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It will be an all-Marine League championship game on Saturday in the City Section Open Division girls’ flag football final, with No. 4-seeded San Pedro facing No. 7 Banning at 6 p.m. at Contreras High.

It will be the final game of five divisional matchups at Contreras.

Banning won the title in 2024 and reached this year’s final despite going 5-5 in the Marine League and finishing fourth. The Pilots have lost twice to San Pedro in close games. Sophomore quarterback Daniela Ardaiz has led San Pedro with more than 4,000 yards passing.

Cleveland hopes to continue its success in fall sports in the Division I final at 4 p.m. against King/Drew. The 11-man football team is 10-0. The boys’ water polo team won a City title on Thursday. The girls’ volleyball team was City runner-up.

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HIGH SCHOOL FLAG FOOTBALL
CITY SECTION PLAYOFFS
TUESDAY’S RESULTS
First Round

DIVISION III
#1 Maywood CES 19, #16 Stern 0
#9 RFK Community 12, #8 Legacy 0
#5 Torres 18, #12 L.A. University 0
#4 Santee 27, #13 Sylmar 0
#3 Palisades 22, #14 Brio College Prep 0
#6 San Fernando Arroyo 37, #11 Orthopaedic 6
#7 Hawkins 19, #10 Hollywood 12
#2 Sotomayor 21, #15 Fairfax 0

WEDNESDAY’S SCHEDULE
(Games at 3 p.m. unless noted)
First Round

DIVISION I
#16 Verdugo Hills at #1 Panorama
#9 Jefferson at #8 Cleveland
#12 L.A. Roosevelt at #5 Birmingham
#13 Van Nuys at #4 El Camino Real
#14 San Fernando at #3 Garfield
#11 L.A. Hamilton at #6 King/Drew
#10 Venice at #7 GALA
#15 L.A. Marshall at #2 Granada Hills Kennedy

DIVISION II
#16 SOCES at #1 Bell
#9 Westchester at #8 Washington Prep
#12 Angelou at #5 Taft
#13 Contreras at #4 Arleta
#14 East Valley at #3 North Hollywood
#11 Manual Arts at #6 Fremont
#10 Huntington Park at #7 Dorsey
#15 Sun Valley Magnet at #2 Foshay

DIVISION IV
#17 Elizabeth or #16 Marquez at #1 South East
#9 New Designs University Park at #8 Los Angeles
#12 VAAS at #5 Chatsworth
#13 Rise Kohyang at #4 Crenshaw
#14 Bernstein at #3 Collins Family
#11 Alliance Levine at #6 Monroe
#10 View Park at #7 Port of Los Angeles
#15 Grant at #2 South Gate

THURSDAY’S SCHEDULE
(Games at 3 p.m. unless noted)
Quarterfinals

OPEN DIVISION
#8 Franklin at #1 Carson
#5 L.A. Wilson at #4 San Pedro
#6 Lincoln at #3 Narbonne
#7 Wilmington Banning vs. #2 Eagle Rock at Contreras, 7 p.m.

DIVISION III
RFK Community at #1 Maywood CES
#5 Torres at #4 Santee
#6 San Fernando Arroyo at #3 Palisades
#7 Hawkins at #2 Sotomayor

Note: Quarterfinals (Divisions I, II, IV) Friday, Nov. 6 at higher seeds; Semifinals (all divisions) Tuesday, Nov. 10 at higher seeds; Finals (all divisions) Saturday, Nov. 14.

HIGH SCHOOL FLAG FOOTBALL

SOUTHERN SECTION PLAYOFFS
WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS
Third Round

OPEN DIVISION
Pool A
#1 JSerra 39, #8 Edison 7

Pool B
#2 Newport Harbor 14, #7 Westlake 7

Pool C
#6 Woodbridge 26, #3 Orange Lutheran 20 (OT)

Pool D
#5 Mater Dei at #4 Huntington Beach

Byes: #9 Lakewood St. Joseph; #10 Downey; #11 Dos Pueblos; #12 Sierra Canyon

SATURDAY’S SCHEDULE
(Games at 5 p.m. unless noted)
Semifinals

OPEN DIVISION
#4 Huntington Beach at #1 JSerra (time TBA)
#6 Woodbridge at #2 Newport Harbor (time TBA)

DIVISION 1
El Toro at Oxnard, 2 p.m.
Palos Verdes at Corona del Mar

DIVISION 2
Segerstrom at Gahr, 6 p.m.
Chaminade at San Clemente

DIVISION 3
South Torrance at Quartz Hill
Valencia at California, 2 p.m.

DIVISION 4
Hemet at West Ranch
Santa Paula at Cerritos Valley Christian, 1 p.m.

DIVISION 5
Loma Linda Academy at Village Christian, Friday at 3 p.m.
Westridge at Peninsula, 2:30 p.m.

DIVISION 6
Heritage at Mountain View, 3 p.m.
St. Monica at St. Bonaventure, 12 p.m.

Note: Finals (all divisions) Saturday, Nov. 7 at Huntington Beach High.

Government says Salim Said ‘hit the jackpot’ in a scheme claiming to feed needy children during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A 37-year-old man who played a key role in defrauding a United States food programme in the state of Minnesota during the COVID-19 pandemic has been sentenced to 30 years in prison, in a case that has drawn intense national scrutiny and political pressure from President Donald Trump.

The widespread scheme in Minnesota, which resulted in dozens of convictions, has repeatedly drawn attacks from Trump, who ridiculed the Democratic governor for failing to stop the scheme and cited it as grounds for an immigration crackdown in the state’s largest cities.

Salim Said, who operated Safari Restaurant in Minneapolis, was accused of vastly overstating the number of meals when seeking payment for providing food to needy children. The government said he was responsible for $44 million in fraud, some of which was committed by others he recruited.

“You took more than taxpayers’ dollars to enrich yourself. You took the reputation of our state down with you,” US District Judge Nancy Brasel said.

Said was claiming a “ridiculous daily distribution of 6,000 meals” while FBI cameras showed 40 people a day collecting food, prosecutors said in a court filing.

“The defendant and his sites did not serve thousands of children; he served a calculated, lucrative lie,” prosecutors said.

Said, who was born in Somalia, denied the allegations while testifying at his 2025 trial, saying many meals were delivered off site. But he changed course and expressed remorse at his sentencing on Wednesday.

Defence lawyer Barry Zone, who had asked for a 12-year prison sentence, disputed the government’s claim that Said was the “architect”.

COVID-19 brought changes to a federal programme that typically fed children through schools. Restaurants could participate, and food distribution was extended to places outside schools.

“For 21 consecutive months, Said made thousands of fraudulent reimbursement claims,” prosecutors said. “Each submission represented meals purportedly provided to underprivileged children, yet the listed children themselves were entirely fictitious.”

The government said Said hit the jackpot, using the stolen funds to buy a $1.2 million home, commercial real estate and an $87,000 pickup truck.

Said was convicted in 2025 alongside Aimee Bock, leader of the Minnesota nonprofit Feeding Our Future, who is serving a 42-year prison sentence for devising the scheme and was ordered to repay $242 million.

State auditors found that Minnesota’s education department received numerous complaints about Feeding Our Future but often told the group to police itself. Following relentless criticism from Trump over theft in federally funded programmes, Governor Tim Walz announced in January that he would not run for re-election.

The Times’ top 10 high school football rankings from the City Section:

1. CARSON (8-1). Colts get to face unbeaten Mary Star at home in test to see if they can beat a team with a large and powerful offensive line.

2. CLEVELAND (9-0). Cavaliers go for rare 10-0 regular season with home game against Chatsworth.

3. KING/DREW (6-3). Coliseum League title can be finalized with win over Dorsey.

4. SAN PEDRO (6-2). Pirates need to regroup after 35-0 loss to Carson.

5. BIRMINGHAM (4-5). Receiver Paul Turner continues to have great season.

6. CRENSHAW (6-3). Cougars get win over rival Dorsey.

7. KENNEDY (9-0). Golden Cougars cruise to Valley Mission League title.

8. GARFIELD (8-1). It’s the East L.A. Classic vs. Roosevelt on Friday at East L.A. College.

9. MARSHALL (9-0). QB Nathaniel Cadet threw for seven touchdowns in win over L.A. Wilson.

10. PALISADES (5-3). QB Robert Holohan has 1,500 yards passing.

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WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS

City Section

Birmingham 46, Chatsworth 0

Brio College Prep 7, Alliance Levine 0

Cleveland 13, El Camino Real 0

Collins Family 19, Camino Nuevo 0

East Valley 27, SOCES 0

L.A. Hamilton 6, L.A. University 0

Narbonne 26, San Pedro 0

Orthopaedic 28, Annenberg 6

Smidt Tech 19, Animo De La Hoya 6

Westchester 25, WISH Academy 6

Wilmington Banning 13, King/Drew 12

THURSDAY’S RESULTS

City Section

Contreras 12, Bernstein 6

Elizabeth 6, Marquez 0

Foshay 7, Santee 0

Franklin 7, GALA 6

Huntington Park 7, Legacy 0

Jefferson 40, Angelou 0

L.A. University 13, Fairfax 6

L.A. Wilson 33, L.A. Marshall 6

RFK Community 41, Mendez 0

Sotomayor 26, Maywood CES 12

South Gate 18, South East 6

Venice 40, L.A. Hamilton 6

Westchester 28, Palisades 0

HIGH SCHOOL FLAG FOOTBALL

SOUTHERN SECTION PLAYOFFS

TUESDAY’S RESULTS
First Round
DIVISION 1
Oxnard 13, South Hills 6
Chaparral 26, El Modena 18
Beckman 33, Agoura 13
Camarillo 19, Redlands East Valley 6
Beaumont 32, Corona Santiago 20
El Toro 35, Warren 20
Sage Hill 28, Linfield Christian 12
Western Christian 13, Bishop Amat 12
Corona del Mar 24, Cajon 14
Etiwanda 34, St. Margaret’s 20
Trabuco Hills 14, Bonita 13
Yorba Londa 44, La Serna 40
Palos Verdes 20, Los Alamitos 6
Tesoro 32, Aliso Niguel 19
Long Beach Poly 25, Mission Viejo 20
Redondo Union 19, San Marcos 14

DIVISION 2
La Habra 12, Cypress 7
Oaks Christian 45, Portola 12
Upland 35, Aquinas 7
Gahr 24, Gardena Serra 12
Riverside King 26, Shadow Hills 12
Oxnard Pacifica 20, Simi Valley 0
Murrieta Mesa 34, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 6
Segerstrom 7, Santa Monica 0
Ayala 38, Fullerton 0
Anaheim Canyon 33, Torrance 7
Chaminade 26, Riverside Poly 7
Hart 24, Glendora 0
Millikan 26, Alta Loma 6
Villa Park 20, Santa Barbara 19
San Clemente 20, Santa Ana Foothill 0
Sonora 31, Eastvale Roosevelt 14

DIVISION 3
South Torrance 18, St. Paul 12
Cerritos 34, Covina 33
Rosary 26, Anaheim 12
Chino 37, San Juan Hills 26
Quartz Hill 20, Lakewood 0
Long Beach Wilson 6, Chino Hills 0
Inglewood 40, Adelanto 6
Murrieta Valley 20, La Canada 12
Compton 12, Los Altos 0
Patriot 25, Bishop Montgomery 7
Valencia 25, Temescal Canyon 6
Lawndale 20, Harvard-Westlake 19
Ontario Christian 19, Channel Islands 14
Moorpark 27, Laguna Beach 16
Schurr 6, California Military School 0
California 6, Placentia Valencia 0

DIVISION 4
Kaiser 7, San Marino 6
Serrano 12, Paloma Valley 6
Redlands Adventist 25, Highland 20
West Ranch 40, Temecula Prep 20
Garden Grove Pacifica 26, Azusa 0
Garden Grove 39, Northview 7
Hemet 24, Canyon Country Canyon 18
Baldwin Park 12, Palm Desert 6
Santa Paula 41, Whittier 7
Antelope Valley 20, Ramona 14
Moreno Valley 19, Monrovia 0
West Covina 40, North Torrance 7
Gabrielino 24, Yucaipa 19
Rancho Alamitos 30, Hueneme 20
El Rancho 22, Godinez 13
Cerritos Valley Christian 38, Brentwood 7

DIVISION 5
Tustin 22, Compton Early College 0
Santa Fe 6, Arlington 0
Village Christian 25, Garden Grove Santiago 6
Pasadena Poly 25, Montebello 14
Ontario 26, Eastside 0
Long Beach Cabrillo 14, La Quinta 6
Rialto 27, Palmdale 0
Loma Linda Academy 26, Westminster La Quinta 7
Peninsula 31, Saddleback 6
Grand Terrace 18, Paramount 8
Culver City 39, Indian Springs 0
La Sierra 33, Desert Hot Springs 32
Windward 13, South El Monte 0
Westridge 13, Orange 0
Nogales 14, San Gorgonio 13
Rancho Verde 25, Valley View 19

DIVISION 6
Riverside North 33, La Puente 0
Mountain View 37, Tahquitz 0
Buena Park 12, Xavier Prep 6
Elsinore 30, Workman 0
Alhambra 27, Pomona 6
Heritage 26, St. Bernard 6
Winchester Liberty 20, Shalhevet 14
Rim of the World 40, United Christian Academy 0
Don Lugo 27, Norwalk 20
Bolsa Grande 31, Eisenhower 18
Santa Ana Valley 31, Capistrano Valley Christian 6
St. Monica 31, Pacific 0
Glenn 33, San Jacinto Valley Academy 6
Arroyo Valley 30, Century 13
Cathedral City 25, Cantwell-Sacred Heart 0
St. Bonaventure 38, Jurupa Valley 0

Note: Second round (Divisions 1-6) Sat., Oct. 24; Quarterfinals (Divisions 1-6) Tues., Oct. 27; Semifinals (all divisions) Oct. 31; Finals (all divisions) Sat., Nov. 7 at Huntington Beach High.

WEDNESDAY’S SCHEDULE
(Games at 5 p.m. unless noted)
First Round

OPEN DIVISION
Pool A
#12 Sierra Canyon at #1 JSerra

Pool B
#11 Dos Pueblos at #2 Newport Harbor

Pool C
#10 Downey at #3 Orange Lutheran

Pool D
#9 Lakewood St. Joseph at #4 Huntington Beach

Teams with byes in first round of pool play: #5 Mater Dei; #6 Woodbridge; #7 Westlake; #8 Edison.

Note: Open Division second round pool play Saturday; Third round pool play Wed., Oct. 28. Semifinals Oct. 31; Finals Sat., Nov. 7 at Huntington Beach High.

The Times’ top 10 high school football rankings from the City Section:

1. CARSON (7-1). It’s Marine League title decision night on Friday vs. San Pedro.

2. CLEVELAND (8-0). Cavaliers produced two 100-yard rushers last week in win over Taft.

3. SAN PEDRO (6-1). QB Seth Solorio needs time to throw in showdown with Carson.

4. KING/DREW (5-3). Golden Eagles on verge of first Coliseum League title.

5. BIRMINGHAM (3-5). Patriots’ offense is starting to improve.

6. CRENSHAW (5-3). Cougars struggled in second half of loss to King/Drew.

7. KENNEDY (8-0). Matthew Quintanilla having big season rushing.

8. GARFIELD (7-1). Ceasar Reyes has passed the 2,000 yards rushing mark.

9. MARSHALL (8-0). Barristers are headed to showdown with Eagle Rock next week.

10. PALISADES (4-3). Dolphins in position to win Western League title.

CLEVELAND — Drew Rasmussen allowed one run over seven innings for his second postseason win, Tampa Bay’s offense kept on constant pressure and the Rays beat the Cleveland Guardians 3-1 Sunday night to take a 3-2 lead in the American League Championship Series.

The Rays will try to capture their third AL pennant and first since 2020 on Monday at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla. Since the ALCS expanded to seven games in 1985, road teams winning Game 5 for a 3-2 lead have won the series four of five times.

Game 7 if needed would be Tuesday, and the World Series starts Friday at NL champion Milwaukee.

Cleveland has not won an ALCS when trailing 3-2.

Tampa Bay scored single runs in each of the first three innings, the first two off Parker Messick and the third against Tim Herrin.

Rasmussen shut down the Guardians’ offense after allowing two runs over six innings in the opener. After Chase DeLauter’s two-out single in the first, the 31-year-old right-hander retired nine straight batters and allowed only one other baserunner through the sixth.

Rasmussen gave up four hits, walked one and struck out six. He is 2-0 with a 1.29 ERA in three postseason starts, striking out 23 and walking three.

Cam Booser and Tyler Wells worked the eighth, with Wells striking out José Ramírez to strand a runner.

Bryan Baker came in for the ninth and converted his 35th straight save chance, his fifth of this postseason. Jo Adell was on second base when Travis Bazzana hit a game-ending groundout.

Steven Kwan had two of Cleveland’s five hits and made two fine defensive plays: He threw out Taylor Walls trying to score from second base on Jonathan Aranda’s fourth-inning single to left and made a leaping catch at the center-field wall on Victor Mesa Jr.’s eighth-inning drive, saving a run.

Tampa Bay’s leadoff hitter reached base in the first four innings — scoring in the first three frames — and six times overall. Rays’ leadoff batters have reached in 10 of 14 innings dating to Saturday.

Yandy Díaz had three hits while Aranda and Liam Hicks both had two hits and drove in a run.

Díaz scored on a bases-loaded walk by Messick to Jonny DeLuca in the first inning. Díaz led off with a line-drive double over center fielder Petey Halpin that rolled to the wall.

Aranda’s single drove in Ben Williamson for a 2-0 lead in the second, and Hicks looped a curveball from Herrin to center to score Chandler Simpson in the third.

Cleveland finally threatened in the seventh when Kwan and Ramírez singled to put runners at the corners and DeLauter grounded an RBI single between first and second.

Messick had the shortest outing of his big league career and didn’t make it past the third inning for the second time in four postseason starts. The 25-year-old left-hander went two innings and allowed two runs, five hits and three walks over two innings, throwing just 34 of 57 pitches for strikes.

Reedy writes for the Associated Press.

WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS

City Section

Birmingham 32, Taft 0

Eagle Rock 26, Lincoln 0

El Camino Real 34, Chatsworth 0

Franklin 27, Los Angeles Marshall 6

Fremont 8, Crenshaw 0

Fremont 34, Dymally 0

GALA 30, Port of Los Angeles 0

GALA 12, Washington Prep 0

Jefferson 36, Foshay 0

Manual Arts 13, Los Angeles 0

Monroe 26, Smidt Tech 13

San Pedro 27, King/Drew 0

Sun Valley Magnet 27, AMIT 0

Verdugo Hills 32, Arleta 7

View Park 24, Stella 12

Washington Prep 28, Port of Los Angeles 0

Southern Section

Antelope Valley 27, Highland 18

Aquinas 32, Woodcrest Christian 0

Arroyo 25, El Monte 6

Ayala 7, Glendora 6

Azusa 25, Garey 9

Bishop Diego 7, Cate 6

Brentwood 13, Windward 6

Burbank Burroughs 20, Monrovia 18

Cantwell-Sacred Heart 34, Whitney 12

Capistrano Valley Christian 51, Legacy College Prep 0

Castaic 13, West Ranch 0

Chino 14, Montclair 6

Compton 19, Long Beach Cabrillo 16

Compton Early College 44, Compton Centennial 0

Crean Lutheran 19, Cypress 2

Edison 19, Western Christian 7

El Modena 13, Sonora 6

El Rancho 13, Santa Fe 0

Gabrielino 39, Temple City 20

Gardena Serra 33, St. Mary’s Academy 0

Hawthorne 13, Beverly Hills 0

JSerra 19, Orange Lutheran 12

Keppel d. San Gabriel, forfeit

La Canada 14, San Marino 13

Laguna Beach 28, San Juan Hills 7

La Habra 32, Troy 0

Lakewood St. Joseph 40, Anaheim Canyon 12

Lancaster 13, Knight 6

La Sierra 21, Norte Vista 0

Linfield Christian 40, Riverside Notre Dame 12

Loma Linda Academy d. United Christian Academy, forfeit

Long Beach Poly 48, Long Beach Jordan 0

Long Beach Wilson 26, Bishop Montgomery 0

Marina 24, Corona Santiago 12

Montebello 13, Rosemead 0

Mountain View 26, Alhambra 7

Ontario Christian 42, Arrowhead Christian 28

Palmdale d. Littlerock, forfeit

Quartz Hill 13, Eastside 0

Rancho Verde 13, Orange Vista 6

Redlands Adventist Academy 30, Public Safety 0

Redlands East Valley 31, Temecula Valley 7

San Jacinto Valley Academy 6, Hemet 0

San Marcos 13, Ventura 12

Santa Ana Foothill 30, Fullerton 13

Santa Ana Valley 14, Magnolia 6

Schurr 36, South El Monte 0

Shalhevet 12, Animo Leadership 6

Shalhevet 48, Environmental Charter 12

St. Bonaventure 36, Fillmore 6

St. Lucy’s 42, Sierra Vista 6

St. Margaret’s 40, Rosary 6

St. Monica 71, Mary Star of the Sea 0

Village Christian 40, Chadwick 7

Workman 31, Edgewood 6

Xavier Prep 13, Banning 7

Yucaipa 21, Arlington 7

Intersectional

Granada Hills Kennedy 19, Golden Valley 18

Vasquez 7, Panorama 6

THURSDAY’S RESULTS

City Section

Angelou 25, Diego Rivera 6

Bernstein 35, Mendez 0

Carson 62, Gardena 0

Contreras 19, Roybal 0

Contreras 7, Hollywood 0

Garfield 42, South Gate 0

Los Angeles Hamilton 12, Palisades 7

Manual Arts 6, Foshay 0

Maywood CES 12, Elizabeth 0

Narbonne 20, King/Drew 6

Orthopaedic 30, Belmont 20

RFK Community 33, Mendez 0

RFK Community 14, Bernstein 0

San Pedro 20, Wilmington Banning 19

Santee 37, West Adams 0

Torres 7, Sotomayor 6

Venice 35, WISH Academy 0

Westchester 7, Fairfax 6