DATE: JUNE 18, 2003

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2003 L.A. Watts Summer Games Enters Second Weekend with Exciting Lineup

LOS ANGELES - If last weekend’s games were any indication of this weekend’s lineup, get ready for some fierce competition. The 2003 L.A. Watts Summer Games wrapped up preliminary competitions, and will continue to semis and finals on June 21 and 22.

The basketball tournament started the weekend with heated competition. Powerhouse Fairfax easily took its bracket, winning by almost thirty points each game. Dominguez stepped in to take all four games on Sunday, beating Dorsey by four points to win the bracket. Dominguez will advance to the quarterfinals and take on Fairfax in the single elimination third round. Cabrillo, Verbum Dei, South Gate, Carson, Loyola, and Inglewood will all take the court on Saturday, June 21st at Locke High School to compete for the right to advance to the semi-finals at LA Southwest College on Sunday. In girls hoops, Lynwood breezed through the winner’s bracket to beat University by an easy 15 points to advance to the quarterfinals. Lynwood will vie for the right to defend the title against Sylmar, LB Poly, Muir, West Torrance, Millikan, and Carson, also to be played at Locke High School on Saturday.

In football, two teams from LA City Section’s top ten, Birmingham and Franklin, led the pack as they both won all four games on Saturday and Sunday. Hawthorne, last year’s third place winner, will face tough competition as it tries to reclaim one of the top three spots in the tournament.

New to the schedule for this weekend are wrestling, with 400 athletes, and track & field, with 200 athletes. Other festivities at LA Southwest College include a Games Expo filled with interactive games, sponsor booths, prizes and giveaways. Finals Day will be held at L.A. Southwest College on June 22, featuring awards ceremonies, and special appearances by a former player of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Nate Evans (former lead singer for the legendary Temptations).

The L.A. Watts Summer Games, a program of the Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce, is the largest high school athletic competition in the nation with more than 7,000 participants, and draws 400 high school teams from 116 California communities. The Games will return to L.A. Southwest College, Cabrillo, Locke and Millikan High Schools on June 21.

All events are free and open to the public. Detailed schedule for June 21 to follow.

AT LA SOUTHWEST COLLEGE

Baseball
8:00 AM Garfield vs Fremont
11:00 AM Animo Leadership vs Dorsey
2:00 PM 3rd Place Game

Football
9:00 AM Marshall (Pas) vs Westchester
Belmont vs Scripps Ranch
10:00 AM Jordan vs Hamilton
University vs Hawthorne
11:00 AM Franklin vs TBD
Morningside vs TBD
12:00 PM Los Angeles vs TBD
Jefferson vs TBD

Softball
8:00 AM Pool A Winner #8 vs Pool B Winner #8
10:00 AM Pool A Winner #9 vs Pool B Winner #9
12:30 PM Winner Game 1 vs Loser Game 2

Tennis - Boys and Girls
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Track & Field
Participating Schools:
Bravo Medical Magnet
Cabrillo
Franklin
Garey
Garfield
Hamilton
Lakewood
Manual Arts
Morningside
North Hollywood
Ramona Convent
Sun Valley Poly
Washington Prep
9:00 AM High Jump Boys & Girls
9:00 AM Long Jump Boys
10:00 AM Long Jump Girls
10:00 AM Shot Put Boys & Girls
11:00 AM Triple Jump Boys & Girls
Distance Medley relay Girls
Distance Medley relay Boys
4 x 100 relay Girls
4 x 100 relay Boys
1600m Girls
1600m Boys
110m high hurdles Boys
100m high hurdles Girls
400m Girls
400m Boys
100m Girls
100m Boys
800m Girls
800m Boys
300m int. hurdles Boys
300m low hurdles Girls
200m Girls
200m Boys
3200m Girls
3200m Boys
Sprint medley relay Girls
Sprint medley relay Boys
4 x 400 Girls
4 x 400 Boys

Volleyball - Boys
9:00 AM
Pool A
Taft
Whittier
Beverly Hills
Sylmar
USC Mast

Pool B
L.B. Jordan
Van Nuys
Culver City
San Marino
Foshay
Arcadia B

Pool C
University
Arcadia A
San Pedro
Cabrillo
Garden Grove
Beverly Hills

Water Polo - Boys
8:00 Peninsula vs Monrovia
9:00 Crespi vs Oxnard
10:00 El Segundo vs Arcadia
11:00 San Gorgonio vs California
12:00 Peninsula vs Crespi
1:00 Monrovia vs Oxnard
2:00 El Segundo vs San Gorgonio
3:00 Arcadia vs California

AT SATELLITE SITES

Basketball - Boys: Locke High School
9:00 AM Cabrillo vs Verbum Dei
11:00 AM South Gate vs Carson
1:00 PM Loyola vs Inglewood
3:00 PM Fairfax vs Dominguez

Basketball - Girls: Locke High School
10:00 AM Los Angeles vs LB Poly
12:00 PM Muir vs Sylmar
2:00 PM West Torrance vs Lynwood
4:00 PM Millikan vs Carson

Soccer - Boys: Cabrillo High School
8:00 AM Animo Leadership vs Cabrillo
Pasadena vs Los Angeles
Belmont vs Grant
Bell vs San Pedro
9:00 AM West Torrance vs Paramount
Cerritos vs LB Wilson
Diamond Bar vs Westlake
Fremont vs Millikan #1

Soccer - Girls: Cabrillo High School
10:00 AM Bonita Vista vs Highland
Banning vs Morningside
11:00 AM Reseda vs LB Poly
LB Wilson vs LB Millikan
12:00 PM Flintridge vs Bell

Water Polo - Boys: Millikan High School
8:00 Millikan vs Culver City
9:00 Eisenhower vs Palos Verdes
10:00 Chadwick vs Redondo
11:00 Tesoro vs John Muir
12:00 Millikan vs Eisenhower
1:00 Culver City vs Palos Verdes
2:00 Chadwick vs Tesoro
3:00 Redondo vs John Muir

Wrestling: Cabrillo High School
Bouts begin at 9:00 AM
Participating Schools:
Azusa High School
Bell High School
Buena Park High School
Chaparral High School
Chatsworth High School
Cleveland High School
Dana Hills High School
Downey High School
Lakewood High School
LB Poly High School
Millikan High School
Montebello High School
Mt Carmel High School
Paramount High School
Reseda High School
San Clemente High School
San Fernando High School
Santa Fe High School
Schurr High School
Simi Valley High School
Sonora High School
USA Pounders
Valley Center High School
Victor Valley High School
Wilson High School