Patriot

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SATURDAY’S RESULTS

BOYS

CITY SECTION

Angelou 73, Hawkins 19

Lincoln 52, Wilmington Banning 46

Maywood Academy 66, United Christian Academy 20

Orthopaedic 61, Annenberg 14

Wilmington Banning 76, Annenberg 29

SOUTHERN SECTION

ACE 59, Hesperia Christian 38

Arcadia 88, San Fernando Valley Academy 24

Arlington 59, Kaiser 48

Arrowhead Christian 52, Cajon 47

Ayala 75, Downey 66

Beckman 71, Sage Hill 50

Bell Gardens 44, Mountain View 19

Buckley 74, Paso Robles 40

California 77, Chino 64

Camarillo 62, Calabasas 61

Canyon Country Canyon 64, Firebaugh 42

Cathedral 71, Santa Clara 41

Cerritos 68, Bosco Tech 60

Cerritos Valley Christian 74, California Military Institute 29

Chaffey 61, Schurr 52

Chaminade 82, Chaparral 60

Chino Hills 69, Newport Harbor 46

Colton 88, Grand Terrace 60

Corona Centennial 102, Los Alamitos 74

Corona Santiago 102, Carter 68

Costa Mesa 42, Garden Grove Santiago 39

Crean Lutheran 71, Campbell Hall 57

Crespi 90, Mater Dei 59

Crenshaw 54, Lancaster 36

Damien 68, Anaheim Canyon 59

Don Lugo 64, Glendale 63

Eastvale Roosevelt 81, Rancho Cucamonga 52

El Dorado 52, Irvine 35

Elsinore 74, Norco 53

Etiwanda 61, Rancho Christian 48

Gahr 71, Mission Viejo 58

Garden Grove 55, Westminster La Quinta 49

Gardena Serra 62, Western Christian 53

Glendora 64, Quartz Hill 55

Great Oak 60, Norte Vista 58

Hillcrest 58, Rialto 47

Indian Springs 53, Sultana 27

Jurupa Hills 74, Riverside North 67

Keppel 61, El Toro 41

Laguna Hills 80, Murrieta Valley 69

La Habra 60, St. Bernard 50

Lakeside 66, Bolsa Grande 34

La Serna 64, Warren 62

Los Altos 76, Esperanza 67

Los Osos 54, Huntington Beach 47

Mira Costa 63, Bonita 47

Montclair 56, Edgewood 37

Murrieta Mesa 77, Palm Desert 60

Nipomo 52, SLOCA 24

North Torrance 58, Ridgecrest Burroughs 40

Oakwood 62, Claremont 56

Ocean View 63, Lakewood 52

Orange Lutheran 58, St. Francis 49

Orange Vista 66, Hemet 52

Oxnard 65, Righetti 42

Oxnard Pacifica 50, Moorpark 46

Pasadena Poly 53, Rowland 42

Pilibos 59, YULA 52

Pioneer 68, Sierra Vista 56

Portola 63, Garden Grove Pacifica 47

Redondo Union 68, Sunnyslope 64

Riverside King 49, Hacienda Heights Wilson 45

San Bernardino 69, Alhambra 50

San Clemente 62, Yorba Linda 46

San Gabriel 65, Glenn 18

Santa Ana Foothill 81, Calvary Baptist 57

Santa Fe 53, Duarte 37

Santa Margarita 77, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 73

Santa Monica 75, Fillmore 32

Servite 61, Loyola 60

Shadow Hills 61, Troy 58

Sierra Canyon 69, JSerra 45

Silverado 74, Corona 42

St. Anthony 73, Laguna Beach 32

St. John Bosco 57, Harvard-Westlake 55

Summit 71, Citrus Hill 53

Summit Leadership Academy 75, Lucerne Valley 17

Sunny Hills 58, Northview 25

Temescal Canyon 54, Twentynine Palms 45

Torrance 57, Northwood 50

Tustin 53, San Dimas 41

Valencia 63, Agoura 53

Whittier Christian 55, West Covina 40

Woodbridge 54, Ontario Christian 41

INTERSECTIONAL

Bishop Amat 84, Brawley 48

California 72, Clovis East 68

Crenshaw 54, Lancaster 36

Eastside 84, Hollywood 35

Fairfax 77, Bakersfield 72

Fairmont Prep 35, Buchanan 21

Heritage Christian 43, El Camino Real 41

Holtville 47, Xavier Prep 38

Irvine University 70, South Gate 30

Maywood Academy 66, United Christian Academy 20

Newbury Park 65, LA Marshall 62

Oaks Christian 76, Clovis East 68

Orlando (FL) Oak Ridge 57, SoCal Academy 51

Oxford Academy 80, Waipahu 72

St. Genevieve 59, Verdugo Hills 48

St. Monica 49, Venice 42

Vanden 58, Hesperia 37

Village Christian 96, Palisades 68

GIRLS

SOUTHERN SECTION

Aliso Niguel 53, Tustin 24

Anaheim Canyon 63, Highland 39

Arrowhead Christian 45, Hesperia Christian 31

Bishop Amat 43, Beaumont 36

Bishop Diego 55, Santa Maria 36

Burbank 54, Fullerton 30

Calabasas 57, AGBU 29

California School for the Deaf Riverside 46, Woodcrest Christian 27

Campbell Hall 62, YULA 55

Carpinteria 50, Valley Christian Academy 43

Carter 38, La Quinta 34

Cerritos Valley Christian 50, Marymount 28

Chino Hills 57, Palm Desert 54

Crossroads 57, Mayfield 13

El Dorado 37, Corona Santiago 19

El Toro 63, La Habra 20

Estancia 34, Irvine University 20

Fairmont Prep 65, Marlborough 35

Flintridge Prep 47, Los Osos 45

Hemet 48, Lakeside 4

Holy Martyrs Armenian 59, Pasadena Poly 51

Keppel 52, Murrieta Valley 38

Knight 54, Rosamond 48

Laguna Hills 36, Saddleback 18

Lancaster 42, Tehachapi 40

Leuzinger 68, Temecula Valley 50

Loma Linda Academy 64, Rowland 63

Millikan 41, Ridgecrest Burroughs 28

Muir 42, Samueli Academy 27

Nipomo 52, SLOCA 24

Northwood 40, Katella 28

Palm Springs 38, Indian Springs 33

Rialto 55, Bonita 34

Rim of the World 40, Pacific 31

Riverside Notre Dame 39, Vista del Lago 18

Rolling Hills Prep 54, Rancho Cucamonga 51

Sacred Heart of Jesus 54, Notre Dame Academy 33

San Clemente 56, San Juan Hills 46

Santa Margarita 83, Hacienda Heights Wilson 33

Santa Maria 60, Santa Clara 9

Shalhevet 61, Ramona Convent 5

St. Bernard 53, Beverly Hills 34

Summit 55, San Dimas 28

Tesoro 59, La Serna 52

Twentynine Palms 57, Fontana 36

Valencia 68, Brentwood 58

Village Christian 42, St. Margaret’s 37

Villa Park 44, JSerra 40

Western Christian 35, Kaiser 21

West Ranch 67, Faith Baptist 16

West Torrance 68, Laguna Beach 29

Whittier Christian 54, Whittier 38

Wiseburn-Da Vinci 47, Vista Murrieta 33

Yorba Linda 55, Brea Olinda 38

Yucaipa 53, La Canada 36

Yucca Valley 47, Citrus Valley 35

INTERSECTIONAL

Chula Vista Mater Dei 50, Newport Beach Pacifica Christian 36

Ewa Beach Campbell (HI) 48, Burbank Burroughs 37

East Bakersfield 60, Bishop Diego 37

King/Drew 44, Eastside 39

Ontario Christian 92, Ontario (Canada) O’Connor 40

Shadow Hills 55, Olympian 17

Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 65, Palisades 50

Nov. 19 (UPI) — The U.S. State Department has approved the possible sale of Patriot air defense launchers to Ukraine worth up to $105 million.

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency, which is within the Department of Defense, delivered the certification to the U.S. Congress, the agency said in a news release Tuesday.

DSCA’s primary mission is to support U.S. foreign policy to train, educate, advise and equip foreign partners to respond to shared challenges, including in Europe.

The Patriot system will not will not alter the basic military balance in the region, or the impact on U.S. defense readiness, the agency said.

The Patriot contractors are RTX Corp. of Arlington, Va., and Lockheed Martin of Bethesda, Md.

The United States first shipped Patriot systems to Ukraine in April 2023, more than a year after Russia invaded its neighbor under the direction of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“We’ve been talking about closing the sky since day one of this war,” Zelenskyy wrote on X on Nov. 10. “We understand that it’s our vulnerability. And we realize that Putin had a huge number of missiles, while we had very few air‑defense systems and only a small remaining stock of Soviet‑era missiles.

“These systems were no shield at all. Nevertheless, we built the air‑defense we could, and we continue to develop it.”

The Patriots are a deterrent to missiles and drones against military targets and civilian locations.

Ukrainian Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal applauded the decision, posting on X: “We are grateful to our American partners for such an important decision. Peace can only be achieved through strength!”

Zelensky has been pushing for more Patriot system.

“We want to order 25 Patriot systems from the United States,” Zelenskyy wrote in July. “For us, that’s a clear budget, and we understand the financial scope; however, certain elements are missing from the agreement.

“European colleagues can help us here — they can lend us their systems now and then take back ours once they arrive from the manufacturers. These systems are produced over several years, and we would not want to wait.”

Ukraine had requested an upgrade of M901 launchers to M903 configuration; classified and unclassified prescribed load lists and authorized stockage lists for ground support equipment; necessary ancillaries, spare parts, support, training and accessories; and other related elements of logistics and program support.

M903 launchers can carry up to PAC-3 missiles and other types of Patriot missiles, according to Lockheed Martin. The PAC-3 MSE has improved capabilities, such as updated software and systems that allow it to home in on and destroy an enemy target.

Implementation of this proposed sale will require five additional U.S. government and 15 U.S. contractor representatives to the European Combatant Command for up to one month to support training and periodic meetings.

The actual dollar value depends on final requirements, budget authority and signed sales agreement.

“The Patriots won’t solve all, or perhaps even many of the problems associated with Russia’s strikes against Ukraine, however they will provide an additional layer of coverage and redundancy that can help protect Ukraine’s civilian population, civilian infrastructure, and military forces,” Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Amos Fox, now a fellow at Arizona State University’s Future Security Initiative, told the Kyiev Post.

Retired US Army Colonel Richard Williams, a former deputy director in NATO’s Defense Investment Division, also told the Kyiev Potg that European nations are “perhaps more suited to assist Ukraine with this threat.”

In July, the United States told Switzerland it would send Patriot systems intended for sale to the Swiss to Ukraine instead.

President Donald Trump made the announcement to reporters at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland after attending the Club World Cup final at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium.

“They’re going to have some because they do need protection, but the European Union is paying for,” he said. “We’re not paying anything for it, but we will send it.”

Other nations have sent Patriots to Ukraine.

During a conference in Germany in July, NATO’s top commander said that he will send more Patriot systems to Ukraine.

Patriot production has been limited, with nations not wanting to send their systems and to maintain stockpiles.

The United States and other partner nations also need Patriot batteries elsewhere, including in the Middle East and Taiwan, which would use them against a possible Chinese invasion.

Rob Gronkowski spent nine years as a member of the New England Patriots.

On Wednesday, that stint will become nine years and one day as the fun-loving and ever-popular tight end will sign a one-day contract with the Patriots so he can officially retire as a member of the team with which he won three of his four Super Bowl rings.

“I am signing a one-day contract with the Patriots this week coming up to retire as a Patriot and be a Patriot for life,” the “Fox NFL Sunday” analyst announced during this week’s broadcast.

The next day, the Patriots revealed when the ceremonial signing would take place.

“The greatest tight end in @NFL history is retiring a Patriot!” the team posted Monday on X. “Watch @RobGronkowski sign his one-day contract this Wednesday at 12:15 PM LIVE on Patriots digital & social.”

A second-round draft pick for New England in 2010, Gronkowski quickly became a key and beloved member of a Patriots dynasty that was already going strong under coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady. He retired after the 2018 season but returned to the NFL in 2020 to join Brady with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Two seasons and one Super Bowl victory later, Gronk retired again.

Last summer, the idea of Gronkowski re-retiring with the Patriots was floated publicly by Susan Hurley, the founder and president of the CharityTeams fundraising firm for nonprofits. Speaking at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Gronk Playground in Boston, Hurley threw in a personal plea toward Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who was also in attendance.

“Can we just make it official and sign [Gronkowski] for a day so he can retire as a Patriot?” Hurley asked. “What do you say?”

Kraft and Gronkowski both indicated their approval in the moment, with Gronkowski telling reporters that Hurley was the spark behind the idea of his ceremonial signing.

“The reason we’re really going to do that is because of Susan Hurley,” Gronkowski said. “She wants to see that happen and has been dreaming about it happening for a while.”

Hurley died Nov. 1 at age 62 after a long battle with ovarian cancer.

Patriots spokesperson Stacey James told The Times in a statement that the Patriots were initially planning on honoring Gronkowski’s “legendary contributions to our franchise and the bond he shares with Patriots Nation” with a ceremonial contract upon his induction to the team’s Hall of Fame. Gronkowski is eligible for that honor starting next year.

However, James said, “we chose to expedite the honor when Susan Hurley, a former Patriots cheerleader and dear friend of Rob’s, made it her dying wish to see Rob retire a Patriot. Her love for the team and for Rob was deeply moving, and we were looking forward to hosting her for the announcement. Sadly, she passed earlier this month. While she won’t be present, her presence will surely be felt.”

Gronkowski posted a lengthy tribute to Hurley last week on social media.

“We lost a good one over the weekend,” Gronkowski wrote. “Susan Hurley has known my family and I for a long time, she became a good friend of ours and supported our foundation more than words can express over the years.

“But even beyond our team, Susan took care of so many charity teams for the Boston Marathon and their bibs, helping raise so much money to give back to charities. She always did it out of love, her love of the game, her love of people, her love of helping others, and her love for the kids.

“She always had a smile on her face and the utmost positivity, staying an inspiration for runners and charities every single day, even while she was fighting cancer. Her strength and resilience were truly inspirational, and she will be greatly missed.

“Without Susan, there would be no Gronk Playground. I’m thankful that her legacy can live on through the playground, making a huge impact not only on all the Gronk Nation Youth Foundation kids she helped, but all the kids she continues to inspire every day.”