mira Costa

Gardena High School- Boys Basketball
9:00 am Gardena vs Marshall Fundamental
10:00 am Taft vs Whitney
11:00 am Carson vs Alemany
12:00 pm Mayfair vs Esperanza

Fairfax High School- Boys Basketball
9:00 am Fairfax vs Middle College
10:00 am Fountain Valley vs Belmont
11:00 am Roosevelt vs Elizabeth Learning Center
12:00 pm Centennial vs Hart

Locke High School- Boys Basketball
9:00 am Locke vs Foshay
10:00 am Lynwood vs El Camino
11:00 am LB Jordan vs Canoga Park
12:00 pm Peninsula vs Huntington Park

Dorsey High School- Boys Basketball
9:00 am Dorsey vs Sylmar
10:00 am Bellflower vs Beverly Hills
11:00 am Morningside vs John Marshall
12:00 pm Santa Monica vs Granada Hills

Fremont High School- Boys Basketball
9:00 am Fremont vs Burroughs (Burbank)
10:00 am South Torrance vs Brentwood
11:00 am Muir vs Don Bosco
12:00 pm Pacifica vs South Bakersfield

LA Jordan High School- Boys Basketball
9:00 am LA Jordan vs Saint Monica
10:00 am Mira Costa vs Blair
11:00 am Inglewood vs Verbum Dei
12:00 pm Calvary Chapel vs Reseda

Bell High School- Boys Basketball
9:00 am Bell vs La Canada
10:00 am Narbonne vs Loyola
11:00 am Pasadena vs Hawthorne
12:00 pm South Gate vs Redlands East Valley

Manual Arts- Boys Basketball
9:00 am Manual Arts vs Bell Gardens
10:00 am Chatsworth vs Lakewood
11:00 am Oxnard vs San Fernando
12:00 pm El Dorado vs King Drew

All events are free and open to the public. Food and beverages are available for purchase at the main venues. Updated schedules, brackets, and registered teams can be found on the Games website at www.lajcc.org. Or call toll free for additional information: 888.52.LAWSG.

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