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CITY SECTION

Monday’s Results

FIRST ROUND

DIVISION I

Taft d. LA Roosevelt, 25-17, 25-17, 25-17

East Valley d. Harbor Teacher, 17-25, 25-17, 25-21, 25-19

VAAS d. El Camino Real, 25-19, 25-17, 25-19

North Hollywood d. Van Nuys, 28-30, 25-18, 25-23, 26-24

Vaughn d. Sun Valley Poly, 3-0

Larchmont d. Verdugo Hills, 25-17, 25-17, 25-12

Sylmar d. South Gate, 25-23, 25-18, 25-21

DIVISION II

Huntington Park d. Los Angeles, 25-13, 25-17, 25-27, 25-21

LA Hamilton d. Orthopaedic, 3-1

Bernstein d. Elizabeth, 25-22, 25-15, 25-12

Marquez d. San Pedro, 25-15, 25-16, 25-18

Diego Rivera d. Dorsey, 3-2

Narbonne d. Downtown Magnets, 3-0

Panorama d. LA Wilson, 3-1

SOCES at LA University

DIVISION III

San Fernando d. Bravo, 3-0

Birmingham d. Magnolia Science, 25-17, 25-15, 25-23

Fairfax d. Burton, 22-25, 25-20, 25-20, 28-26

Granada Hills Kennedy d. Middle College, 25-17, 25-21, 18-25, 25-20

DIVISION IV

Canoga Park d. Bell, 25-12, 25-18, 31-33, 25-20

Chavez d. Neuwirth Learning Center d. Chavez, 25-21, 25-21, 25-18

West Adams d. USC Hybrid, 25-22, 25-20, 25-15

Community Charter d. Washington Prep, 25-23, 20-25, 25-22, 25-17

DIVISION V

Garfield d. Dymally, 3-1

Rancho Dominguez d. Valley Oaks CES, 26-28, 25-14, 25-15, 25-23

LA Jordan d. Stern, 3-1

Animo De La Hoya d. Port of Los Angeles, 25-11, 25-22, 25-9

Sotomayor d. Triumph Charter, 25-18, 25-22, 30-28

SOUTHERN SECTION

Monday’s Results

SECOND ROUND

DIVISION 9

YULA d. Indian Springs, 3-1

Avalon d. Bethel Baptist, 3-0

Downey Calvary Chapel d. Southlands Christian, 3-1

TUESDAY’S SCHEDULE

(Matches at 6 p.m. unless noted)

QUARTERFINALS

DIVISION 1

Tesoro at Mira Costa

Corona del Mar at Huntington Beach, 6:30 p.m.

Newport Harbor at Loyola

Santa Margarita at Redondo Union

DIVISION 2

Fountain Valley at Orange Lutheran

San Clemente at St. Margaret’s

Camarillo at Yorba Linda

Edison at Arcadia

Note: Quarterfinals Divisions 3-9 May 6; Semifinals All Divisions May 9; Finals All Divisions May 15-16.

BASEBALL

CITY SECTION

AMIT 11, Reseda 1

Carson 10, Rancho Dominguez 0

Crenshaw 4, Dymally 16

Diego Rivera 15, West Adams 2

Downtown Magnets 23, Central City Value 3

LACES 19, Westchester 0

LA Marshall 11, Eagle Rock 1

LA University 8, Fairfax 7

LA Wilson 11, Franklin 7

Lincoln 8, Bravo 5

Marquez 19, Maywood Academy 2

Maywood CES 7, Sotomayor 6

Narbonne 5, San Pedro 1

Palisades 4, Venice 2

Port of LA 4, Fremont 1

San Fernando 2, Sun Valley Poly 0

Stella 20, Animo Venice 10

Sun Valley Magnet 16, Discovery 2

Sylmar 12, North Hollywood 0

Taft 3, Chatsworth 1

Torres 12, Elizabeth 2

Triumph Charter 13, Valley Oaks CES 3

Van Nuys 14, Grant 4

Vaughn 6, Chavez 2

Verdugo Hills 15, Granada Hills Kennedy 8

Wilmington Banning 6, Gardena 0

SOUTHERN SECTION

Arroyo 8, Rosemead 5

Banning 12, Desert Mirage 8

Beverly Hills 13, Hawthorne Math & Science 2

Calabasas 9, Highland 4

California 3, Norwalk 2

California Lutheran 8, Norton Science 5

Calvary Baptist 21, United Christian Academy 0

Canyon Springs 8, Vista del Lago 0

Cate 9, Ojai Valley 8

Chadwick 7, Pasadena Poly 6

Chaminade 1, St. Francis 0

Chino Hills 5, Rancho Cucamonga 0

Cobalt Institute 10, Hesperia Christian 9

Costa Mesa 16, Irvine University 3

Crean Lutheran 5, Garden Grove Pacifica 0

Crossroads 1, Santa Monica 0

Damien 4, Los Osos 3

Desert Hot Springs 25, Cathedral City 7

Edgewood 12, La Puente 2

Flintridge Prep 11, Rio Hondo Prep 2

Ganesha 18, Pomona 0

Garden Grove 4, Xavier Prep 3

Grace 17, Canoga Park 2

Hawthorne 4, Lawndale 3

Hoover 12, Santa Clarita Christian 6

Jurupa Valley 11, Rubidoux 0

La Canada 9, Monrovia 2

Mark Keppel 12, Glendale 2

Miller 14, Pacific 4

Milken Community 6, Buckley 0

Moorpark 5, Camarillo 2

Moreno Valley 8, Liberty 2

Orange Lutheran 3, Mater Dei 0

Oxnard 22, Santa Paula 4

Palm Springs 7, Indian Springs 5

Paloma Valley 2, Arlington 1

Paraclete 13, Saugus 6

Patriot 14, Norte Vista 2

Riverside North 8, Hemet 7

Riverside Poly 12, Heritage 7

San Bernardino 11, Entrepreneur 1

San Marino 13, Temple City 6

Santa Ana Foothill 3, El Dorado 2

Santa Barbara 3, Santa Ynez 2

Shalhevet 2, Environmental Charter 1

Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 6, Loyola 4

Sonora 11, Esperanza 2

South El Monte 11, El Monte 0

South Hills 4, Crescenta Valley 3

Temecula Prep 13, California Military 0

Trinity Classical 14, Desert Christian 4

Troy 3, Western Christian 2

Valley View 9, Lakeside 0

Vasquez 10, Faith Baptist 0

Villa Park 7, La Habra 3

Warren 2, Paramount 0

Western 6, Saddleback 2

Whitney 7, San Gabriel 4

Woodbridge 9, Capistrano Valley Christian 8

Workman 8, Bassett 7

Yorba Linda 7, Sunny Hills 2

Yucca Valley 7, Twentynine Palms 5

INTERSECTIONAL

Grace 18, Canoga Park 2

Inglewood 20, Alliance Ouchi 5

Viewpoint 7, Fulton 0

SOFTBALL

CITY SECTION

Harbor Teacher 15, Fremont 4

SOUTHERN SECTION

Adelanto 8, Barstow 7

Alemany 16, Marymount 3

Anaheim 21, Los Amigos 6

Aquinas 5, Riverside Prep 4

Arroyo 16, Rosemead 1

Arroyo Grande 10, Coastal Christian 0

Beckman 14, Placentia Valencia 0

Big Bear 16, CIMSA 4

Bishop Montgomery 17, Alliance Bloomfield 0

Bolsa Grande 22, Saddleback 10

California 12, Whittier 4

Canyon Springs 4, Rancho Verde 2

Chaminade 9, Birmingham 2

Charter Oak 10, Covina 0

Corona Santiago 11, Corona Centennial 5

Culver City 23, Lawndale 3

Duarte 18, Azusa 5

Edgewood 16, La Puente 1

El Segundo 6, Cerritos Valley Christian 5

Faith Baptist 19, PACS 0

Fillmore 8, Vasquez 6

Flintridge Prep 9, Mayfield 2

Flintridge Sacred Heart 25, Immaculate Heart 0

Gabrielino 18, Pasadena Marshall 8

Ganesha 30, Pomona 1

Garey 11, Nogales 0

Glendale 17, Oakwood 5

Great Oak 4, Murrieta Valley 1

Hawthorne 20, Beverly Hills 0

Heritage 23, Vista del Lago 13

Hillcrest 11, Moreno Valley 1

Jurupa Valley 13, Rubidoux 1

Lakeside 20, Perris 6

La Serna 11, Cerritos 0

Lennox Academy 25, Inglewood 12

Liberty 14, Valley View 4

Linfield Christian 16, Arrowhead Christian 3

Loma Linda Academy 16, Calvary Baptist 14

Los Altos 3, South Hills 1

Miller 26, Pacific 7

Monrovia 8, San Marino 4

Norco 12, Corona 1

North Torrance 3, West Torrance 1

Northview 11, Hacienda Heights Wilson 5

Orange 12, Century 2

Oxnard 2, Ventura 1

Paloma Valley 4, Hemet 0

Palos Verdes 18, Peninsula 0

Patriot 21, Norte Vista 0

Providence 16, Pasadena 2

Quartz Hill 4, Highland 1

Rancho Christian 9, Citrus Hill 8

Rancho Cucamonga 9, Etiwanda 8

Redondo Union 11, Mira Costa 4

Rio Mesa 10, Dos Pueblos 2

Riverside King 12, Eastvale Roosevelt 1

Riverside Poly 8, Riverside North 1

Samueli Academy 18, Webb 4

San Bernardino 15, Entrepreneur 0

Santa Ana Foothill 7, Crean Lutheran 0

Santa Fe 8, El Rancho 5

Savanna 14, Rancho Alamitos 8

Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 9, Harvard-Westlake 5

Sierra Canyon 8, Louisville 0

Silverado 11, Granite Hils 4

South El Monte 5, El Monte 1

St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy 20, Animo City of Champions 0

Temecula Prep 12, Xavier Prep 3

Temple City 3, South Pasadena 1

Upland 13, Los Osos 0

USC-MAE 22, St. Mary’s Academy 13

Western Christian 18, Hesperia Christian 4

Westminster La Quinta 25, Magnolia 5

Wiseburn-Da Vinci 5. St. Monica 4

Woodbridge 3, Rosary 1

Yucca Valley 16, Twentynine Palms 4

INTERSECTIONAL

Granada Hills Kennedy 9, Valencia 8

“Curly” Williams returned to his old high school campus last week for the first time in 76 years, but did so under his given name — the same name emblazoned on North Hollywood High’s newest attraction: the John Williams Performing Arts Center.

Williams, 94, attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony last Wednesday, which commenced with the composer’s rousing “Raiders March” played by the school’s marching band and accompanied by its blue-clad cheerleaders.

“I think you played that better than we could have,” Williams said, speaking from a wheelchair under the sign of his namesake venue in front of other accomplished alumni and friends, including producer Kathleen Kennedy. “That’s a hard piece.”

The ambitious construction project, initiated in 2015 and designed by CO Architects occupies 35,000 square feet and seats 800. Michael Stebbins, project manager for the BroadStage in Santa Monica, served as project manager. The center is equipped with state-of-the-art amenities to host student performances and school assemblies, but also to train the next generation of theater technicians. Besides an enormous stage, blue velvet curtains, a mixing console and safe catwalks, the building also features new classrooms and rehearsal spaces.

Students, faculty and guests stand for the national anthem before a concert inside the new John Williams Performing Arts Center, named for one of North Hollywood High’s most famous alumni.

(Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

A 75-foot hand-painted mural in the lobby, still in the works by artist Ian Robertson-Salt, is inspired by Williams’ formidable filmography, which serves “as a daily reminder to every student who walks these halls that greatness can begin right here,” remarked Andrés Chait, acting superintendent of Los Angeles Unified School District.

Due to health complications, Williams has made few public appearances in the last two years. He last conducted a concert in February 2024 — and he has also consistently turned down requests to name buildings after him, including at his beloved Tanglewood in Massachusetts, although the Hollywood Bowl did recently name its stage for Williams. It’s a testament to his affection for his time at North Hollywood High, and his regard for the next generation of students, that he not only blessed this dedication but showed up and spoke to a gathered crowd of hundreds.

“I’m sort of silly happy to be here,” he said, calling the dedication “a singular honor in my life.”

Other showbiz alumni on hand included “Beauty and the Beast” producer Don Hahn (class of ’73), “Independence Day” writer-producer Dean Devlin (’80), and Rob Friedman (’81), CEO of Ascendant Entertainment. Partly due to its proximity to the entertainment industry, North Hollywood High has produced a host of famous artists over the decades, including the late Michael Tilson Thomas, who attended in the early 1960s.

John Williams smiles while applauding a performance by the North Hollywood High School band at the dedication ceremony of the John Williams Performing Arts Center on campus.

(Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

“At some point you have to stop calling that a coincidence,” said Kennedy, a longtime collaborator of Williams who gave brief remarks before handing him the microphone. “Something happened here, and something can happen again.”

Williams moved to North Hollywood with his family in 1947, having grown up in Queens. He transferred to North Hollywood High as a 15-year-old sophomore, and joined the band and orchestra as a jazz-loving trombonist. His classmates included Susan Sontag (“I remember her teaching a class in civics, when the teacher would sit down and listen to her,” he told me in 2023) and many future actors, including Barbara Ruick, who played Carrie Pipperidge in “Carousel.” But his best friends were all music-inclined guys whose dads, like his, were famous musicians.

A poster board featured yearbook photos of John Williams, left, performing with the North Hollywood High School Band, class of 1950, in the lobby of the new John Williams Performing Arts Center on the North Hollywood High School campus.

(Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Williams embraced the nickname “Curly,” given to him by a fellow student in response to his curly red hair, and quickly created his own jazz band with classmates. Ruick sang with them at school events and dances, and they became the house band at a new teens-only venue in Van Nuys called the Dri-Nite Club. Broadcast on local radio, they caught the attention of Time magazine, which ran a story on “Curly’s” band in October 1949.

A newspaper story about John Williams’ high school band from the Los Angeles Unified School District’s archives.

(Los Angeles Unified School District)

Williams has said he fondly remembers his civics and French classes at North Hollywood High, but his time and passion were almost exclusively devoted to music. He rigorously practiced the piano at home, studying with a local concert pianist and MGM arranger named Robert Van Eps; on Wednesday nights he played in jam sessions with his father (Johnny Sr., a drummer) and the Columbia Pictures orchestra. He bopped around clubs in L.A. listening to jazz greats like Oscar Peterson (whose style influenced Williams’ recent piano concerto), and started making a name of his own as a wunderkind performer and arranger.

Long before he scored “Star Wars” or “Harry Potter,” Williams did his earliest arranging and orchestrating for theater productions at North Hollywood High. The impact of his time at North Hollywood High cannot be overstated.

John Williams featured with members of the class of 1950 in the North Hollywood High School Yearbook.

(Los Angeles Unified School District)

During his remarks about the performing arts center on Wednesday, Williams said he felt particularly overwhelmed because the school was “formative in my thinking and my professional work … This is a great, magical place, North Hollywood.”

Williams eventually married Ruick, his high school sweetheart and mother of his three children. Ruick was instrumental in making many of Williams’ earliest career connections. She died from a brain aneurysm in 1974, at the age of 41, just one year before Williams’ career catapulted with “Jaws.” The couple’s youngest son, Joseph, lead singer of Toto, stood proudly behind Williams during the theater’s dedication.

The John Williams Performing Arts Center (JWPAC) is the crescendo of a $319.5 million modernization project at North Hollywood High, which also includes modern classrooms and athletic facilities. It’s a reflection of the diverse public school’s commitment to the arts; students here can play in the orchestra, marching band or modern band, and study drama or modern dance.

“As I think about what else I might say to all of you younger people, students here,” Williams said at his homecoming Wednesday, “two words about this beautiful building: simply use it. Make sure you all use the place.”

Tim Greiving is the author of “John Williams: A Composer’s Life.”

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave students their biggest free speech victory in decades, ruling that a disappointed high school cheerleader could not be punished for a social media post on Snapchat that included profane words.

In an 8-1 decision, the justices said a Pennsylvania school district violated the 1st Amendment when it suspended Brandi Levy from the cheerleading team in response to her post.

The court in an opinion by Justice Stephen G. Breyer said her words may have offended school officials, but they did not otherwise disrupt the school. And he said courts should be skeptical of efforts to discipline students for what they say or post on their own free time.

“It might be tempting to dismiss B. L.’s words as unworthy of the robust 1st Amendment protections discussed herein. But sometimes it is necessary to protect the superfluous in order to preserve the necessary,” he wrote in Mahanoy School District vs. B.L.

Only Justice Clarence Thomas dissented and said he does not believe students and children have such protected rights.

American Civil Liberties Union lawyers who represented Levy welcomed the outcome.

“Protecting young people’s free speech rights when they are outside of school is vital, and this is a huge victory for the free speech rights of millions of students who attend our nation’s public schools,” said David Cole, legal director of the ACLU.

The incident in this case occurred in May 2017, when Levy was in ninth grade. She graduated in 2020 and is now a freshman in college.

“The school went too far, and I’m glad that the Supreme Court agrees,” Levy said in a statement. “I was frustrated. I was 14 years old, and I expressed my frustration the way teenagers do today. Young people need to have the ability to express themselves without worrying about being punished when they get to school. I never could have imagined that one simple snap would turn into a Supreme Court case, but I’m proud that my family and I advocated for the rights of millions of public school students.”

Her case posed a question that has divided courts in recent decades. Are students entirely free to say what they wish on social media — even if it includes vulgar, harassing or racist comments — or can they be disciplined by school officials?

During the Vietnam War, the Supreme Court ruled in 1969 that students retained their free speech rights when they went to school, so long as their protests did not cause “substantial disruptions” there. But that landmark ruling in Tinker v. Des Moines has provided little guidance for how to view a student’s posts on social media.

Breyer’s opinion did not set a clear rule or say students are always protected for what they post. But he said those from “off-campus will normally fall within the zone of parental, rather than school-related, responsibility. …When it comes to political or religious speech that occurs outside school or a school program or activity, the school will have a heavy burden to justify intervention.”

The case began when Levy learned she had been passed over for the varsity cheerleading team.

On a Saturday afternoon, she took a photo of herself and a friend with their middle fingers raised and posted it on Snapchat. She included a caption repeating the F-word for “school … softball … cheer … everything.”

The post could be seen by 250 of her friends, including other cheerleaders, and they in turn showed it to the two cheerleading coaches for Mahanoy High School in central Pennsylvania.

They decided she had violated team rules that required showing “respect” to others and avoiding “foul language,” and they suspended her for the year from the junior varsity squad.

She and her parents appealed the decision to school officials and the school board. And when that failed, they sued in federal court, alleging a violation of her 1st Amendment right to the freedom of speech.

A federal judge ruled for Levy, who said her Saturday afternoon posting did not disrupt her school. The U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia agreed and ruled the school’s authority did not extend to off-campus speech.

A look at The Times’ top 25 high school baseball rankings for the Southland after the 11th week of the season:

Rk. School (Rec.); Comment; ranking last week

1. NORCO (23-3); Cougars are Big VIII League champions; 1

2. HARVARD-WESTLAKE (21-5); James Tronstein has reached eight home runs; 2

3. ST. JOHN BOSCO (22-5); Trinity League champions are starting to peak; 3

4. ORANGE LUTHERAN (20-4); Gary Morse, Cooper Sides are good one-two pitching duo; 4

5. HUNTINGTON BEACH (20-6-1); Complete game from Jared Grindlinger shows he’s playoff ready; 5

6. CORONA (19-6); Second-place finish in Big VIII League; 6

7. SIERRA CANYON (21-5); Sophomore Theo Swafford has come on strong as a hitter; 7

8. SHERMAN OAKS NOTRE DAME (18-8); Knights clinched Mission League playoff spot; 8

9. AYALA (22-2); Palomares League champions; 9

10. CYPRESS (20-6); Crestview League champions; 10

11. LA MIRADA (21-6); Gateway League champions;11

12. OAKS CHRISTIAN (21-6); Co-Marmonte League champions; 13

13 GAHR (16-9-1); Bryce Morrison hitting .453; 15

14. NEWPORT HARBOR (19-9); Got a win vs. Huntington Beach; 17

15. CORONA SANTIAGO (18-10); Swept Corona Centennial to finish third in Big VIII League; 18

16. ROYAL (21-3-1); One-game lead in Coastal Canyon League; 12

17. AQUINAS (19-8); Ambassador League champions; 19

18. TEMECULA VALLEY (23-4); UCLA commit Taden Krogsgaard is coming through; 23

19. SANTA MARGARITA (15-13); Lost three games to JSerra; 14

20. BISHOP ALEMANY (17-9); Finish with two-game series vs. Sierra Canyon; 16

21. MATER DEI (13-11); Monarchs have three-game series vs. Orange Lutheran; 20

22. VILLA PARK (17-8-1); Second place in Crestview League; 21

23. ETIWANDA (17-7); Baseline League champions; NR

24. WESTLAKE (18-8); Shared Marmonte League title with Oaks Christian; 24

25. GANESHA (19-2-1); Have three games this week; 25

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL & SOFTBALL

Saturday’s Results

BASEBALL

CITY SECTION

Mendez 13, CALS Early College 0

Palisades 4, San Pedro 3

Port of Los Angeles d. Dorsey, forfeit

Sun Valley Poly 8, LA Marshall 2

Venice 10, San Fernando 2

Verdugo Hills 8, Chatsworth 4

SOUTHERN SECTION

Big Bear 9, San Bernardino 2

Bishop Amat 12, Covina 1

Bishop Montgomery 10, South Torrance 3

Buena Park 5, LA Roosevelt 3

Camarillo 5, Valencia 1

Cantwell-Sacred Heart 11, Bell Gardens 2

Crean Lutheran 4, Trabuco Hills 3

Dominguez 10, Compton Centennial 9

Estancia 11, Bosco Tech 5

Grace 3, Dunn 2

La Canada 11, Pasadena 8

Los Alamitos 5, Millikan 3

Maranatha 17, Oxford Academy 6

Monrovia 6, Flintridge Prep 2

Orange Lutheran 14, Mater Dei 4

Palm Desert 3, Kaiser 1

Palos Verdes 7, Ganesha 5

Rancho Verde 4, Bloomington 0

Rio Mesa 6, Righetti 5

Santa Barbara 25, Nordhoff 2

Santa Monica 6, El Segundo 3

Santa Paula 2, Castaic 1

Saugus 7, Quartz Hill 0

Savanna 4, Adelanto 3

South Hills 2, La Quinta 1

St. Genevieve 15, Verbum Dei 13

St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy

Torrance 5, Warren 3

Wiseburn-Da Vinci 7, Lennox Academy 0

INTERSECTIONAL

Buena Park 5, LA Roosevelt 3

St. Paul 7, South East 2

SOFTBALL

SOUTHERN SECTION

Big Bear 4, San Bernardino 2

Hawthorne 19, Lennox Academy 4

INTERSECTIONAL

Atascadero 13, Coastal Christian 3

Norco 5, Chula Vista Mater Dei 1

BASEBALL

CITY SECTION

AMIT 14, Panorama 1

Arleta 10, Grant 3

Bell 11, Legacy 1

Birmingham 9, El Camino Real 1

Bravo 4, Eagle Rock 3

Chatsworth 1, Cleveland 0

Downtown Magnets 14, Collins Family 4

Fulton 10, Reseda 0

Garfield 12, South East 1

Hollywood 21, Contreras 10

Jefferson 15, Angelou 2

LACES 12, LA University 1

LA Marshall 2, Franklin 1

LA Wilson 5, Lincoln 3

Northridge Academy 12, Canoga Park 2

Palisades 11, Fairfax 1

RFK Community 8, Mendez 1

San Pedro 21, Gardena 3

SOCES 21, East Valley 1

South Gate 9, Huntington Park 0

University Prep Value 17, Camino Nuevo 5

Van Nuys 12, Vaughn 11

Venice 8, LA Hamilton 1

Wilmington Banning 8, Rancho Dominguez 4

SOUTHERN SECTION

AAE 9, Silver Valley 3

Alhambra 12, Montebello 5

Alta Loma 7, Los Altos 5

Anaheim Canyon 6, Brea Olinda 2

Apple Valley 6, Oak Hills 1

Aquinas 8, Woodcrest Christian 2

Arlington 5, Moreno Valley 1

Ayala 11, Claremont 1

Baldwin Park 13, Azusa 7

Banning 21, Cathedral City 0

Beckman 10, San Juan Hills 6

Beverly Hills 11, YULA 3

Buena Park 9, Tustin 4

California 8, Whittier 3

Capistrano Valley Christian 4, Western Christian 3

Carpinteria 7, Channel Islands 6

Castaic 14, Canyon Country Canyon 2

Cerritos 10, Whitney 0

Chaparral 4, Murrieta Mesa 1

Charter Oak 16, Covina 1

CIMSA 11, ACE 4

Corona del Mar 6, Edison 5

Corona Santiago 7, Corona Centennial 6

Costa Mesa 7, Laguna Hills 2

Damien 11, Chino Hills 1

Dana Hills 8, Aliso Niguel 0

Desert Mirage 10, Desert Hot Springs 6

Dos Pueblos 10, Oxnard 5

Edgewood 8, Pomona 0

Esperanza 7, Troy 1

Fillmore 15, Malibu 11

Flintridge Prep 17, Chadwick 2

Fountain Valley 11, Marina 1

Gahr 1, Downey 0

Garden Gove Santiago 7, Santa Ana Valley 0

Glendora 7, Bonita 3

Glenn 9, Pioneer 6

Hemet 19, Vista del Lago 0

Hesperia 9, Serrano 5

Hoover 17, Glendale 7

Huntington Beach 8, Newport Harbor 1

JSerra 9, Santa Margarita 6

Jurupa Valley 4, Norte Vista 3

La Habra 6, Santa Ana Foothill 2

Lakewood 2, Long Beach Jordan 1

La Mirada 9, Bellflower 0

Lancaster 3, Highland 1

La Palma Kennedy 9, Segerstrom 6

La Puente 6, Workman 5

La Sierra 12, Rubidoux 2

Long Beach Poly 11, Compton 8

Maranatha 7, Cerritos Valley Christian 2

Mary Star of the Sea 29, Verbum Dei 1

Mayfair 15, Dominguez 0

Millikan 16, Long Beach Cabrillo 1

Mission Viejo 7, Capistrano Valley 5

Monrovia 7, San Marino 6

Moorpark 8, Oak Park 4

Muir 10, Pasadena 2

Murrieta Valley 8, Great Oak 3

Norco 7, Corona 2

Northview 10, Hacienda Heights Wilson 0

Oaks Christian 8, Calabasas 7

Ocean View 7, Fullerton 4

Orange County Pacifica Christian 15, Webb 0

Orange Lutheran 3, Servite 1

Orange Vista 6, Citrus Hill 2

Oxnard Pacifica 2, Buena 0

Pacific 13, Entrepreneur 3

PACS 10, Valley Torah 5

Palmdale 15, Eastside 1

Paloma Valley 11, Heritage 5

Paraclete 5, Bishop Montgomery 2

Placentia Valencia 10, Santa Ana 5

Portola 1, Irvine University 0

Quartz Hill 15, Antelope Valley 0

Ramona 10, Patriot 5

Rancho Christian 31, Lakeside 1

Rancho Verde 6, Canyon Springs 4

Redlands East Valley 7, Beaumont 0

Redondo Union 10, Mira Costa 4

Ridgecrest Burroughs 2, Sultana 1

Rio Mesa 7, Ventura 4

Riverside King 5, Eastvale Roosevelt 2

Riverside North 2, Perris 1

Riverside Poly 9, Liberty 1

Riverside Prep 15, University Prep 3

Rolling Hills Prep 18, Lennox Academy 4

Rosemead 3, Mountain View 2

San Marcos 10, Santa Barbara 5

San Jacinto Valley Academy 11. San Jacinto Leadership 1

Santa Monica Pacifica Christian 12, Animo Leadership 6

Schurr 2, Bell Gardens 1

Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 2, Alemany 0

Sierra Canyon 10, Loyola 0

Sierra Vista 8, Nogales 4

Simi Valley 6, Camarillo 1

South El Monte 12, Pasadena Marshall 7

St. Anthony 5, Cantwell-Sacred Heart 3

St. John Bosco 6, Mater Dei 3

St. Monica 9, Bosco Tech 6

Temecula Valley 3, Vista Murrieta 2

Tesoro 4, Trabuco Hills 0

Thousand Oaks 5, Agoura 4

Twentynine Palms 4, Coachella Valley 3

Upland 5, Los Osos 3

Valencia 14, Golden Valley 1

Valley Christian Academy 19, Coast Union 0

Valley View 17, Hillcrest 1

Villa Park 2, Cypress 0

West Covina 4, Rowland 2

Westlake 15, Newbury Park 4

West Ranch 10, Hart 2

Whittier Christian 6, Heritage Christian 1

Woodbridge 18, Sage Hill 2

Yorba Linda 4, Sonora 1

Yucca Valley 8, Indio 1

INTERSECTIONAL

SLOCA 12, Del Oro 3

SOFTBALL

CITY SECTION

Animo Venice 8, Middle College 3

Birmingham 2, Chatsworth 0

Bravo 10, LA Wilson 0

Chavez 5, Sun Valley Poly 1

Eagle Rock 12, Franklin 5

El Camino Real 11, Cleveland 0

Fairfax 32, Canoga Park 15

Granada Hills 16, Taft 2

Granada Hills Kennedy 4, San Fernando 1

Jefferson 27, Los Angeles 4

LA Hamilton 6, Westchester 2

LA University 9, Palisades 7

Lincoln 9, LA MArshall 1

Marquez 20, Maywood CES 5

North Hollywood 16, Reseda 6

Santee 21, West Adams 6

South Gate 20, South East 10

Sylmar 19, Monroe 2

Venice 20, LACES 0

Verdugo Hills 8, Arleta 6

SOUTHERN SECTION

Anaheim 13, Santa Ana Valley 2

Aquinas 4, Ontario Christian 1

Archer 16, Oakwood 2

Baldwin Park 11, Azusa 9

Bolsa Grande 25, Westminster La Quinta 10

Buena 7, Oxnard Pacifica 3

Buena Park 7, Santa Ana Calvary Chapel 2

Cathedral City 16, Banning 14

Cerritos 13, Bishop Montgomery 3

CIMSA 17, ACE 2

Citrus Hill 22, Perris 2

Covina 9, Rowland 0

Cypress 5, La Palma Kennedy 2

Dos Pueblos 1, Oxnard 0

Downey 7, Lakewood 6

Edgewood 12, Pomona 0

El Segundo 5, South Torrance 2

Fullerton 26, Placentia Valencia 0

Ganesha 26, Bassett 0

Garden Grove 7, Segerstrom 3

Glendora 5, Bonita 2

Hemet 27, Moreno Valley 0

Heritage 22, Lakeside 3

Hesperia 8, Serrano 7

Hillcrest 10, Rancho Verde 0

Indio 19, Yucca Valley 4

JSerra 3, Orange Lutheran 1

La Canada 11, San Marino 4

La Sierra 6, Rubidoux 4

Long Beach Poly 3, Santa Ana Foothill 2

Mayfield 14, Westridge 1

Miller 12, Indian Springs 4

Mission Viejo 4, San Juan Hills 3

Monrovia 16, South Pasadena 6

Newport Harbor 19, Capistrano Valley Christian 2

Northview 15, West Covina 1

Oak Hills 15, Apple Valley 5

Oaks Christian 15, Newbury Park 1

Orange 7, Rancho Alamitos 2

Pacific 21, Entrepreneur 16

Paloma Valley 8, Canyon Springs 0

Palos Verdes 10, Wiseburn-Da Vinci 0

Rancho Christian 23, Vista del Lago 0

Redondo Union 8, Peninsula 3

Rio Mesa 4, Ventura 1

Riverside North 11, Liberty 10

Riverside Poly 12, Arlington 1

Riverside Prep 4, University Prep 1

San Jacinto Valley Academy 16, San Jacinto Leadership 2

San Marcos 12, Foothill Tech 3

Santa Ana 13, Costa Mesa 5

Santa Monica 15, Culver City 5

Sierra Vista 10, Nogales 1

Simi Valley 11, Royal 1

South El Monte 16, Pasadena Marshall 2

Sultana 15, Ridgecrest Burroughs 5

Temple City 27, Blair 4

Torrance 7, West Torrance 0

Tustin 15, Godinez 0

Valley View 18, Orange Vista 10

Walnut 10, Diamond Bar 5

West Ranch 13, Canyon Country Canyon 12

INTERSECTIONAL

Legacy 5, Mayfair 0

Three seats — two contested — are on the June 2 primary ballot for the seven-member Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education.

The nation’s second-largest school system, with close to 400,000 students, faces evolving challenges and uncertainties that could alter the direction of the district for years.

In mid-April L.A. Unified officials barely averted a strike by agreeing to significant employee raises, rescinding about 200 layoffs and agreeing to hundreds of new hires of counselors, school psychologists and other student support staff. The contracts with three district unions, including teachers, will cost nearly $1.2 billion a year, and board members now must find a way to pay for them amid budget pressures.

Standardized test scores have trended upward since the nadir of the COVID-19 pandemic, recovering faster than the state average, but the pace remains too incremental for critics.

The future of L.A. schools Supt. Alberto Carvalho is uncertain. He’s on paid administrative leave following FBI raids of his San Pedro home and downtown office. At least part of the investigation centers on a failed chatbot project that was supposed to revolutionize and individualize education.

Carvalho said he’s done nothing wrong and would like to return to work. If he does not return — and cannot serve out his new four-year contract — board members would select a superintendent.

L.A. Unified also faces declining enrollment — which reduces state funding and increases pressure to save money by closing many campuses.

Heightened federal immigration enforcement also has affected enrollment and attendance while creating anxiety that spills over into the classroom. Officials responded by declaring L.A. Unified a sanctuary district — both for immigrants and for the LGBTQ+ community, which also has been a target of some conservative groups.

Carvalho’s central focus on improving test scores has led to increased tutoring, repeated diagnostic measures and phonics training. In addition, the district put a successful school bond on the ballot to continue renovations, worked to lower student absenteeism and emphasized greener campuses.

The board majority consists of candidates elected with the endorsement of the powerful teachers union — United Teachers Los Angeles. This election will not change that balance because five seats are held by union-friendly incumbents. But the outcome will determine whether UTLA can further strengthen its hand or whether other constituencies will gain a measure of power at the union’s expense.

UTLA is the most reliable funder of school board campaigns — and the union’s spending is not controlled by candidates.

Also exerting influence in recent elections is the district’s other largest union: Local 99 of Service Employees International Union. It represents some 30,000 bus drivers, teacher aides, custodians, gardeners, cafeteria workers and technical support staff. This union has yet to endorse candidates.

A potential but diminished source of election-funding firepower would be charter school advocates — who once routinely outspent the unions.
Retired businessman Bill Bloomfield — a charter school ally who makes his own calls about whom to support — has been a big spender in recent elections, typically as a counter to teachers-union-endorsed candidates. He has not committed to being involved in this school board election cycle.

The material below was assembled through reporting and surveys provided to candidates. Some responses are paraphrased for clarity or condensed for brevity.

May 1 (UPI) — A student stabbed four students, a security guard and themselves at a Tacoma, Wash., high school.

The four students at Foss High School are in critical but stable condition, and the suspect and security guard suffered minor injuries after the incident on Thursday. The school canceled classes and after-school activities for Friday.

The suspect was arrested and taken to Pierce County Jail on five counts of first-degree assault. Police have not released the suspect’s name or age.

A student at the school, Imonie, told Fox 13 Seattle a video was sent to some students at the school.

“In class we hear, ‘This is a lockdown,’ and everybody’s like, ‘What is going on?’ And then all of a sudden I see the video Air Dropped to my friend’s phone, and we see the whole video happen — the whole fight and stuff — and it was just crazy. It was so bad, there was blood everywhere. And then I heard that, basically, the person who had the knife was — I don’t even know. They said it was some older kid that had already been to jail and stuff, so they came in with a knife. They only fought because, over a puff,” said Imonie, also in the 9th grade.s

She said she doesn’t feel safe at the school.

The school said counselors would be made available to students when classes resumed on Monday.

BASEBALL

CITY SECTION

Bert Corona 15, Discovery 7

Fremont 13, Locke 0

King/Drew 12, Dorsey 6

LA Jordan 15, Dymally 4

Maywood Academy 19, Elizabeth 0

Maywood CES 4, Marquez 0

North Hollywood 2, San Fernando 0

Port of Los Angeles 13, Harbor Teacher 12

Sun Valley Magnet d. Community Charter, forfeit

Sun Valley Poly 7, Verdugo Hills 2

Sylmar 10, Granada Hills Kennedy 0

Torres 14, Sotomayor 1

Triumph Charter 15, Lakeview Charter 4

Valley Oaks CES d. Valor Academy, forfeit

Vaughn 9, Van Nuys 8

SOUTHERN SECTION

Anza Hamilton 15, California Lutheran 0

Arrowhead Christian 8, Ontario Christian 5

Bishop Amat 3, La Serna 2

Bishop Diego 9, Villanova Prep 1

Bloomington 5, Colton 3

Brentwood 9, Viewpoint 3

Cajon 9, Citrus Valley 0

Calvary Baptist 19, Hesperia Christian 0

Carter 19, Arroyo Valley 1

Chaparral 14, Murrieta Mesa 7

Chino 15, Montclair 5

Cornerstone Christian 6, Bethel Christian 3

Crossroads Christian 24, NSLA 2

Don Lugo 10, Diamond Ranch 5

Dunn 18, Santa Clara 7

El Modena 2, Garden Grove Pacifica 0

Elsinore 17, West Valley 1

Estancia 11, Westminster La Quinta 3

Fontana 12, San Gorgonio 5

Grand Terrace 12, Eisenhower 9

Granite Hills 5, Barstow 3

Great Oak 11, Murrieta Valley 7

Inglewood 8, Compton Centennial 5

Kaiser 10, Jurupa Hills 0

La Quinta 1, Shadow Hills 0

Lawndale 9, Hawthorne 1

Loara 11, Magnolia 1

Lucerne Valley 25, Victor Valley Christian 2

Maranatha 13, Cerritos Valley Christian 1

Milken 11, Santa Monica Pacifica Christian 3

Nuview Bridge 6, Temecula Prep 1

Oaks Christian 17, Calabasas 8

Oakwood 10, Buckley 5

Ontario 7, Chaffey 5

Palm Desert 24, Xavier Prep 0

Paraclete 14, Desert Christian 0

Rancho Mirage 13, Palm Springs 3

Rialto 5, Summit 4

Royal 7, Ventura 1

San Dimas 10, Colony 6

Santa Clarita Christian 9, St. Monica Academy 0

Santa Rosa Academy 9, Desert Christian Academy 3

Southlands Christian 17, Fairmont Prep 13

South Torrance 8, North Torrance 0

St. Monica 1, Crossroads 0

St. Paul 2, La Salle 1

Temescal Canyon 13, Tahquitz 6

Temecula Valley 3, Vista Murrieta 1

Torrance 8, West Torrance 1

United Christian Academy 18, Sherman Indian 1

Victor Valley 2, Silverado 0

Village Christian 5, Canyon Country Canyon 4

Westlake 10, Newbury Park 3

Whittier Christian 6, Heritage Christian 4

Windward 1, Campbell Hall 0

Yucaipa 14, Redlands 4

INTERSECTIONAL

Cathedral 13, East College Prep 0

Palos Verdes 4, South East 3

SOFTBALL

CITY SECTION

Alliance Bloomfield 16, East College Prep 1

Carson 10, Narbonne 0

Fremont 16, King/Drew 5

Garfield 22, South East 1

Grant 27, Panorama 26

Harbor Teacher 20, Locke 1

LA Jordan 23, Dymally 8

Legacy 15, Bell 2

Mendez 9, Hollywood 8

Northridge Academy 13, East Valley 5

Port of Los Angeles 15, Dorsey 0

San Pedro 17, Gardena 0

Smidt Tech 19, AHSA 15

SOCES 17, Vaughn 0

Triumph Charter 23, Valley Oaks CES 10

University prep Value 25, CNDLC 20

USC-MAE 35, Downtown Magnets 13

Wilmington Banning 18, Rancho Domingue 3

SOUTHERN SECTION

Agoura 10, Newbury Park 1

Alemany 21, Immaculate Heart 0

Alhambra 8, Bell Gardens 3

Aliso Niguel 7, San Clemente 1

Anza Hamilton 20, Borrego Springs 3

Artesia 16, Oxford Academy 2

Beaumont 9, Citrus Valley 4

Bellflower 15, Lynwood 5

Bethel Christian 9, Cornerstone Christian 5

Bishop Amat 3, St. Paul 0

Bloomington 17, Fontana 6

Brea Olinda 12, Yorba Linda 10

Brentwood 8, Archer 7

Burbank 13, Pasadena 0

Cajon 10, Redlands 3

California 5, Santa Fe 3

Canyon Country Canyon 19, Valencia 11

Carter 2, Colton 0

Chino 17, Montclair 0

Chino Hills 12, Etiwanda 5

Compton Early College 19, Compton Centennial 9

Crean Lutheran 14, Troy 3

Crescenta Valley 5, Arcadia 3

CSDR 21, La Sierra Academy 2

Desert Christian Academy 16, Santa Rosa Academy 15

Don Lugo 10, Diamond Ranch 2

Eastside 8, Littlreock 6

Edison 13, Fountain Valley 9

Elsinore 19, Tahquitz 0

Faith Baptist 8, Vasquez 7

Fillmore 18, Carpinteria 1

Garden Grove 11, La Palma Kennedy 10

Garden Grove Pacifica 4, Cypress 1

Gahr 8, Mayfair 3

Glendale 19, Hoover 4

Grace 16, Bishop Diego 0

Grand Terrace 13, Summit 12

Granite Hills 13, Barstow 2

Hart 13, Castaic 1

Harvard-Westlake 14, Chaminade 11

HMSA 20, Inglewood 0

Huntington. Beach 2, Marina 1

Irvine 15, Portola 5

Irvine University 11, Woodbridge 1

Jurupa Hills 22, San Gorgonio 0

La Quinta 10, Shadow Hills 0

Knight 12, Antelope Valley 2

La Habra 9, Anaheim Canyon 2

La Mirada 6, Warren 0

La Salle 12, Cantwell-Sacred Heart 0

La Serna 15, Whittier 6

Leuzinger 16, Environmental Charter 1

Linfield Christian 18, Woodcrest Christian 2

Long Beach Wilson 18, Compton 0

Los Alamitos 10, Corona del Mar 0

Maranatha 7, Village Christian 5

Mary Star of the Sea 14, Bishop Conaty-Loretto 4

Millikan 11, Logn Beach Jordan 0

Mission Viejo 18, Tesoro 17

Montebello 12, San Gabriel 2

Moorpark 13, Oak Park 2

Muir 8, Burbank Burroughs 6

Murrieta Valley 16, Temecula Valley 5

Newport Harbor 12, Ocean View 10

Norwalk 16, Firebaugh 4

Paraclete 9, Lakewood St, Joseph 1

Paramount 13, Dominguez 0

Rancho Cucamonga 1, Los Osos 0

Rancho Mirage 17, Palm Springs 1

Ramona Convent 23, St. Anthony 1

Rialto 17, Arroyo Valley 7

Riverside Notre Dame 10, Rim of the World 0

Rosary 5, Northwood 4

Rosemead 17, Mountain View 12

Samueli Academy 14, Webb 1

San Dimas 16, South Hills 6

San Juan Hills 12, Beckman 4

Santa Ana Foothill 6, Sunny Hills 2

Santa Paula 11, Hueneme 1

Saugus 14, Golden valley 0

Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 16, Louisville 0

Silverado 16, Victor Valley 5

Sonora 4, El Dorado 2

St. Monica 10, Hawthorne 6

St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy 12, Pomona Catholic 5

Temecula Prep 33, Nuview Bridge 4

Temescal Canyon 18, West Valley 2

Thousand Oaks 3, Oaks Christian 2

Trabuco Hills 6, Dana Hills 4

United Christian Academy 24, California Lutheran 1

Victory Christian A academy 33, High Tech CV 11

Viewpoint 20, Oakwood 0

Villa Park 13, Esperanza 3

Western Christian 14, Downey Calvary Chapel 0

Westlake 19, Calabasas 3

Whittier Christian 15, Cerritos Valley Christian 9

Windward 8, Crossroads 0

Yucaipa 5, Redlands East Valley 4

INTERSECTIONAL

West Ranch 8, Birmingham 7

SOUTHERN SECTION BOYS VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS

WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS

FIRST ROUND
DIVISION 1
Mira Costa, bye
Tesoro d. Los Alamitos, 25-19, 25-23, 25-17
Corona del Mar d. Mater Dei, 3-0
Huntington Beach, bye
Loyola, bye
Newport Harbor d. Millikan, 25-8, 25-13, 25-19
Santa Margarita d. San Marcos, 3-0
Redondo Union, bye

DIVISION 2
Camarillo d. Anaheim Canyon, 25-21, 25-17, 25-18

DIVISION 3
Palos Verdes d. Corona Centennial, 3-1
Sage Hill d. Malibu, 3-1
Valencia d. La Palma Kennedy, 25-12, 25-20, 25-20
Claremont d. Murrieta Valley, 3-1
Corona Santiago d. Mark Keppel, 3-2
Eastvale Roosevelt d. Downey, 3-1
Bishop Montgomery d. South Torrance, 3-2
St. John Bosco d. Woodbridge, 3-1
Mission Viejo d. Paloma Valley, 25-20, 25-15, 25-18
Santa Ana Foothill d. Canyon Country Canyon, 25-20, 25-19, 25-16
Servite d. Wiseburn Da Vinci, 3-0
Santa Barbara d. Diamond Ranch, 3-1
Trabuco Hills d. Westlake, 3-0
Crescenta Valley d. North Torrance, 25-18, 25-15, 25-21
Saugus d. Newbury Park, 25-23, 25-23, 23-25, 30-28
Windward d. South Pasadena, 3-0

DIVISION 5
Dos Pueblos d. Aquinas, 21-25, 20-25, 25-15, 25-11, 15-13
Hemet d. Summit, 3-2
Oak Park d. Damien, 25-22, 26-24, 25-16
El Dorado d. San Dimas, 3-1
Westminster La Quinta d. Garden Grove Pacifica, 3-2
Bishop Diego d. Rio Hondo Prep, 25-22, 25-22, 31-29
Brea Olinda d. Aliso Niguel, 26-24, 16-25, 25-21, 29-27
Norco d. Cajon, 23-25, 25-22, 25-17, 12-25, 15-13
Bellflower d. Crespi, 25-16, 25-22, 25-15
El Rancho d. San Gabriel Academy, 3-1
Ventura d. Vista del Lago, 25-14, 25-18, 25-21
Flintridge Prep d. Castaic, 3-0
St. Anthony d. Oxford Academy, 3-0
Orange County Pacifica Christian d. Etiwanda, 25-16, 25-16, 25-19
Ontario Christian d. Monrovia, 25-23, 25-21, 23-25, 25-18
Western Christian d. Westminster, 3-2

DIVISION 7
Pasadena Marshall d. La Mirada, 3-2
Rialto d. Rosemead, 3-1
La Sierra Academy d. Sierra Vista, 3-0
Trinity Classical Academy d. Canyon Springs, 25-19, 25-19, 25-19
Hacienda Heights Wilson d. Maranatha, 3-1
Cerritos Valley Christian d. Norwalk, 25-21, 25-15, 25-23
Foothill Tech d. Anaheim, 3-0
Bell Gardens d. Ganesha, 25-17, 25-21, 25-17
Long Beach Jordan d. Jurupa Valley, 3-0
Oakwood d. Savanna, 3-1
Knight d. Santa Ana, 3-2
Godinez d. Santa Barbara Providence, 3-2
Los Amigos d. San Jacinto Valley, 3-2
Indio d. Katella, 3-1
Tustin d. Highland, 3-0
Loara d. Gabrielino, 3-2

DIVISION 9
Palm Valley d. Bassett, 25-15, 28-26, 25-17
Webb d. Inglewood, 3-2
Le Lycée d. Acaciawood Academy, 25-16, 25-20, 25-21
Edgewood 3, Rim of the World 2
Indian Springs d. Compton Early College, 25-21, 25-20, 19-25, 25-13
YULA d. Coachella Valley, 3-0
Duarte d. Southwestern Academy, 3-0
Vasquez d. Legacy College Prep, 20-25, 25-20, 25-18, 25-19
Wildwood d. Garden Grove Santiago, 3-2
Cantwell Sacred Heart d. Pilgrim, 3-1
Bethel Baptist d. Pacific Lutheran, 3-2
Avalon d. South El Monte, 3-1
Downey Calvary Chapel d. Xavier Prep, 3-1
Southlands Christian d. New Covenant, 3-0

THURSDAY’S SCHEDULE
(Matches at 6 p.m. unless noted)

SECOND ROUND

DIVISION 4
Village Christian at Bolsa Grande, Friday
Chino Hills vs.Long Beach Poly at Lakewood
Warren at Temple City
Liberty at Royal
Sunny Hills at St. Monica Prep
Northwood at Elsinore
Crossroads at Los Altos
Harvard-Westlake at San Marino

DIVISION 6
Temecula Valley at St. Francis
San Gabriel at Beverly Hills
Culver City at El Modena
Samueli Academy at Firebaugh
Ayala at Garden Grove
Moorpark at Capistrano Valley Christian
Pasadena Poly at Yucaipa
Santa Ana Calvary Chapel at Cerritos

DIVISION 8
Temescal Canyon at West Covina
Paramount at Santa Rosa Academy, 5 p.m.
Miller vs. CAMS at Long Beach Cabrillo
Cathedral City at Eastside
Burbank Providence at Temecula Prep
West Valley at Laguna Blanca
Palmdale Aerospace Academy at Garey
Desert Hot Springs at Glendale Adventist, 5 p.m.

Note: Second Round Divisions 3, 5, 7, 9 May 1; Quarterfinals Divisions 1 & 2 May 5; Quarterfinals Divisions 3-9 May 6; Semifinals All Divisions May 9; Finals All Divisions May 15-16.

Three seats — two contested — are on the June 2 primary ballot for the seven-member Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education.

The nation’s second-largest school system, with about 390,000 students, faces evolving challenges and uncertainties that could alter the direction of the district for years.

In mid-April L.A. Unified officials barely averted a strike by agreeing to significant employee raises, rescinding about 200 layoffs and agreeing to hundreds of new hires of counselors, school psychologists and other student support staff. The contracts with three district unions, including teachers, will cost nearly $1.2 billion a year, and board members now must find a way to pay for them amid budget pressures.

Standardized test scores have trended upward since the nadir of the COVID-19 pandemic, recovering faster than the state average, but the pace remains too incremental for critics.

The future of L.A. schools Supt. Alberto Carvalho is uncertain. He’s on paid administrative leave following FBI raids of his San Pedro home and downtown office. At least part of the investigation centers on a failed chatbot project that was supposed to revolutionize and individualize education.

Carvalho said he’s done nothing wrong and would like to return to work. If he does not return — and cannot serve out his new four-year contract — board members would select a superintendent.

L.A. Unified also faces declining enrollment — which reduces state funding and increases pressure to save money by closing many campuses.

Heightened federal immigration enforcement also has affected enrollment and attendance while creating anxiety that spills over into the classroom. Officials responded by declaring L.A. Unified a sanctuary district — both for immigrants and for the LGBTQ+ community, which also has been a target of some conservative groups.

Carvalho’s central focus on improving test scores has led to increased tutoring, repeated diagnostic measures and phonics training. In addition, the district put a successful school bond on the ballot to continue renovations, worked to lower student absenteeism and emphasized greener campuses.

The board majority consists of candidates elected with the endorsement of the powerful teachers union — United Teachers Los Angeles. This election will not change that balance because five seats are held by union-friendly incumbents. But the outcome will determine whether UTLA can further strengthen its hand or whether other constituencies will gain a measure of power at the union’s expense.

UTLA is the most reliable funder of school board campaigns — and the union’s spending is not controlled by candidates.

Also exerting influence in recent elections has been the district’s other largest union: Local 99 of Service Employees International Union. It represents some 30,000 bus drivers, teacher aides, custodians, gardeners, cafeteria workers and technical support staff. This union has yet to endorse candidates.

A potential but diminished source of election-funding firepower would be charter school advocates — who once routinely outspent the unions.
Retired businessman Bill Bloomfield — a charter school ally who makes his own calls about whom to support — has been a big spender inrecent elections, typically as a counter to teachers-union-endorsed candidates. He has not committed to being involved in this school board election cycle.

The material below was assembled through reporting and surveys provided to candidates. Some responses are paraphrased for clarity or condensed for brevity.

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL & SOFTBALL

Wednesday’s Results

BASEBALL

CITY SECTION
Angelou 10, Jefferson 8
Arleta 5, Grant 3
Bell 6, Legacy 1
Birmingham 10, El Camino Real 2
Chatsworth 16, Cleveland 1
Collins Family 14, Central City Value 3
Eagle Rock 3, Bravo 2
East Valley 14, Canoga Park 1
Fulton 7, AMIT 6
Garfield 10, South East 3
Hollywood 14, Contreras 4
LACES 10, LA University 0
LA Marshall 7, Franklin 1
LA Wilson 12, Lincoln 6
Los Angeles 14, Manual Arts 1
Northridge Academy 11, Reseda 1
Palisades 20, Fairfax 4
RFK Community 9, Mendez 8
San Pedro 12, Gardena 2
SOCES 15, Panorama 0
South Gate 27, Huntington Park 3
Venice 21, LA Hamilton 8
Wilmington Banning 3, Rancho Dominguez 0

SOUTHERN SECTION
Agoura 16, Thousand Oaks 6
Anaheim 6, Westminster 3
Anaheim Canyon 6, Brea Olinda 5
Aquinas 11, Woodcrest Christian 2
Arlington 13, Heritage 3
Arroyo 9, Pasadena Marshall 0
Ayala 8, Claremont 0
Beckman 10, San Juan Hills 2
Bonita 8, Glendora 5
California 8, Whittier 0
Canyon Springs 12, Perris 2
Carpinteria 6, Channel Islands 5
Castaic 3, Canyon Country Canyon 0
Citrus Hill 2, Lakeside 0
Corona Santiago 13, Corona Centennial 4
Covina 9, Charter Oak 4
Crean Lutheran 5, El Dorado 1
Cypress 3, Villa Park 0
Damien 3, Chino Hills 2
Dana Hills 12, Aliso Niguel 2
Eastvale Roosevelt 11, Riverside King 4
Edgewood 21, Bassett 0
Edison 4, Corona del Mar 0
El Rancho 11, Santa Fe 9
El Toro 3, San Clemente 2
Etiwanda 14, Rancho Cucamonga 2
Fillmore 10, Malibu 0
Gahr 4, Downey 3
Ganesha 19, Workman 0
Grove School 23, Packinghouse Christian 22
Harvard-Westlake 7, Chaminade 0
Hesperia 4, Serrano 0
Hesperia Christian 11, Excelsior Charter 4
Highland 6, Lancaster 3
Hillcrest 9, Orange Vista 4
Huntington Beach 2, Newport Harbor 1
Irvine 6, Laguna Beach 0
JSerra 13, Santa Margarita 3
Jurupa Valley 4, Norte Vista 0
La Mirada 13, Bellflower 3
La Sierra 11, Rubidoux 4
Liberty 7, Paloma Valley 3
Littlerock 5, Knight 1
Long Beach Jordan 11, Compton 6
Long Beach Wilson 5, Lakewood 4
Los Alamitos 6, Cerritos 3
Los Osos 10, Upland 9
Marina 3, Fountain Valley 2
Miller 13, Indian Springs 3
Millikan 3, Long Beach Poly 1
Mission Viejo 5, Capistrano Valley 4
Moorpark 12, Oak Park 1
Moreno Valley 8, Riverside Poly 7
New Roads 16, HMSA 1
Nogales 8, Sierra Vista 0
Norco 1, Corona 0
Nordhoff 4, Hueneme 3
Northview 12, Hacienda Heights Wilson 2
Northwood 25, St, Margaret’s 5
Oak Hills 22, Apple Valley 4
Oaks Christian 5, Grace 3
Ontario Christian 8, Arrowhead Christian 5
Pacific 28, Entrepreneur 0
PACS 13, Valley Torah 1
Palmdale 15, Eastside 3
Pomona 21, La Puente 13
Portola 11, Irvine University 6
Quartz Hill 21, Antelope Valley 0
Ramona 9, Patriot 8
Rancho Verde 11, Hemet 4
Redondo Union 6, Mira Costa 3
Ridgecrest Burroughs 11, Sultana 1
Rio Mesa 7, Santa Paula 1
Riverside North 9, Vista del Lago 3
Riverside Prep 15, University Prep 4
Rosemead 8, South El Monte 5
Royal 4, La Canada 1
Salesian 5, St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy 4
Santa Ana Calvary Chapel 12, Bosco Tech 1
Santa Ana Foothill 3, La Habra 2
Saugus 10, Adelanto 1
Servite 1, Orange Lutheran 0
Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 8, Alemany 3
Sierra Canyon 3, Loyola 2
Simi Valley 4, Camarillo 2
Sonora 2, Yorba Linda 1
St. Anthony 5, Mayfair 0
St. Francis 1, Crespi 0
St. John Bosco 7, Mater Dei 1
Torrance 4, West Torrance 3
Trabuco Hills 1, Tesoro 0
Trinity Classical Academy 14, Vasquez 9
Troy 19, Esperanza 6
Valencia 16, Golden Valley 0
Valley View 2, Rancho Christian 0
Walnut 2, Diamond Bar 0
West Covina 6, Rowland 4
West Ranch 6, Hart 5
Woodbridge 6, Sage Hill 0
YULA 4, de Toledo 2

SOFTBALL

CITY SECTION
Birmingham 23, Cleveland 2
Burbank Providence 14, Narbonne 1
Chatsworth 10, Taft 0
Chavez 8, Arleta 5
Eagle Rock 6, LA Marshall 2
Granada Hills 10, El Camino Real 2
Granada Hills Kennedy 4, Verdugo Hills 3
Jefferson 17, Diego Rivera 14
LACES 20, Fairfax 7
LA Hamilton 16, Palisades 1
LA Wilson 19, Franklin 9
Lincoln 5, Bravo 1
Marquez 11, Torres 1
Maywood CES 11, Maywood Academy 1
Middle College 15, Stella 5
North Hollywood 23, Fulton 2
San Fernando 11, Sun Valley Poly 8
Santee 27, Manual Arts 4
Sylmar 22, Van Nuys 4
USC-MAE 25, Downtown Magnets 0
Venice 19, Westchester 0
Washington Prep 15, Crenshaw 12
West Adams 22, Los Angeles 10

SOUTHERN SECTION
Alta Loma 8, Colony 2
Apple Valley 19, Sultana 4
Arroyo 14, Pasadena Marshall 1
Ayala 25, Diamond Bar 1
Bolsa Grande 14, Magnolia 4
Bonita 11, Walnut 3
Buena Park 8, Katella 7
Burbank Providence 14, Narbonne 1
Canyon Springs 14, Moreno Valley 1
Chaparral 8, Linfield Christian 7
Charter Oak 10, Northview 0
Citrus Hill 16, Vista del Lago 4
Corona 9, Corona Centennial 4
Covina 10, West Covina 0
Duarte 20, Nogales 4
Edgewood 16, Bassett 2
El Modena 4, Anaheim Canyon 1
El Rancho 14, Paramount 13
El Segundo 10, Torrance 9
Fullerton 10, La Palma Kennedy 0
Ganesha 30, Workman 0
Garden Grove Santiago 13, Santa Ana Valley 1
Garey 12, Baldwin Park 1
Glendora 12, Claremont 1
Hemet 12, Hillcrest 0
Hesperia Christian 11, Excelsior Charter 0
HMSA 15, Gardena Serra 14
Irvine University 14, Portola 0
Jurupa Valley 17, Norte Vista 0
Laguna Hills 23, Godinez 1
La Sierra 14, Rubidoux 4
Lennox Academy 13, Animo City of Champions 3
Long Beach Poly 16, Gahr 9
Los Amigos 12, Loara 2
Miller 14, Indian Springs 4
Oak Hills 15, Hesperia 2
Orange 7, Savanna 5
Orange Vista 6, Riverside North 1
Pacific 28, Entrepreneur 13
Paloma Valley 12, Rancho Verde 0
Palos Verdes 12, Mira Costa 2
Pasadena 20, Gabrielino 19
Pasadena Poly 7, Flintridge Sacred Heart 6
Ramona 13, Patriot 7
Rancho Christian 12, Lakeside 1
Rancho Mirage 8, Palm Desert 4
Rio Mesa 2, Ventura 0
Riverside King 7, Corona Santiago 4
Riverside Poly 13, Liberty 7
Riverside Prep 17, University Prep 5
Rowland 12, Hacienda Heights Wilson 6
Segerstrom 9, Placentia Valencia 7
Serrano 13, Ridgecrest Burroughs 1
Sierra Vista 10, Azusa 9
South El Monte 16, Rosemead 0
South Torrance 4, North Torrance 3
Sunny Hills 11, Crean Lutheran 1
Tustin 1, Santa Ana 0
Valencia 20, Vasquez 3
Valley View 11, Arlington 4
Westminster 13, Ocean View 7
Westminster La Quinta 15, Estancia 5
Wiseburn-Da Vinci 6, Peninsula 3

INTERSECTIONAL
Legacy 11, Norwalk 3

Three seats are on the June 2 primary ballot for the seven-member Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education, but the District 6 race is essentially a foregone conclusion: The only name on the ballot is two-term incumbent Kelly Gonez.

The nation’s second-largest school system, with close to 400,000 students, faces evolving challenges and uncertainties that could alter the direction of the district for years.

In mid-April L.A. Unified officials barely averted a strike by agreeing to significant employee raises, rescinding about 200 layoffs and agreeing to hundreds of new hires of counselors, school psychologists and other student support staff. The contracts with three district unions, including teachers, will cost nearly $1.2 billion a year, and board members now must find a way to pay for them amid budget pressures.

Standardized test scores have trended upward since the nadir of the COVID-19 pandemic, recovering faster than the state average, but the pace remains too incremental for critics.

The future of L.A. schools Supt. Alberto Carvalho is uncertain. He’s on paid administrative leave following FBI raids of his San Pedro home and downtown office. At least part of the investigation centers on a failed chatbot project that was supposed to revolutionize and individualize education.

Carvalho said he’s done nothing wrong and would like to return to work. If he does not return — and cannot serve out his new four-year contract — board members would select a superintendent.

L.A. Unified also faces declining enrollment — which reduces state funding and increases pressure to save money by closing many campuses.

Heightened federal immigration enforcement also has affected enrollment and attendance while creating anxiety that spills over into the classroom. Officials responded by declaring L.A. Unified a sanctuary district — both for immigrants and for the LGBTQ+ community, which also has been a target of some conservative groups.

Carvalho’s central focus on improving test scores has led to increased tutoring, repeated diagnostic measures and phonics training. In addition, the district put a successful school bond on the ballot to continue renovations, worked to lower student absenteeism and emphasized greener campuses.

The board majority consists of candidates elected with the endorsement of the powerful teachers union — United Teachers Los Angeles. This election will not change that balance because five seats are held by union-friendly incumbents. But the outcome will determine whether UTLA can further strengthen its hand or whether other constituencies will gain a measure of power at that union’s expense.

The material below was assembled through reporting and a survey provided to Gonez. Some responses are paraphrased for clarity or condensed for brevity.

Ever-growing power conferences are the driving force behind an impending expansion of the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments, which ESPN reported could be formalized within weeks and begin next season.

The field would grow from 68 teams to 76 that would include eight additional at-large teams in each tournament. The current First Four — eight teams playing four games — would expand to 12 games played by 24 teams at two sites on the first Tuesday and Wednesday of the tournament. The traditional 64-team bracket would begin Thursday as usual.

Mid-majors likely are tempering any celebration. The change might not mean more invitations to the Big Dance for underdogs because the NCAA and its media partners favor large, established schools with large, established fan bases for viewership and revenue.

The Power Four — the Big Ten, SEC, Big 12 and ACC — plus the Big East comprise 79 schools and continue to add rather than subtract. Even teams with conference records under .500 are usually considered more desirable additions to March Madness than mid-major potential Cinderellas.

Power conference teams play more highly regarded opponents than do mid-majors, who often struggle to schedule top opponents. That’s called strength of schedule, and advanced metrics such as KenPom, NET and Wins Above Bubble usually favor power conference schools.

It’s a bit too soon to start listing schools that likely would make the cut next March after missing out in recent years. The NCAA cautioned that the expansion is not official — yet.

“Expanding the basketball tournaments would require approval from multiple NCAA committees, including the men’s and women’s basketball committees, and no final recommendation or decisions have been made at this time,” the NCAA said in a statement.

Those final steps have been initiated, and one anonymous source told ESPN that approval by those committees “are just formalities.”

The women’s tournament would include the same expansion — and likely also favor the addition of teams from the power conferences.

BASEBALL

CITY SECTION

Chavez 15, Grant 1

Discovery 20, Central City Value 19

Fremont 10, Harbor Teacher 0

LA Jordan 15, Washington Prep 0

Lakeview Charter 17, Valor Academy 3

Maywood Academy 18, Elizabeth 1

Maywood CES 7, Marquez 1

Port of Los Angeles 14, King/Drew 8

Roybal 9, Hollywood 1

San Fernando 3, North Hollywood 2

Sun Valley Magnet 11, Valley Oaks CES

Sun Valley Poly 5, Verdugo Hills 2

Sylmar 11, Granada Hills Kennedy 3

Torres 6, Sotomayor 4

Triumph Charter 18, Bert Corona 3

Troy 15, Fulton 0

Van Nuys 14, Arleta 4

Vaughn 13, VAAS 2

SOUTHERN SECTION

AAE 11, Silver Valley 1

Alta Loma 5, Los Altos 3

Animo Leadership 6, HMSA 2

Arrowhead Christian 8, Ontario Christian 4

Bishop Diego 10, Villanova Prep 2

Buena 5, Saugus 4

Cajon 2, Citrus Valley 1

California 18, Schurr 2

Canyon Country Canyon 11, Burbank Providence 2

Corona 6, Norco 4

Corona Santiago 7, Corona Centennial 0

Damien 6, Chino Hills 3

Dunn 6, Santa Clara 0

Eastvale Roosevelt 10, Riverside King 7

Etiwanda 3, Rancho Cucamonga 1

Faith Baptist 9, Valley Torah 3

Gabrielino 3, Arroyo 1

Liberty 5, Cornerstone Christian 4

Mary Star of the Sea 6, South El Monte 5

Mountain View 15, El Monte 4

Nuview Bridge 10, SJDLCS 1

Oak Park 12, Fillmore 11

Pacific 13, Entrepreneur 0

Palm Desert 19, Xavier Prep 1

Rancho Mirage 9, Palm Springs 1

Redlands East Valley 6, Beaumont 3

San Dimas 5, Colony 1

San Gorgonio 8, Rim of the World 7

San Jacinto Valley Academy 13, San Jacinto Leadership 0

St. Bonaventure 2, Foothill Tech 1

Troy 15, Fulton 0

Upland 4, Los Osos 3

Western Christian 4, Jurupa Valley 3

Whittier 5, Hoover 3

Yucaipa 9, Redlands 1

YULA 10, de Toledo 6

INTERSECTIONAL

Cathedral 17, Stella Charter 1

Loma Linda Academy 17, Public Safety Academy 4

SOFTBALL

CITY SECTION

Animo Venice 15, Stella 2

Animo Watts 21, AHSA 6

Carson 24, Gardena 0

Discovery 27, Valor Academy 16

Dorsey 9, Fremont 5

East Valley 18, Grant 8

Garfield 6, South East 1

LA Jordan 12, Washington Prep 9

Legacy 15, Bell 0

Mendez 19, Belmont 2

Middle College 20, LAAAE 6

Narbonne 7, Rancho Dominguez 4

Panorama 24, Vaughn 24

San Pedro 8, Wilmington Banning 2

SOCES 20, VAAS 0

Triumph Charter 15, Lakeview Charter 5

USC-MAE 21, Animo Bunche 4

West Adams 16, Manual Arts 2

SOUTHERN SECTION

Arroyo 13, Gabrielino 0

Bishop Amat 8, Lakewood St. Joseph 6

Bloomington 16, Rim of the World 6

Castaic 15, Golden Valley 5

Duarte 12, Nogales 2

Jurupa Valley 14, RSCSM 4

La Quinta 6, Shadow Hills 2

La Salle 8, Crescenta Valley 3

Long Beach Jordan 21, Century 12

Ocean View 16, Estancia 0

Orange Vista 5, Arlington 3

Rancho Mirage 16, Palm Springs 1

Rosary 14, Sonora 12

Riverside North 6, Rancho Verde 4

Sacred Heart of Jesus 15, Pomona Catholic 0

San Marino 14, South Pasadena 6

Santa Paula 24, Nordhoff 2

Segerstrom 26, St. Pius X-St. Matthias 0

Sunny Hills 17, Oxford Academy 0

INTERSECTIONAL

El Camino Real 10, Calabasas 2

LA University 15, Long Beach Cabrillo 4

Laton 17, Valley Christian Academy 16

Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 11, Birmingham 2

A look at The Times’ top 25 high school baseball rankings for the Southland after the 10th week of the season:

Rk. School (Rec.); Comment; ranking last week

1. NORCO (21-2); Three-game showdown this week with Corona; 2

2. HARVARD-WESTLAKE (19-4); Pitchers Justin Kirchner (8-0), Evan Alexander (7-1) are coming through; 3

3. ST. JOHN BOSCO (19-5); Jaden Jackson has become hot leadoff man; 4

4. ORANGE LUTHERAN (18-4); Trying to lock down second place in Trinity League; 1

5. HUNTINGTON BEACH (18-5-1); Lost first Sunset League game to Los Alamitos; 5

6. CORONA (18-4); Trey Ebel had 10 RBIs in game vs. Eastvale Roosevelt; 6

7. SIERRA CANYON (18-5); Trailblazers tied for second in Mission League; 7

8. SHERMAN OAKS NOTRE DAME (16-7); Jacob Madrid raised his home run total to seven; 8

9. AYALA (20-2); Bulldogs are 8-0 in the Palomares League; 12

10. CYPRESS (19-5); Eight wins in the last nine games; 13

11. LA MIRADA (18-6); Sophomore Julian Pardinas is 6-1 with 1.03 ERA; 9

12. ROYAL (19-3); Another 14-strikeout performance from Dustin Dunwoody; 10

13. OAKS CHRISTIAN (18-5); Lions are tied for first place in Marmonte League; 14

14. SANTA MARGARITA (15-10); Eagles defeat Orange Lutheran, 10-9; 17

15 GAHR (13-9-1); A dangerous team for the playoffs because of tough schedule; 19

16. BISHOP ALEMANY (16-7); Battling for fourth place in Mission League; 11

17. NEWPORT HARBOR (18-7); Second place in the Sunset League; 20

18. CORONA SANTIAGO (15-10); Quality team despite being swept by No. 1 Norco; 21

19. AQUINAS (16-8); Won two of three over second-place Linfield Christian; 22

20. MATER DEI (13-8); Monarchs control their own destiny for playoff spot; 23

21. VILLA PARK (16-7-1); Showdown week with two-game series vs. Cypress; 24

22. ALTA LOMA (16-5-1); In position to win the Hacienda League; NR

23. TEMECULA VALLEY (20-4); Golden Bears are 12-0 in the Southwestern League; NR

24. WESTLAKE (16-7); Sophomore Dylan Lee had two home runs, seven RBIs vs. Thousand Oaks; NR

25. GANESHA (16-2-1); Suffered a loss to Riverside Prep; 15

The postseason has already begin, with playoffs and spring high school championships filling much of May.

Baseball

Southern Section Division 1 final will be held at Cal State Fullerton on Friday, May 29; others May 30 at Epicenter stadium in Rancho Cucamonga

City Section Open Division and Division I finals will be held at Dodger Stadium on Saturday, May 23.

Softball

Southern Section finals May 28-30 at Barber Park in Irvine.

City Section finals May 29-30 at site TBA.

Track and field

Southern Section finals are Saturday, May 16, at Moorpark High, with the Masters Meet on May 23.

City Section finals are Thursday, May 21, at Birmingham.

Boys’ volleyball

Southern Section finals are May 14-16 at Cerritos College.

City Section finals are Friday, May 15, at Venice and Saturday, May 16, at Birmingham

Girls’ beach volleyball

Southern Section finals are May 2 at Long Beach City College

City Section team final are May 1 at Santa Monica Beach

Lacrosse

Southern Section finals are May 15-16 at Fred Kelly Stadium in Orange.

City Section finals are Thursday, April 30, at Palisades

Swimming

Southern Section finals are May 5-9 at Mt. San Antonio College

City Section finals are Friday, May 8, at East L.A. College

Boys’ golf

Southern Section individual final is Thursday, May 21; team finals are May 18-19.

City Section finals are Wednesday, May 20, at Wilson/Harding.

Boys’ tennis

Southern Section finals are Friday, May 15, at University of Redlands Claremont Club

City Section finals are April 29, May 6-7 at Balboa Park

Stunt Cheer

Southern Section finals are Saturday, May 2, at Brea Olinda.

City Section finals are Friday, May 1, at Venice

This is a daily look at the positive happenings in high school sports. To submit any news, please email eric.sondheimer@latimes.com.

At a school with the rich athletic tradition of Santa Ana Mater Dei, it is rare to be the first to achieve anything, but Matteo Huarte made history Saturday by becoming the Monarchs’ only CIF singles champion at the Ojai Valley Tennis Tournament.

After losing in straight sets to Rishvanth Krishna from Irvine University in last year’s final, Huarte was not about to squander his second chance. He raced to an early lead in the first-set tiebreaker, then broke to open the second set on his way to a 7-6 (3), 6-1 victory over Woodbridge’s Brayden Tallakson in front of a packed grandstand at Libbey Park.

Huarte had four service breaks — the last being a cross-court passing shot on match point. The final resembled Huarte’s semifinal win versus Irvine University’s JiHyuk Im in which he took the first-set tiebreaker 7-4 then cruised 6-2 in the second set.

“I’m happy I was able to do it for my school,” said Huarte, a junior who has committed to USC. “We’ve played each other a couple times and the key was to manage his serve and get into the rally. Once I got ahead of him in the tiebreak and then won the first game of the second set I was able to run away with it.”

Mater Dei’s only other title in the Ojai tournament’s long and storied history came in doubles in 2008 when Charlie Alvarado and Chris Freeman upset top-seeded Tyler Bowman and Jon Kazarian of Peninsula in three sets.

“It’s kind of hard to believe I’m the first to do it,” said Huarte about his singles title.

Last year, Huarte fell in the Southern Section semifinals to Palos Verdes ninth-grader Andrew Johnson, who went on to beat Tallakson 6-4, 6-3 in the final.

Tallakson was trying to make history of his own Saturday at a venue near and dear to his heart.

Woodbridge’s Brayden Tallakson celebrates after his quarterfinal victory over Beckman’s Rohan Grewal at the Ojai Valley Tennis Tournament on Saturday.

(Steve Galluzzo / For The Times)

“I started playing tennis down in lower Libbey, my dad Steve grew up here and won the men’s tournament, so this place is like home for my family,” said Tallakson, who quickly downed Palisades freshman Kensho Ford 6-2, 6-1 in the semifinals. “Matteo came out real aggressive, I made a couple errors on big points and he was just the better player today.”

Tallakson won the boys’ 14s division at Ojai in 2022 and had he prevailed Saturday, he would have been the first player to capture CIF singles and doubles titles at Ojai since Santa Barbara’s Nathan Jackmon won the doubles in 1993 and the singles in 1994. Tallakson won the doubles crown in 2023 with older brother Avery, with whom he will reunite next year at Boise State.

Peninsula seniors Colin Bringas and Edward Feuer completed one of the most dominant runs through the doubles draw ever seen at Ojai by beating Harvard-Westlake’s Aaron Chung and Chase Klugo 6-4, 6-2 in the finals. The Panthers’ duo did not drop a set in six matches and did not give up more than three games in a set until the first set Saturday when they broke in the ninth game to go up 5-4 and then served it out.

Bringas and Feuer are the first Peninsula pair to reach the CIF final at Ojai since 2011 and the third tandem in history to win it, joining Rylan Rizza and Jeff Kazarian in 2001, and Kazarian and Tiege Sullivan the following year.

Peninsula seniors Colin Bringas, left, and Edward Feuer celebrate after winning the CIF boys’ doubles title at the Ojai Valley Tennis Tournament on Saturday.

(Steve Galluzzo / For The Times)

“We’ve been playing together since second or third grade and we’ve been best friends since middle school at Ridgecrest Intermediate [in Palos Verdes],” Bringas said. “I always play the ad side, he’s always played the deuce court. I think the key was big serves … they make it easy for the net person to put balls away.”

Bringas and Feuer have partnered at Ojai the last three years, losing in the quarterfinal round as sophomores and juniors but steamrolling this year. They made a measly three unforced errors in a 6-1, 6-1 semifinal wipeout of Marina’s David Tran and Alejandro Hill. Tran was playing in his second straight final, having taken the runner-up prize with Trevor Nguyen in 2025.

“We were confident we’d win, but we felt the pressure and knew there are a lot of good teams here,” said Feuer, who plays No. 1 singles for dual matches while Bringas plays the No. 1 doubles spot with another teammate. “It’ll be really strange playing against each other next year.”

Bringas is bound for Westmont College and Feuer is headed to Point Loma Nazarene — rival NCAA Division II programs in the Pacific West Conference.

Harvard-Westlake, Woodbridge and University shared the Griggs Cup trophy, presented to the school with the most combined wins in singles and doubles. All three notched seven victories to force a three-way tie for only the fifth time since the award debuted in 1955 and the first since Santa Barbara, Palisades and Fresno Bullard were tri-champions in 1997. University has won it 13 times.

BASEBALL

CITY SECTION

Hollywood 8, Dorsey 6

San Fernando 4, Monroe 2

SOUTHERN SECTION

Alemany 6, West Torrance 2

Arroyo Grande 11, Dos Pueblos 3

Avalon 6, Southlands Christian 5

Bethel Christian 29, Packinghouse Christian 7

Bosco Tech 6, Glendale 4

Cathedral 4, Cantwell-Sacred Heart 3

Chaffey 8, Diamond Ranch 6

Chino 7, Don Lugo 2

Cornerstone Christian 9, San Jacinto Academy 8

Dominguez 20, Compton Centennial 9

Foothill Tech 5, Oxnard Pacifica 0

Hueneme 10, Santa Clara 6

Immanuel 4, Trinity Classical Academy 3

Lancaster 20, Vasquez 12

Linfield Christian 6, Aquinas 5

Moorpark 9, Oxnard 8

Ojai Valley 8, Sequoyah 3

Ontario 5, Montclair 5

Orange 12, La Palma Kennedy 2

Placentia Valencia 7, Century 6

Riverside Prep 6, Ganesha 5

San Dimas 7, La Canada 6

Sequoyah 17, Ojai Valley 4

Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 17, West Ranch 1

Sierra Canyon 15, Saugus 8

Sonora 7, Oxford Academy 5

St. Bonaventure 8, Santa Paula 5

Tahquitz 11, Riverside Poly 10

Wiseburn-Da Vinci 5, Artesia 4

INTERSECTIONAL

Anaheim Canyon 5, Wilmington Banning 0

Culver City 10, Venice 4

Esperanza 8, South East 7

Trinity Classical Academy 8, Fresno Christian 0

Golden Valley d. Arleta, forfeit

Granada Hills 15, Hart 12

LACES 8, St. Bernard 5

Sylmar 5, Valencia 2

SOFTBALL

CITY SECTION

Eagle Rock 7, Arleta 6

Torres d. Elizabeth, forfeit

Venice 12, Verdugo Hills 0

SOUTHERN SECTION

Bethel Christian 22, Packinghouse Christian 4

Flintridge Sacred Heart 8, Village Christian 2

Highland 7, Hart 3

HMSA 19, Gardena Serra 1

Mira Costa 12, Irvine 8

Moorpark 8, Saugus 6

Rio Hondo Prep 11, Sacred Heart of Jesus 1

Saugus 2, Moorpark 0

Sonora 11, Bishop Montgomery 1

Village Christian 6, Vasquez 2

INTERSECTIONAL

Arleta 8, Viewpoint 5

Burbank Providence 7, Eagle Rock 2

Burbank Providence 11, Sylmar 6

CSDR 11, Model Secondary School (D.C.) 2

Granada Hills 16, West Torrance 4

Long Beach Poly 9, Carson 7

Venice 12, Flintridge Sacred Heart 2

Verdugo Hills 3, Vasquez 3

Viewpoint 9, Sylmar 6

Westlake 14, Granada Hills 2

BASEBALL

CITY SECTION

Animo Venice 9, Animo Robinson 7

CALS Early College 9, East College Prep 6

Smidt Tech 16, Alliance Ouchi 7

SOUTHERN SECTION

Aquinas 2, Linfield Christian 0

Alhambra 15, Mark Keppel 1

Arlington 7, Riverside Poly 2

Arrowhead Christian 15, Woodcrest Christian 5

Ayala 1, Diamond Bar 0

Baldwin Park 4, Garey 3

Banning 10, Desert Hot Springs 0

Bishop Amat 9, La Salle 8

Bishop Diego 16, Santa Clara 7

Camarillo 6, Oak Park 4

Canyon Springs 20, Riverside North 4

Capistrano Valley Christian 20, Webb 8

Carpinteria 4, Malibu 3

Castaic 9, Hart 8

Century 12, Westminster La Quinta 0

Cerritos 10, Glenn 1

Chaparral 5, Vista Murrieta 4

Charter Oak 9, Hacienda Heights Wilson 0

CIMSA 13, Silver Valley 3

Corona 21, Eastvale Roosevelt 6

Corona Centennial 11, Riverside King 6

Corona Del Mar 12, Marina 2

Costa Mesa 6, Fullerton 1

Covina 8, Rowland 3

Cypress 8, Santa Ana Foothill 5

Desert Mirage 13, Cathedral City 2

Dos Pueblos 5, Rio Mesa 1

Downey 3, La Mirada 2

Duarte 11, Nogales 1

Dunn 6, Villanova Prep 5

Edgewood 16, Workman 0

El Dorado 8, La Habra 2

El Modena 6, Crean Lutheran 1

Etiwanda 8, Chino Hills 5

Fillmore 6, Santa Paula 2

Gahr 13, Warren 0

Garden Grove Santiago 6, Magnolia 0

Glendora 13, Claremont 2

Golden Valley 3, Saugus 0

Great Oak 7, Murrieta Mesa 3

Hemet 9, Perris 1

Hesperia 4, Oak Hills 3

Hesperia Christian 8, Desert Christian 5

Highland 16, Antelope Valley 0

Hillcrest 11, Lakeside 3

Hueneme 7, Channel Islands 0

Katella 4, Ocean View 2

La Canada 3, San Marino 2

Laguna Beach 12, Irvine University 3

Lakewood 21, Compton 0

Lancaster 14, Knight 2

La Serna 13, Whittier 4

Liberty 4, Heritage 0

Loara 9, Savanna 1

Long Beach Wilson 11, Long Beach Jordan 0

Los Alamitos 7, Huntington Beach 4

Los Osos 5, Rancho Cucamonga 1

Lucerne Valley 11, ACE 0

Mayfair 13, Paramount 1

Miller 5, Loma Linda Academy 3

Mira Costa 10, West Torrance 3

Mission Viejo 4, El Toro 0

Monrovia 4, South Pasadena 1

Moreno Valley 11, Paloma Valley 3

Newbury Park 17, Calabasas 5

Newport Harbor 6, Fountain Valley 0

North Torrance 8, Peninsula 5

Northview 8, West Covina 1

Oaks Christian 11, Agoura 3

Oakwood 3, Santa Monica 2

Orange 15, Anaheim 0

Orange County Pacifica Christian 9, Western Christian 2

Oxnard 10, Ventura 0

Oxnard Pacifica 2, San Marcos 0

Oxford Academy 6, Whitney 2

Palmdale 16, Littlerock 6

Pasadena Marshall 7, Mountain View 5

Placentia Valencia 5, Westminster 2

Pomona 15, Bassett 10

Quartz Hill 26, Eastside 7

Ramona 10, Rubidoux 9

Rancho Alamitos 9, Saddleback 0

Rancho Christian 14, Citrus Hill 1

Rancho Verde 6, Vista del Lago 1

Redondo Union 22, El Segundo 7

Ridgecrest Burroughs 13, Serrano 5

Riverside Prep 16, Excelsior Charter 4

Royal 3, Simi Valley 0

San Bernardino 10, Pacific 8

Santa Ana 9, Godinez 0

Santa Ana Calvary Chapel 6, Buena Park 2

Santa Barbara 4, Buena 1

Santa Clarita Christian 12, Valley Torah 0

Santa Fe 6, California 3

Santa Margarita 10, Orange Lutheran 9

Schurr 5, Montebello 4

Sierra Vista 11, Azusa 1

Southlands Christian 6, Avalon 3

St. Genevieve 7, St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy 3

St. John Bosco 10, Servite 0

St. Monica Academy 12, Cate 6

Sultana 14, Apple Valley 1

Temecula Prep 19, San Jacinto Leadership 0

Temecula Valley 10, Murrieta Valley 7

Torrance 6, Palos Verdes 1

Troy 10, Sunny Hills 9

Tustin 5, La Palma Kennedy 0

University Prep 14, Big Bear 3

Upland 9, Damien 5

Valencia 3, Canyon Country Canyon 0

Valley View 14, Orange Vista 9

Village Christian 4, Whittier Christian 3

Westlake 14, Thousand Oaks 4

Woodbridge 14, Portola 1

Yucca valley 8, Twentynine Palms 6

INTERSECTIONAL

Campbell Hall 12, Van Nuys 2

SOFTBALL

SOUTHERN SECTION

ACE 17, Lucerne Valley 3

Anaheim 22, Loara 4

Anza Hamilton 21, Sherman Indian 4

Apple Valley 25, Ridgecrest Burroughs 1

Azusa 11, Nogales 6

Cathedral City 17, Desert Mirage 1

Cerritos 11, Pioneer 0

Charter Oak 18, West Covina 0

CIMSA 10, Silver Valley 2

Colton 11, Miller 1

Corona 7, Corona Santiago 2

Costa Mesa 8, Tustin 5

Covina 13, Hacienda Heights Wilson 2

Downey 11, Lynwood 0

Duarte 5, Baldwin Park 1

Edgewood 10, Workman 9

El Monte 15, Rosemead 0

Fullerton 18, Garden Grove 0

Glendora 10, Diamond Bar 0

Hawthorne 17, Animo Leadership 0

Hemet 11, Canyon Springs 4

Hesperia Christian 24, Desert Christian 0

Hillcrest 2, Paloma Valley 1

JSerra 2, Mater Dei 0

Katella 21, Ocean View 4

Lakeside 8, Vista del Lago 4

La Palma Kennedy 11, Placentia Valencia 0

Liberty 11, Orange Vista 5

Los Amigos 12, Santa Ana Valley 0

Magnolia 14, Saddleback 4

Mountain View 22, Pasadena Marshall 7

Norco 11, Riverside King 1

North Torrance 6, El Segundo 2

Northview 12, Rowland 1

Oak Hills 15, Serrano 4

Oak Park 10, Buena 9

Orange lutheran 8, Santa Margarita 0

Oxnard Pacifica 5, San Marcos 4

Rancho Christian 17, Perris 4

Rancho Verde 17, Moreno Valley 1

Rio Mesa 4, Dos Pueblos 1

Riverside North 5, Arlington 0

Riverside Poly 10, Valley View 3

Samueli Academy 21, Vista Meridian 6

San Bernardino 22, Pacific 2

San Marino 24, Balir 1

Santa Ana 8, Laguna Hills 3

Sierra Vista 7, Garey 6

St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy 15, Long Beach Cabrillo 3

Sultana 17, Hesperia 10

Temecula Prep 16, San Jacinto Leadership 1

Temple City 4, Monrovia 3

University Prep 15, AAE 8

Ventura 8, Oxnard 3

Western Christian 20, Southlands Christian 4

West Torrance 6, South Torrance 3

INTERSECTIONAL

CSDR 16, Maryland School for the Deaf 15

CSDR 11, Texas School for the Deaf 7