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High school girls’ volleyball: Wednesday’s Southern Section playoff scores, schedule

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

SOUTHERN SECTION PLAYOFFS
WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS
First Round

DIVISION 1
Pool A
#1 Mater Dei d. #8 Harvard-Westlake, 25-13, 25-14, 25-22
#5 Santa Margarita d. #4 Oaks Christian, 25-21, 29-27, 24-26, 25-22

Pool B
#7 Marymount at #2 Sierra Canyon, postponed
#3 Mira Costa d. #6 Los Alamitos, 3-1

DIVISION 3
Sunny Hills d. Cerritos, 3-2
Santa Ana Foothill d. Oak Park, 20-25, 25-23, 25-17, 22-25, 15-10
Cerritos Valley Christian d. Chaminade, 16-25, 25-23, 25-20, 25-23
Beckman d. Alemany, 3-0
Newbury Park d. Corona Santiago, 26-24, 25-19, 18-25, 25-13
Redlands d. Rosary, 21-25, 25-22, 25-20, 25-16
Etiwanda d. Murrieta Mesa, 3-0
Thousand Oaks d. Saugus, 23-25, 21-25, 25-20, 25-14, 15-12
Corona del Mar d. Claremont, 3-0
Flintridge Prep d. Millikan, 25-17, 28-26, 25-20
St. Margaret’s d. Bishop Amat, 3-0
La Salle d. Huntington Beach, 3-1
Crescenta Valley d. Chaparral, 25-16, 22-25, 27-25, 25-21
La Canada d. Crossroads, 25-13, 25-15, 25-21
Lakewood St. Joseph at Marina
Windward d. Aliso Niguel, 3-0

DIVISION 5
Marlborough d. West Torrance, 3-0
Liberty d. Academy for Academic Excellence, 3-1
Hesperia Christian d. Peninsula, 3-0
Canyon Country Canyon d. Moorpark, 3-0
El Toro d. Troy, 3-0
Valencia d. Western Christian, 3-1
San Jacinto d. Culver City, 3-1
St. Anthony d. Santa Monica Pacifica Christian, 23-25, 25-9, 25-19, 25-21
Viewpoint d. Southlands Christian, 3-1
Westridge d. Arrowhead Christian, 3-1
Irvine d. Beaumont, 3-2
Paraclete d. Gahr, 21-25, 27-25, 25-21, 26-28, 15-13
Maranatha d. Sultana, 3-1
La Serna d. Burbank Providence, 3-1
Quartz Hill d. Temple City, 3-0
Capistrano Valley d. Palm Desert, 19-25, 25-16, 25-14, 25-9

DIVISION 7
Pasadena d. CAMS, 3-2
Tustin d. Immaculate Heart, 3-0
Laguna Blanca d. Brea Olinda, 3-0
Sacred Heart of Jesus d. Chino, 3-1
Placentia Valencia d. South Hills, 25-16, 25-17, 23-25, 25-20
Nordhoff d. Trinity Classical Academy, 3-0
Barstow d. Highland, 25-20, 25-16, 25-21
Webb d. Mary Star of the Sea, 3-0
Pasadena Marshall d. Eisenhower, 25-23, 25-19, 25-22
Beverly Hills d. Whittier, 3-0
Vistamar d. Rialto, 3-1
Northview at Calvary Baptist
Fullerton d. Indio, 3-0
Buckley d. Tahquitz, 3-0
Rio Hondo Prep d. Arlington, 20-25, 16-25, 25-23, 25-21, 16-14
Foothill Tech d. St. Genevieve, 3-2

DIVISION 9
Rancho Mirage d. Santa Paula, 3-0
Canoga Park AGBU d. Saddleback, 3-2
San Jacinto Valley Academy d. Cobalt, 3-0
St. Monica Academy d. Anaheim, 25-20, 27-25, 25-19
Nogales d. Carter, 3-2
Santa Rosa Academy d. Carpinteria, 3-0
Westminster d. Vasquez, 3-2
Azusa d. Moreno Valley, 3-2
St. Jeane de Lestonnac d. Santa Clarita Christian, 3-2
Jurupa Hills d. Sierra Vista, 3-2
Desert Christian Academy d. Victor Valley, 3-0
Wildwood d. Hillcrest, 3-2
Buena Park d. Excelsior Charter, 25-17, 22-25, 25-8, 25-10
Milken Community d. Eastside, 25-17, 22-25, 25-8, 25-10
California d. Garden Grove, 3-0
Twentynine Palms d. Shadow Hills, 3-2

DIVISION 11
Compton Early College d. Grove, 3-0
El Monte Arroyo d. Ambassador Christian, 3-0
Mesrobian d. Rubidoux, 3-2
Ramona d. Animo Leadership, 3-1
La Sierra Academy 3, Long Beach First Baptist 0
Pacific Lutheran d. Thacher, 3-0
Grace d. Shalhevet, 3-1
Newport Christian d. New Covenant, 3-0
Tarbut V’ Torah d. Oak Grove, 3-0
Workman d. California Lutheran, 3-2
Santa Clara d. EF Academy, 3-0
Lynwood d. Desert Chapel, 25-17, 25-9, 25-22
Norton Science Academy d. Newbury Park Adventist, 25-21, 25-22, 5-25, 25-22
Joshua Springs d. Liberty Christian, 3-0
Downey Calvary Chapel d. River Springs, 3-1
Silver Valley d. Riverside Bethel Christian, 3-0

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

DIVISION 4
Portola at Burbank Burroughs
Yorba Linda at North Torrance
Notre Dame Academy at Arcadia
Vista Murrieta at Ventura
Ayala at Santa Barbara, 5 p.m.
Rancho Cucamonga at Hemet
Royal at Glendora
Bonita at Linfield Christian

DIVISION 6
Alta Loma at Villa Park
Temescal Canyon at Dos Pueblos
St. Bonaventure at Temecula Prep
Capistrano Valley Christian at Ridgecrest Burroughs
Castaic at Santa Fe
Rim of the World at Santa Ana Calvary Chapel
Mayfair at Schurr
Yucaipa at Lakewood

DIVISION 8
Samueli Academy at Bellflower
San Gabriel Academy vs. San Gorgonio at Indian Springs
Fairmont Prep at San Jacinto Valley
Burbank at Riverside Prep
Lighthouse Christian at Garden Grove Pacifica
Rio Mesa at Jurupa Valley
Big Bear vs. Geffen Academy at UCLA SAC gym, 5 p.m.
Bell Gardens at Artesia

DIVISION 10
Leuzinger at Glendale
Canyon Springs at Orange
Adelanto at Orange County Classical Academy, 4:30 p.m.
Chaffey vs. New Roads at Park Century School, 5 p.m.
La Quinta at Miller
Redlands Adventist at Loara
Ganesha at Lancaster
Cornerstone Christian

Note: Second round (Divisions 3, 5, 7, 9, 11) Sat., Oct. 24; Quarterfinals (Divisions 2, 4, 6, 8, 10) Tues., Oct. 27; Second Round pool play (Division 1) Tues., Oct. 27; Quarterfinals (Divisions 3, 5, 7, 9) Wed., Oct. 28; Semifinals (Divisions 2-11) Sat., Oct. 31; Third Round pool Play (Division 1) Sat., Oct. 31; Finals (all divisions) Sat., Nov. 7 at TBA.

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Thousands march for school funding in Greece | Education News

Public sector workers and teachers joined student protesters, amid growing youth-led demonstrations across Europe.

Thousands of students and teachers ‌have rallied across cities in Greece, demanding more funding for ⁠education, including better facilities and smaller ⁠class sizes.

The demonstrations echo a wave of youth-led protests across Europe this month, including in France and Albania, where anger over rising costs and alleged corruption has led to clashes with police and major property damage.

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Greek police said about 10,000 demonstrators, including school and university students, rallied peacefully in central Athens and the capital’s suburbs on Wednesday.

“From Greece to France, we want public, free education,” protesters chanted as they gathered outside Parliament, where students staged an overnight sit-in nearby before the rally.

Others joined the protests in Thessaloniki, Patras, Larissa and other cities ⁠across Greece in solidarity with growing demonstrations in France and elsewhere in Europe, where rallies demanding educational resources have morphed into angry demonstrations over soaring living costs.

Cost-of-living crisis

In Greece, the protests add pressure to ⁠Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his centre-right government as the country prepares to hold elections in mid-2027 amid a weakening economy.

Greece struggled with a serious debt crisis from 2009 to 2018, during which the government agreed to spending cuts in exchange for three European Union and International Monetary Fund bailouts worth about 290 billion euros ($326bn).

But the measures have impacted Greek workers, who are among the poorest in Europe and struggle with stagnant wages, high rents and rising energy costs.

The average monthly salary of 1,500 euros ($1,685) sits at 2009 levels, with many young Greeks having been priced out of housing in ⁠cities by skyrocketing rents.

“Surviving here is very difficult; the ⁠rent is really high, the houses are really small. Our parents can’t make ends meet to pay for our rent, the electricity, for our life here,” university student Georgia Foukidou, 21, who joined the protest in Athens, told the Reuters news agency.

The protests on Wednesday included strikes by primary and secondary school teachers protesting low pay and staff shortages, while substitute teachers demanded permanent positions and reduced class sizes. Public sector workers and other unions also joined the demonstrations.

Education Minister Sofia Zacharaki said prior to the protests that she was listening to student demands, noting that the government was spending more than 733 million euros ($823m) on new student residences and facilities upgrades.

Mitsotakis’ government has also pledged about one billion euros ($1.12bn) in state subsidies and other benefits to offset increased energy costs for households and businesses due to the Iran war and inflation.

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This week’s top high school football games

A look at two of this week’s top high school football games in the Southland:

FRIDAY

San Pedro (6-1) at Carson (7-1), 7 p.m.

The intensity level on the field and in the stands will be something to see in this Marine League title-decider. It really comes down to the quarterback. Seth Solorio of San Pedro has 23 touchdown passes. Chris Fields III of Carson has passed for 16 touchdowns and run for 12 more . Stop Fields and everything changes. The pick: Carson.

San Clemene (7-0) at San Juan Hills (7-1), 7 p.m.

San Clemente is on the verge of a Southern Section Division 1 playoff berth but needs to win out. The Tritons’ defense will be tested by San Juan Hills receiver Luke Frith, who will have a new quarterback because of an injury. San Clemente QB Preston Beck is also hurting, with receivers Ryan Matheson and Jaxson Rex potential big-play weapons. The pick: San Clemente.

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High school girls’ volleyball: Southern Section playoff scores and schedule

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

SOUTHERN SECTION PLAYOFFS
TUESDAY’S RESULTS
First Round

DIVISION 2
Newport Harbor d. Los Osos, 25-21, 25-10, 25-23
Redondo Union d. Crean Lutheran, 25-15, 25-16, 25-16
San Juan Hills d. Mayfield, 25-19, 25-14, 25-14
Corona Centennial d. Bishop Montgomery, 21-25, 25-15, 25-23, 25-19
Orange Lutheran d. Eastvale Roosevelt, 3-2
Murrieta Valley d. Palos Verdes, 3-2
Sherman Oaks Notre Dame d. West Ranch, 3-0
Long Beach Poly d. Campbell Hall, 25-17, 25-23, 25-14

DIVISION 4
Portola d. Trabuco Hills, 25-12, 25-17, 26-24
Burbank Burroughs d. Summit, 3-0
North Torrance d. El Dorado, 3-0
Yorba Linda d. Whitney, 25-22, 25-22, 25-13
Arcadia d. Santa Monica, 3-2
Notre Dame Academy d. San Marino, 3-1
Ventura d. Oak Hills, 25-15, 25-23, 25-19
Vista Murrieta d. Tesoro, 3-0
Ayala d. Village Christian, 3-2
Santa Barbara d. Ontario Christian, 3-1
Rancho Cucamonga d. Laguna Beach, 25-13, 16-25, 25-21, 25-21
Hemet d. San Dimas, 3-1
Glendora d. La Palma Kennedy, 3-2
Royal d. Xavier Prep, 25-18, 25-18, 25-20
Bonita d. Chadwick, 25-23, 25-12, 25-23
Linfield Christian at Chino Hills

DIVISION 6
Alta Loma d. Laguna Hills, 3-2
Villa Park d. Granite Hills, 27-29, 23-25, 25-23, 25-17, 15-10
Dos Pueblos d. Torrance, 3-0
Temescal Canyon d. Bishop Diego, 3-1
Temecula Prep d. Le Lycee, 26-24, 25-20, 22-25, 21-25, 15-11
St. Bonaventure d. Woodbridge, 3-1
Capistrano Valley Christian d. Rowland, 3-1
Ridgecrest Burroughs d. Loma Linda Academy, 25-20, 25-14, 25-16
Castaic d. Oxford Academy, 3-0
Santa Fe at Rancho Christian
Santa Ana Calvary Chapel 3, Palm Springs 1
Rim of the World 3, Norte Vista 1
Schurr d. Holy Martyrs, 3-1
Mayfair d. Norwalk, 3-2
Yucaipa d. Oxnard, 3-1
Lakewood d. Covina, 3-0

DIVISION 8
Samueli Academy d. Montclair, 3-1
Bellflower d. Bolsa Grande, 25-11, 26-24, 20-25, 25-23
San Gorgonio d. Oxnard Pacifica, 3-0
San Gabriel Academy d. El Rancho, 26-28, 25-14, 25-21, 26-24
San Jacinto Valley d. Western, 3-0
Fairmont Prep d. St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy, 3-0
Burbank d. Colony, 3-0
Riverside Prep d. University Prep, 3-0
Garden Grove Pacifica d. Lancaster Desert Christian, 25-21, 25-14, 25-22
Lighthouse Christian d. Westminster La Quinta, 3-0
Jurupa Valley d. Kaiser, 25-11, 20-25, 25-15, 20-25, 18-16
Rio Mesa d. Orange Vista, 3-0
Big Bear d. Ramona, 25-20, 20-19, 25-17
Geffen Academy d. Pomona Catholic, 3-2
Artesia d. Century, 3-0
Bell Gardens d. West Valley, 3-0

DIVISION 10
Leuzinger d. Perris, 3-1
Glendale d. CSDR, 3-1
Orange d. Beacon Hill, 3-0
Canyon Springs d. Avalon, 3-1
Orange County Classical Academy d. Indian Springs, 25-22, 25-12, 17-25, 27-25
Adelanto d. Compton, 3-1
Chaffey d. Anza Hamilton, 3-2
New Roads d. Bassett, 3-0
La Quinta d. Westmark, 3-0
Miller d. Glendale Adventist, 3-0
Loara d. Montebello, 3-2
Redlands Adventist d. Rosemead, 3-1
Lancaster d. Cathedral City, 3-2
Ganesha d. Dominguez, 3-0
Cornerstone Christian d. River Springs, 3-0
Santa Ana Valley at St. Mary’s Academy, Wed.

Note: Second Round (Divisions 4, 6, 8, 10) Thurs., Oct. 22; Quarterfinals (Divisions 2, 4, 6, 8 10) Tues., Oct. 27 at higher seeds; Semifinals (all divisions) Sat., Oct. 31 at higher seeds; Finals Nov. 6 or 7 at TBA.

WEDNESDAY’S SCHEDULE
(Games at 6 p.m. unless noted)
First Round

DIVISION 1
Pool A
#8 Harvard-Westlake at #1 Mater Dei
#5 Santa Margarita at #4 Oaks Christian

Pool B
#7 Marymount at #2 Sierra Canyon
#6 Los Alamitos at #3 Mira Costa

Note: Open Division second round pool play Tues., Oct. 27; Third round pool play Sat., Oct. 31. Finals Sat., Nov. 7 at Cerritos College.

DIVISION 3
Cerritos at Sunny Hills
Oak Park at Santa Ana Foothill
Chaminade at Cerritos Valley Christian
Alemany at Beckman
Corona Santiago at Newbury Park
Redlands at Rosary
Murrieta Mesa at Etiwanda
Saugus at Thousand Oaks
Claremont at Corona del Mar
Flintridge Prep at Millikan
Bishop Amat at St. Margaret’s
La Salle at Huntington Beach
Chaparral at Crescenta Valley
Crossroads at La Canada
Lakewood St. Joseph at Marina
Aliso Niguel at Windward

DIVISION 5
West Torrance at Marlborough
Liberty at Academy of Academic Excellence
Hesperia Christian at Peninsula
Moorpark at Canyon Country Canyon
Troy at El Toro
Western Christian at Valencia
Culver City at San Jacinto
Santa Monica Pacifica Christian at St. Anthony
Southlands Christian at Viewpoint
Westridge at Arrowhead Christian
Irvine at Beaumont
Gahr at Paraclete
Maranatha at Sultana
Burbank Providence at La Serna
Quartz Hill at Temple City
Palm Desert at Capistrano Valley

DIVISION 7
CAMS at Pasadena
Immaculate Heart at Tustin
Brea Olinda at Laguna Blanca
Chino at Sacred Heart Los Angeles
South Hills at Placentia Valencia
Trinity Classical Academy at Nordhoff
Highland at Barstow
Webb at Mary Star of the Sea
Eisenhower at Pasadena Marshall
Whittier at Beverly Hills
Rialto at Vistamar
Northview at Calvary Baptist
Indio at Fullerton
Tahquitz at Buckley
Rio Hondo Prep at Arlington
St. Genevieve at Foothill Tech

DIVISION 9
Santa Paula at Rancho Mirage
Canoga Park AGBU at Saddleback
Cobalt at San Jacinto Valley Academy
Anaheim at St. Monica Academy
Carter at Nogales
Carpinteria at Santa Rosa Academy
Vasquez at Westminster
Azusa at Moreno Valley
St. Jeane de Lestonnac at Santa Clarita Christian
Jurupa Hills at Sierra Vista
Victor Valley at Desert Christian Academy
Wildwood at Hillcrest
Excelsior Charter at Buena Park
Milken Community at Eastside
California at Garden Grove
Twentynine Palms at Shadow Hills

DIVISION 11
Grove at Compton Early College
Ambassador Christian at El Monte Arroyo
Rubidoux at Mesrobian
Animo Leadership at Ramona
Long Beach First Baptist at La Sierra Academy
Thacher at Pacific Lutheran
Grace at Shalhevet
New Covenant at Newport Christian
Oak Grove at Tarbut V’ Torah
Cal Lutheran at Workman
EF Academy at Santa Clara
Desert Chapel at Lynwood
Norton Science Academy at Newbury Park Adventist
Liberty Christian at Joshua Springs
River Springs at Downey Calvary Chapel
Riverside Bethel Christian at Silver Valley

Note: Second round (Divisions 3, 5, 7, 9, 11) Sat., Oct. 24; Quarterfinals (Divisions 3, 5, 7, 9) Wed., Oct. 28; Semifinals (all divisions) Oct. 31; Finals (all divisions) Sat., Nov. 7 at TBA.

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The Times’ top 10 City Section high school football rankings

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.

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US Supreme Court to hear case on race in school admissions | Education News

A group of parents claims local admission policy boosts Black and Latino students while constraining Asian applicants.

The United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case about the role of race in admissions to selective Maryland middle schools after a group of parents claimed policies discriminated against Asian students in favour of Black and Latino students.

The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear the parents’ plea on four academically rigorous “magnet” schools in Montgomery County, a suburb on the outskirts of Washington, DC, in the neighbouring state of Maryland.

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The high court said it would weigh whether the parent group has enough evidence of discrimination for the case to move forward.

Lower courts previously dismissed the case because Asian-American students were not underrepresented at the specialised-curriculum schools compared with the pool of students that applied.

If the Supreme Court rules for the parent group, the Association for Education Fairness, it could revive the lawsuit.

The court is expected to hear arguments in the coming months and rule by June.

‘The Pandemic Plan’

The Montgomery County school district’s selection process was introduced in the 2021-2022 school year during the COVID-19 pandemic.

It screens all students for academic potential, and then implements a lottery to randomly assign students from that pool to receive enriched instruction at either a magnet school or a local school.

The suit alleged that the screening process makes it harder for Asian-American students, who the challengers said are clustered in “high-performing, low-poverty elementary schools”, to enter the lottery pool.

Part of the process ranks a student’s performance by comparing the student’s test scores against those of other students whose family incomes are at a similar level.

“Under the applicant pool benchmark, the government can set specific racial targets, hit them, and avoid even an inquiry into discriminatory intent,” so long as it has not explicitly called out race in its process, they wrote in their appeal to the Supreme Court.

Previously thrown out

The case was thrown out in 2022 by US District Judge Paula Xinis. She noted that the percentage of admitted Asian-American students exceeded the percentage of Asian Americans among all applicants to the magnet schools.

Xinis also found no evidence that the lottery policy was implemented with discriminatory intent.

The school system has consistently argued the new admissions policy, called the “Pandemic Plan” due to the timing of its release, is race-neutral.

“The Pandemic Plan is a colorblind lottery,” lawyers wrote in a brief asking the Supreme Court not to take up the case. “Nothing about the Pandemic Plan, its history, or its purpose is offensive to the Constitution.”

Supreme Court justices will now consider whether a group claiming to be targeted by a race-neutral policy must show it was disproportionately harmed to prove intentional discrimination.

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Supreme Court may strike down school policies that limit Asian students

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider outlawing school diversity policies that limit Asian American students at magnet programs and selective high schools.

Three years ago, the court ruled that Harvard and other universities may not discriminate on whom they admit based on the race of their applicants. Evidence in that case showed that Asian applicants with very high test scores were often turned down.

But the justices have been divided over admissions rules for highly selective high schools in Boston, New York and Fairfax County, Va., as well as magnet programs for gifted middle school students.

In most instances, judges have said school officials may use “race-neutral” policies to achieve racial diversity. For example, giving an automatic admission to the top 5% of the students in all of a big city’s high schools or its middle schools could achieve greater racial and ethnic diversity.

But the court’s conservatives, led by Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito, have condemned such policies as thinly disguised racial discrimination.

Magnet programs exist across the country, including in California and Los Angeles, and were conceived as a form of voluntary integration — a way to get white students to attend the same schools as nonwhite students, without having to resort to forced busing.

The idea was that a special school program would be attractive enough to serve as a “magnet” for white students to enroll at a school they might not otherwise attend. A mix of white and nonwhite students was seen as a benefit to the nonwhite students, because white students would be sharing the fate of the nonwhite students.

Asian students were frequently part of that original equation on the nonwhite side of the ledger and counted with other students classified as nonwhite, such as Black or Latino students. But in terms of student achievement, Asian students have performed more like white students, frequently surpassing white students academically.

One subset of magnet schools requires a selective admissions process, and these are at the center of the current dispute.

The court agreed to hear an appeal from parents in Montgomery County, Md., who were upset by a sharp drop in Asian students at its four magnet schools for gifted students.

For a decade, the school board had been troubled that fewer than 15% of the students at its magnet schools were Black or Latino, even though they made up about half of the student population.

In contrast, Asian students were less than 15% of the county’s student population but made up about half of the enrolees at the magnet programs.

After several years of debate, school officials dropped the use of a countywide competitive test and chose top performing students at all of its middle schools using a lottery.

That prompted a lawsuit that reached the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Fairfax County in northern Virginia had adopted a somewhat similar policy for the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology. A federal judge ruled for Asian parents and said their students had been deprived of a “level playing field” in competing for admission.

But the 4th Circuit, by a 2-1 vote, disagreed and said Asian American students were still winning more seats than their percentage of the school population.

The Assn. for Education Fairness, the parents group in Montgomery County, lost for the same reason in the 4th Circuit. The number of admitted Asian students had declined, but their percentage remained well above their share of school population.

They appealed and urged the Supreme Court to rule on their case and to clarify the law.

“School districts across the country have overhauled admissions criteria for competitive public schools after concluding that existing systems produced undesirable racial enrollment patterns,” they said.

They said the court should end this type of racial discrimination against Asian students.

However, a longtime champion of admissions policies that rely on social and economic fairness said he hoped the court would side with Montgomery County.

“The Supreme Court has long disfavored racial preferences and pointed to race-neutral programs that look at factors like socioeconomic disadvantage as the right way to do affirmative action,” said Richard D. Kahlenberg, director of the American Identity Project at the Progressive Policy Institute.

He said the Maryland school board followed that rule.

“It essentially provided an admissions break to students based not on race, but on the economic disadvantage of the elementary school they attended. The question now opened is whether the court will stand by precedent or move the goal posts. Is the court opposed to racial preferences, or to racial diversity itself?”

Los Angeles Unified, the nation’s second-largest school system, has an extensive magnet system, with 66 whole-school magnets and 268 magnet centers within a larger campus.

At this point, many of the magnets provide no discernible integration benefit and are viewed instead as inducements for any student to enroll. Many magnets are nearly all students of color because few white students apply.

A few schools, however, have more applicants than spaces, and the district relies on “the Magnet Priority Point System and the need to maintain a racially balanced enrollment, and by available space.”

Parents must mark one federally recognized race or ethnicity on the application, or it won’t be processed. A family gets points, for example, if a student applied unsuccessfully for a magnet in the past.

In L.A. Unified, 53 schools are designated for students rated as “gifted,” and there are four campuses with programs for highly gifted students, typically identified by a professional evaluator.

Available recent data for the highly gifted program at North Hollywood High indicated that the largest percentage of students, about 38%, were Asian. Overall, the district’s enrollment is about 3.5% Asian.

The justices will hear arguments in the case early next year.

Savage reported from Washington and Blume from Los Angeles.

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The Times’ top 25 high school football rankings

A look at the top 25 high school football teams in the Southland after Week 8:

Rk. School (record) result; Next game; last week’s ranking

1. SANTA MARGARITA (8-0) def. St. John Bosco, 21-7; vs. JSerra, Friday; 1

2. SIERRA CANYON (8-0) def. Chaminade, 41-0; at Sherman Oaks Notre Dame, Friday; 3

3. ST. JOHN BOSCO (6-2) lost to Santa Margarita, 21-7; at Servite, Friday; 2

4. CORONA CENTENNIAL (5-3) def. Norco, 46-14; at Chaparral, Friday; 4

5. MATER DEI (6-2) def. Servite, 38-15; vs. Orange Lutheran, Friday; 5

6. MISSION VIEJO (6-1) vs. San Clemente, canceled; at Los Alamitos, Friday; 6

7. ORANGE LUTHERAN (5-3) def. JSerra, 48-13; at Servite, Friday; 7

8. SAN CLEMENTE (7-0) vs. Mission Viejo, canceled; at San Juan Hills, Friday; 8

9. JSERRA (4-4) lost to Orange Lutheran, 48-13; at Santa Margarita, Friday; 10

10. BISHOP AMAT (7-1) def. Sherman Oaks Notre Dame, 48-28; vs. Loyola, Friday; 12

11. SERVITE (3-5) lost to Mater Dei, 38-15; vs. Orange Lutheran, Friday; 11

12. LA SERNA (7-1) def. Cerritos, 57-7; vs. Mayfair, Friday; 13

13. CREAN LUTHERAN (5-2) def. La Habra, 35-28; at Corona del Mar, Friday; 14

14. INGLEWOOD (8-1) def. Redondo Union, 33-7; at Leuzinger, Friday; 15

15. PALOS VERDES (7-1) def. Mira Costa, 34-14; at Redondo Union, Friday; 16

16. CORONA DEL MAR (7-1) lost to Capistrano Valley, 21-17; vs. Crean Lutheran, Friday; 9

17. CARSON (7-1) def. Narbonne, 60-0; vs. San Pedro, Friday; 18

18. SHERMAN OAKS NOTRE DAME (7-1) lost to Bishop Amat, 48-28; vs. Sierra Canyon, Friday; 17

19. CHAMINADE (5-3) lost to Sierra Canyon, 41-0; vs. Gardena Serra, Friday; 19

20. HUNTINGTON BEACH (8-0) def. Western, 34-14; vs. Troy, Thursday; 20

21. SAN JACINTO (8-0) def. Elsinore, 49-16; vs. Granite Hills, Friday; 21

22. GARDENA SERRA (4-4) def. Loyola, 26-0; at Chaminade, Friday; 22

23. ORANGE (8-0) def. Beckman, 51-14; vs. Irvine, Thursday; 23

24. SAN JUAN HILLS (7-1) def. Yorba Linda, 14-10; vs. San Clemente, Friday; 24

25. CAPISTRANO VALLEY (7-1) def. Corona del Mar, 21-17; vs. Villa Park, Friday; 25

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High school football: Week 9 schedule

WEEK 9 HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

(Games at 7 p.m. unless noted)

MONDAY’S SCHEDULE

SOUTHERN SECTION

Ironwood league

Village Christian at Capistrano Valley Christian

THURSDAY’S SCHEDULE

SOUTHERN SECTION

Arroyo League

La Canada at Monrovia

Muir at Burbank

Big West League

Corona Santiago at Eastvale Roosevelt

Vista Murrieta at Norco

Bravo League

Tustin at La Habra

Citrus Belt League

Beaumont at Yucaipa

Redlands at Citrus Valley

Del Rey League

Harvard-Westlake at La Salle

Delta League

Troy at Huntington Beach

Desert Empire League

La Quinta at Xavier Prep

Desert Sky League

Victor Valley at Silverado

Epsilon League

Brea Olinda at Newport Harbor

Foxtrot League

Irvine at Orange

Gano League

Don Lugo at Nogales

Montclair at Chaffey

Walnut at Rowland

Golden League

Palmdale at Quartz Hill

Inland Valley League

Canyon Springs at Hemet

Kappa League

St. Margaret’s at Esperanza

Manzanita League

Temecula Prep at Nuview Bridge

Marmonte League

Simi Valley at Bishop Diego

Mid-Cities League

Gahr at Santa Fe

Mojave River League

Apple Valley at Serrano

Mountain Pass League

Elsinore at West Valley

Temescal Canyon at Tahquitz

Omicron League

Los Amigos at Santa Ana

Rio Vista League

Artesia at Whittier

River Valley League

Big Bear at Miller

Ramona at Patriot

San Andreas League

Rialto at Kaiser

Sigma League

Anaheim at Rancho Alamitos

Ocean View at Katella

Sunbelt League

Paloma Valley at Valley View

Tango League

Garden Grove Santiago at Magnolia

8-MAN

SOUTHERN SECTION

Agape League

PAL Academy at Lucerne Valley

FRIDAY’S SCHEDULE

CITY SECTION

Central League

Bernstein at Maywood CES

Contreras at Roybal

Hollywood at Mendez

Coliseum League

Crenshaw at Dorsey

Marquez at King/Drew

Eastern League

Huntington Park at Legacy

L.A. Roosevelt at Bell

South East at South Gate

East Valley League

Arroyo at North Hollywood

Fulton at Arleta

Grant at Monroe

Sun Valley Poly at Verdugo Hills

Exposition League

Manual Arts at Jefferson

Marine League

San Pedro at Carson

Wilmington Banning at Narbonne

Metro League

Hawkins at Locke

L.A. Jordan at Dymally, 4 p.m.

Northern League

Lincoln at Franklin

L.A. Wilson at L.A. Marshall

Southern League

Torres at Belmont

West Adams at Los Angeles, 3 p.m.

Valley Mission League

San Fernando at Granada Hills Kennedy

Sylmar at Reseda

Van Nuys at Panorama

Western League

L.A. Hamilton at Venice

L.A. University at Westchester

Palisades at Fairfax

West Valley League

Chatsworth at Birmingham

Cleveland at Granada Hills

Taft at Wells Camino Real

Nonleague

Eagle Rock at Garfield

Fremont at Angelou

Stella at Sotomayor

SOUTHERN SECTION

Alliance League

South El Monte at Montebello

Almont League

Alhambra at San Gabriel

Alpha League

Edison at Yorba Linda

Mission Viejo at Los Alamitos

San Clemente at San Juan Hills

Angelus League

Paraclete at Cathedral

St. Francis at Bishop Montgomery

St. Paul at St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy

Baseline League

Eitwanda at Chino Hills

Upland at Rancho Cucamonga

Bay League

Inglewood at Leuzinger

Palos Verdes at Redondo Union

Big West League

Corona Centennial at Chaparral

Temecula Valley at Corona

Murrieta Valley at Murrieta Mesa

Riverside King at Great Oak

Boulder League

Burbank Burroughs at Crescenta Valley

San Marino at Gabrielino

South Pasadena at Pasadena

Bravo League

Crean Lutheran at Corona Del Mar

Villa Park at Capistrano Valley

Camino Real League

St. Bernard at Mary Star of the Sea

St. Genevieve at St. Monica

Channel League

Thousand Oaks at Rio Mesa

Ventura at Moorpark

Westlake at Santa Barbara

Citrus Belt League

Redlands at Citrus Valley

Redlands East Valley at Cajon

Citrus Coast League

Channel Islands at Santa Clara

Del Sol at Carpinteria

Grace at Nordhoff

Coastal 101 League

Calabasas at Buena

Camarillo at Oak Park

Oxnard at Agoura

Conference 12 League

Keppel at Arroyo

Mountain View at Rosemead

Cottonwood League

Vasquez at Riverside Notre Dame

Whittier Christian at Riverside Prep

Crest League

Arcadia at Glendale

Temple City at Hoover

Del Rey League

Crespi at Alemany

Salesian at St. Anthony

Delta League

El Modena at Dana Hills

Western at Laguna Beach

Desert Empire League

Palm Desert at Palm Springs

Rancho Mirage at Shadow Hills

Desert Sky League

Barstow at Granite Hills

Desert Valley League

Coachella Valley at Yucca Valley

Epsilon League

Santa Ana Foothill at Tesoro

Trabuco Hills at Aliso Niguel

Foothill League

Castaic vs. West Ranch at College the Canyons

Golden Valley at Valencia

Hart at Canyon Country Canyon

Foxtrot League

El Dorado at Beckman

Segerstrom at El Toro

Gateway League

Downey at Cerritos

Mayfair at La Serna

Warren at La Mirada

Gold Coast League

Brentwood at Rio Hondo Prep

Golden League

Eastside at Knight

Highland at Lancaster

Littlerock at Antelope Valley

Hacienda League

Covina at Diamond Bar

Los Altos at Baldwin Park

West Covina at South Hills

Hub City League

Compton at Compton Centennial

Dominguez at Long Beach Cabrillo

Inland Valley League

Heritage at Citrus Hill

Lakeside at Arlington

Perris at Moreno Valley

Iota League

Garden Grove Pacifica at Marina

Laguna Hills at Cypress

La Palma Kennedy at Northwood

Ironwood League

Aquinas at Village Christian

Capistrano Valley Christian at Heritage Christian

Western Christian at Cerritos Valley Christian

Ivy League

Rancho Christian at Orange Vista

Rancho Verde at Liberty

Riverside Poly at Vista del Lago

Kappa League

Portola at Anaheim Canyon

Sunny Hills at Fullerton

Lambda League

Placentia Valencia at Fountain Valley

Westminster at Santa Ana Calvary Chapel

Woodbridge at Sonora

Manzanita League

Anza Hamilton at Silver Valley

Desert Chapel at San Jacinto Valley Academy

Marmonte League

Newbury Park at Oaks Christian

St. Bonaventure at Oxnard Pacifica

Mesquite League

Desert Christian Academy at Santa Rosa Academy

Ontario Christian at Linfield Christian

Metro League

Bell Gardens at El Rancho

El Monte at Schurr

Mid-Cities League

California at Paramount

Norwalk at Bellflower

Miramonte League

Ganesha at Workman

Pomona at Garey

Mission League

Gardena Serra at Chaminade

Loyola at Bishop Amat

Sherman Oaks Notre Damę at Sierra Canyon

Mission Valley League

Mountain View at Rosemead

Mojave River League

Oak Hills at Ridgecrest Burroughs

Sultana at Hesperia

Montview League

Azusa at Ontario

Duarte at Hacienda Heights Wilson

La Puente at Sierra Vista

Moore League

Long Beach Jordan at Lakewood

Long Beach Poly at Millikan

Mountain Valley League

Jurupa Valley at La Sierra

San Bernardino at Rubidoux

Ocean League

Hawthorne at South Torrance

Peninsula at Beverly Hills

Omicron League

Estancia at Garden Grove

Irvine University at Buena Park

Los Amigos at Santa Ana

Pioneer League

Culver City at Torrance

North Torrance at El Segundo

West Torrance at Santa Monica

Rio Vista League

Firebaugh at Pioneer

Lynwood at Glenn

River Valley League

Jurupa Valley at La Sierra

Norte Vista at Pacific

San Andreas League

Rim of the World at Colton

Sierra League

Bonita at Charter Oak

Colony at Glendora

Northview at Ayala

Sigma League

Saddleback at Costa Mesa

Skyline League

Arroyo Valley at Carter

Fontana at Indian Springs

San Gorgonio at Bloomington

Sunbelt League

Hillcrest at Riverside North

Sunkist League

Eisenhower at Summit

Grand Terrace at Jurupa Hills

Sun Valley League

Banning at Desert Hot Springs

Cathedral City at Indio

Desert Mirage at Twentynine Palms

Tango League

Bolsa Grande at Godinez

Savanna at Loara, 6:30 p.m.

Tri-County League

Fillmore at Dos Pueblos

Hueneme at Santa Paula

San Marcos at Royal

Trinity League

JSerra vs. Santa Margarita at Saddleback College

Orange Lutheran vs. Mater Dei at Santa Ana Stadium

St. John Bosco vs. Servite at Orange Coast College

Valle Vista League

Alta Loma at Chino

Claremont at San Dimas

Diamond Ranch at Los Osos

Nonleague

Maranatha at Viewpoint

INTERSECTIONAL

El Cajon Granite Hills at San Jacinto

St. Jeanne de Lestonnac at Diego Rivera

8-MAN

CITY SECTION

City League

New Designs University Park at Animo Robinson

USC Hybrid at New Designs Watts

Valley League

TEACH Tech at Valley Oaks CES

South LA College Prep at Sherman Oaks CES

SOUTHERN SECTION

Express League

Downey Calvary Chapel at Vista Meridian, 6 p.m.

Southlands Christian at Magnolia Science Academy, 3 p.m.

Freelance League

Malibu at Laguna Blanca, 3 p.m.

Majestic League

Public Safety Academy at Cornerstone Christian, 5 p.m.

Tri-Valley League

Pasadena Poly at Flintridge Prep, 6:30 p.m.

Nonleague

California School for the Deaf Riverside at Faith Baptist, 6:30 p.m.

Thacher at Sage Hill, 6 p.m.

Villanova Prep at Thousand Oaks Hillcrest Christian, 6 p.m.

INTERSECTIONAL

Bakersfield Legacy Christian Academy at Cuyama Valley

SATURDAY’S SCHEDULE

SOUTHERN SECTION

Cottonwood League

Arrowhead Christian at Webb, 1 p.m.

INTERSECTIONAL

Trinity Classical Academy at Orcutt Academy, 6 p.m.

8-MAN

SOUTHERN SECTION

Agape League

Hesperia Christian at Academy of Careers & Exploration

Coast Valley League

Valley Christian Academy at San Luis Obispo Classical Academy, 11 a.m.

Express League

Downey Calvary Chapel at Vista Meridian, 6 p.m.

Heritage League

Lancaster Baptist at Desert Christian, 3 p.m.

Tri-Valley League

Cate at Chadwick, 2 p.m.

Heritage League

Lancaster Baptist at Desert Christian, 6 p.m.

Freelance League

Highland Entrepreneur at California Lutheran, 6 p.m.

Tri-Valley League

Cate at Chadwick, 2 p.m.

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Why have France’s school protests become a wider political crisis? | Protests News

Protests are sweeping France as anger over conditions in schools meets frustration with high living costs and a government accused of doing little to address problems facing people.

About 550,000 people demonstrated nationwide on Saturday, according to the Interior Ministry. Most marched peacefully, while a small minority attacked buildings, looted shops and clashed with police, who fired tear gas and charged protesters.

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Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said 1,200 people were arrested and 150 police officers were injured. Behind the confrontations lies a political crisis, fuelled by anger at deteriorating services and overstretched household budgets, and compounded by a sense that France’s political institutions offer little hope of change.

Here is how school blockades became a nationwide movement – and what that means for President Emmanuel Macron.

How have the protests spread, what are protesters demanding?

The movement began last month in high schools in Paris’ working-class northern suburbs, where students protested against teacher shortages and poor facilities. School blockades and demonstrations later spread to cities including Bordeaux, Rennes, Nantes, Lyon, Lille and Marseille.

Saturday brought together students and trade unions, alongside supporters of the “yellow vest” movement that emerged in 2018 to challenge rising living costs and economic inequality.

Emile Chabal, a professor of contemporary history at the University of Edinburgh, told Al Jazeera the demonstrations were “the logical outcome of a series of protests” stretching back to the yellow vests.

That movement was driven by financial pressures and resentment at “the French presidential system”, he told Al Jazeera, alluding to a structure which often leads to the election of a centrist candidate, such as President Emmanuel Macron.

Saturday combined those longstanding grievances with students’ anger at deteriorating state schools. The yellow vests had demanded better public services.

Bringing students’ grievances together with wider social demands, therefore, represented “the worst possible outcome for the French government”, Chabal said.

Students’ immediate demands concern conditions in France’s lycees (public high schools), which generally educate pupils aged 15 to 18. They want smaller classes, enough teachers, better buildings and less exhausting timetables. Their complaints also reflect broader concerns about whether the state can provide the education and opportunities young people need.

But for workers, including school staff, the dispute also concerns wages and the resources available to deliver public services.

The school protests coincided with a nationwide public sector strike against the government’s budget plans. Bringing all these concerns together under one umbrella represented “the worst possible outcome for the French government”, Chabal said.

It comes as the proposed 2027 budget includes a 54 billion euro ($60.8bn) package of cost-cutting and tax measures, which the government says is necessary to reduce France’s deficit. The proposals include freezing the pay scale used to calculate civil servants’ basic salaries, which unions say would be the fourth consecutive annual freeze.

Donatella della Porta, a sociologist and political scientist, said students were inspiring wider mobilisation around inequality, cuts to public investment and democratic rights, with demands for social welfare spending rather than militarisation.

“They do not want to fight wars; they want a different future,” she told Al Jazeera.

She also linked the movement to young people’s mobilisation over Gaza, with Palestinian flags appearing at demonstrations across several European countries.

How has the government responded?

The government has focused its immediate response on public order, with President Macron saying those responsible for violence would be “prosecuted and punished”.

His comments came as a fire largely destroyed the historic town hall in the city of Limoges, while public buildings and shops were attacked elsewhere.

But those involved in violence represent only a small minority of the much larger mobilisation. Jean-Luc Melenchon, leader of the left-wing France Unbowed party, has accused the government of repressing school students and allowing the confrontation to intensify.

His argument reflects a wider political dispute about whether the government treats the protests chiefly as a security problem or addresses the grievances that have brought different groups together.

Experts say France’s problems extend beyond disagreement over individual budget measures and reflect deeper discontent. Emile Chabal, from the University of Edinburgh, said political paralysis since the 2024 parliamentary elections, which left no bloc with an outright majority, had created “an environment in which no political party or movement is able to channel social discontent”.

That fragmentation makes it difficult to build a durable agreement on spending, taxation or public services. It also leaves protesters questioning whether changing governments produces meaningful changes in policy.

The protests are also “a tough blow for Macron”, Chabal said, whose promises of youthful energy and a reformed, dynamic France have been undermined by “his inability to articulate his political project and his deeply unempathetic persona”.

Chabal added that the unrest included violence sometimes seen on the fringes of French demonstrations, with direct-action tactics associated with the yellow vests. Targets included shops and, more unusually, public buildings. He described the destruction of Limoges’ town hall as particularly significant because of its place in France’s civic history.

Other researchers emphasise the role of policing. Guya Accornero, a specialist in social movements at Lisbon’s University Institute, said previous confrontations had created lasting tensions between protesters and police.

During the current protests, a 15-year-old lost a hand to a police stun grenade, while a 14-year-old suffered a shattered jaw after being struck by a tear gas canister fired at close range, according to Human Rights Watch. The organisation condemned excessive force against children, saying the demonstrations had been overwhelmingly peaceful.

“Young people have been violently repressed also when using non-disruptive tactics,” she told Al Jazeera.

Who could benefit politically?

There is no clear answer from the experts who spoke to Al Jazeera. Paul Smith, an associate professor in French history and politics at the University of Nottingham, believes far-right leader Marine Le Pen stands to gain.

“I see only one beneficiary and that’s Le Pen,” he told Al Jazeera, suggesting the unrest could also damage Melenchon’s presidential prospects.

Chabal cautioned against assuming a far-right gain, but he said fear of disorder had historically benefited conservative or centrist parties in France, including after the 1968 protests.

Le Pen has not entirely dismissed the protesters’ grievances, describing them on X on Saturday as “legitimate social demands”, while claiming they had been “held hostage by the far left”.

The far-right may seek to reap the rewards of public discontent, but experts say it is more likely to channel that anger towards immigration and the scapegoating of migrants, rather than blaming the structures of neoliberalism and capitalism for the protesters’ woes, as Melenchon has suggested.

With a presidential election due in April 2027, candidates face competing pressures, demonstrating that they can restore order while convincing voters they will address the conditions behind the mobilisation.

The challenge, Chabal said, is how to create change in “an environment in which no political party or movement is able to channel social discontent”.

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High school football: Top performers in the Southland

A look at the top performers from high school football games across the Southland this week.

RUSHING

• Vaughn Reinert, Torrance: Rushed for 223 yards and five touchdowns in defeat of West Torrance.

• Maleek Nolley, Cajon: Rushed for 266 yards and four touchdowns in win over Beaumont.

• Coy Collins, Villa Park: Rushed for 109 yards and three touchdowns in win over Tustin.

• Jacob Gallegos, San Dimas: Rushed for 204 yards and four touchdowns in defeat of Chino.

• Jason Brown, Muir: Rushed for 111 yards and two touchdowns in win over Monrovia.

• Ceasar Reyes, Garfield: Rushed for 324 yards and seven touchdowns in win over South Gate.

• Cyrus Aviles, Fullerton: Rushed for 112 yards and two touchdowns in win over Portola.

• Edward Rivera, Compton: Rushed for 246 yards and five touchdowns in defeat of Long Beach Cabrillo.

• Matix Frithsmith, Hart: Rushed for 163 yards and three touchdowns in win over Castaic.

• Luke Zapko, Oak Park: Had four rushing touchdowns in win over Buena.

• Nico Funez, Valencia: Rushed for 215 yards and two touchdowns in win over Canyon Country Canyon.

• William Biddle, L.A. University: Rushed for 264 yards and scored five touchdowns in defeat of Fairfax.

PASSING

• Lincoln Jahn, Inglewood: Passed for four touchdowns in win over Redondo Union.

• Reagan Toki, Orange Lutheran: Completed 14 of 16 passes for 191 yards and one touchdown in win over JSerra

• Demarco Hernandez, Sierra Canyon: Passed for 201 yards and two touchdowns in defeat of Chaminade.

• Evan McCalister, Valencia: Passed for four touchdowns in win over Canyon Country Canyon.

RECEIVING

• Jalen Flowers, Palos Verdes: Caught three touchdown passes for 184 yards and had interception in win over Mira Costa.

• Ben Hanna, Villa Park: Caught six passes for 130 yards and passed for a touchdown in defeat of Tustin.

• Luke Frith, San Juan Hills: Caught eight passes for 128 yards and one touchdown in win over Yorba Linda.

DEFENSE

• Rayshawn Brandon, Santa Margarita: Returned and interception 51 yards for touchdown in win over St. John Bosco.

• Jayden Harris, Charter Oak: Returned and interception 80 yards for touchdown in win over Glendora.

• Eric Wright, South East: Had eight solo tackles in loss to Roosevelt.

• King Berry, Lawndale: Had interception and ran for a game-winning touchdown in win vs. South Torrance.

• Derrick Coleman Jr., Gardena Serra: Made two interceptions, including a pick six, in shutout of Loyola.

• King Rich Johnson, Orange Lutheran: Returned interception 20 yards for touchdown in win over JSerra.

• Noah Carter, Dana Hills: Had two sacks in defeat of Laguna Beach.

• Simote Tupou, St. John Bosco: Had consecutive sacks in loss to Santa Margarita.

• Bailey Hill, Hart: Had two sacks in defeat of Castaic.

• Zayne Reed, Agoura: Had three sacks in his first game of the season in win over Camarillo.

SPECIAL TEAMS

• Jaden Walk-Green, Corona Centennial: Made a 43-yard field goal and took a high snap on a field goal for a 16-yard touchdown in win over Norco.

• Noah Guillen, Bishop Amat: Made a school-record 52-yard field goal in defeat of Sherman Oaks Notre Dame.

• Galileo Chen, Portola: Had a 97-yard kickoff return for touchdown in loss to Fullerton.

• Alejandro Carranza, King/Drew: Made two field goals in the first half during King/Drew’s win vs. Crenshaw.

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High school flag football: Friday’s scores

Los Angeles Times staff

HIGH SCHOOL FLAG FOOTBALL

FRIDAY’S RESULTS

City Section

Eagle Rock 19, L.A. Wilson 0

Lincoln 21, L.A. Marshall 7

L.A. University 14, WISH Academy 8

MSAR 7, Valley Oaks CES 0

Monroe 7, Sun Valley Poly 0

Monroe 13, Sun Valley Poly 6

North Hollywood 52, Grant 0

North Hollywood 31, Grant 0

Panorama 7, GALA 0

San Fernando 16, Sylmar 0

Van Nuys 32, Reseda 0

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How the top 25 high school football teams in the Southland fared this week

Los Angeles Times staff

A look at how the top 25 high school football teams in the Southland fared this week:

Rk. School (record) result; Next game

1. SANTA MARGARITA (8-0) def. St. John Bosco, 21-7; vs. JSerra, Friday

2. ST. JOHN BOSCO (6-2) lost to Santa Margarita, 21-7; at Servite, Friday

3. SIERRA CANYON (8-0) def. Chaminade, 41-0; at Sherman Oaks Notre Dame, Friday

4. CORONA CENTENNIAL (5-3) def. Norco, 46-14; at Chaparrel, Friday

5. MATER DEI (6-2) def. Servite, 38-15; vs. Orange Lutheran, Friday

6. MISSION VIEJO (6-1) at San Clemente, postponed; at Los Alamitos, Friday

7. ORANGE LUTHERAN (5-3) def. JSerra, 48-13; at Servite, Friday

8. SAN CLEMENTE (7-0) vs. Mission Viejo, postponed; at San Juan Hills, Friday

9. CORONA DEL MAR (7-0) at Capistrano Valley, Saturday; vs. Crean Lutheran, Friday

10. JSERRA (4-4) lost to Orange Lutheran, 48-13; at Santa Margarita, Friday

11. SERVITE (3-5) lost to Mater Dei, 38-15; vs. Orange Lutheran, Friday

12. BISHOP AMAT (7-1) def. Sherman Oaks Notre Dame, 48-28; vs. Loyola, Friday

13. LA SERNA (7-1) def. Cerritos, 57-7; vs. Mayfair, Friday

14. CREAN LUTHERAN (5-2) vs. La Habra, late; at Corona del Mar, Friday

15. INGLEWOOD (8-1) def. Redondo Union, 33-7; at Leuzinger, Friday

16. PALOS VERDES (7-1) def. Mira Costa, 34-14; at Redondo Union, Friday

17. SHERMAN OAKS NOTRE DAME (7-1) lost to Bishop Amat, 48-28; vs. Sierra Canyon, Friday

18. CARSON (7-1) def. Narbonne, 48-14; vs. San Pedro, Friday

19. CHAMINADE (5-3) lost to Sierra Canyon, 41-0; vs. Gardena Serra, Friday

20. HUNTINGTON BEACH (8-0) def. Western, 34-14; vs. Troy, Thursday

21. SAN JACINTO (8-0) def. Elsinore, 49-16; vs. Granite Hills, Friday

22. GARDENA SERRA (4-4) def. Loyola, 26-0; at Chaminade, Friday

23. ORANGE (8-0) def. Beckman, 51-14; vs. Irvine, Thursday

24. SAN JUAN HILLS (7-1) def. Yorba Linda, 14-10; vs. San Clemente, Friday

25. CAPISTRANO VALLEY (6-1) vs. Corona del Mar, Saturday; vs. Villa Park, Friday

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High school girls’ volleyball: Southern Section playoff pairings

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

SOUTHERN SECTION PLAYOFFS

(Games at 6 p.m. unless noted)

TUESDAY’S SCHEDULE

First Round

DIVISION 2

Los Osos at Newport Harbor

Redondo Union at Crean Lutheran

San Juan Hills at Mayfield

Corona Centennial at Bishop Montgomery

Eastvale Roosevelt at Orange Lutheran

Palos Verdes at Murrieta Valley

Sherman Oaks Notre Dame at West Ranch

Campbell Hall at Long Beach Poly

DIVISION 4

Trabuco Hills at Portola

Summit at Burbank Burroughs

North Torrance at El Dorado

Whitney at Yorba Linda

Santa Monica at Arcadia

San Marino at Notre Dame Academy

Ventura at Oak Hills

Tesoro at Vista Murrieta

Village Christian at Ayala

Ontario Christian at Santa Barbara

Laguna Beach at Rancho Cucamonga

San Dimas at Hemet

La Palma Kennedy at Glendora

Xavier Prep at Royal

Chadwick at Bonita

Linfield Christian at Chino Hills

DIVISION 6

Laguna Hills at Alta Loma

Granite Hills at Villa Park

Torrance at Dos Pueblos

Bishop Diego at Temescal Canyon

Le Lycee at Temecula Prep

Woodbridge at St. Bonaventure

Rowland at Capistrano Valley Christian

Loma Linda Academy at Ridgecrest Burroughs

Oxford Academy at Castaic

Santa Fe at Rancho Christian

Palm Springs at Santa Ana Calvary Chapel

Norte Vista at Rim of the World

Schurr at Holy Martyrs

Mayfair at Norwalk

Oxnard at Yucaipa

Covina at Lakewood

DIVISION 8

Montclair at Samueli Academy

Bellflower at Bolsa Grande

San Gorgonio at Oxnard Pacifica

El Rancho at San Gabriel Academy

Western at San Jacinto Valley

St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy at Fairmont Prep

Colony at Burbank

University Prep at Riverside Prep

Lancaster Desert Christian at Garden Grove Pacifica

Westminster La Quinta at Lighthouse Christian

Jurupa Valley at Kaiser

Orange Vista at Rio Mesa

Ramona at Big Bear

Geffen Academy at Pomona Catholic

Artesia at Century

West Valley at Bell Gardens

DIVISION 10

Perris at Leuzinger

Glendale at California School for the Deaf Riverside

Orange at Beacon Hill

Avalon at Canyon Springs

Orange County Classical Academy at Indian Springs

Compton at Adelanto

Anza Hamilton at Chaffey

Bassett at New Roads

Westmark at La Quinta

Miller at Glendale Adventist

Loara at Montebello

Rosemead at Redlands Adventist

Cathedral City at Lancaster

Dominguez at Ganesha

River Springs at Cornerstone Christian

Santa Ana Valley at St. Mary’s Academy

Note: Second Round (Divisions 4, 6, 8, 10) Thurs., Oct. 22; Quarterfinals (Divisions 2, 4, 6, 8 10) Tues., Oct. 27 at higher seeds; Semifinals (all divisions) Sat., Oct. 31 at higher seeds; Finals Nov. 6 or 7 at TBA.

WEDNESDAY’S SCHEDULE

(Games at 6 p.m. unless noted)

First Round

DIVISION 1

Pool A

#8 Harvard-Westlake at #1 Mater Dei

#5 Santa Margarita at #4 Oaks Christian

Pool B

#7 Marymount at #2 Sierra Canyon

#6 Los Alamitos at #3 Mira Costa

Note: Open Division second round pool play Tues., Oct. 27; Third round pool play Sat., Oct. 31. Finals Sat., Nov. 7 at Cerritos College.

DIVISION 3

Cerritos at Sunny Hills

Oak Park at Santa Ana Foothill

Chaminade at Cerritos Valley Christian

Alemany at Beckman

Corona Santiago at Newbury Park

Redlands at Rosary

Murrieta Mesa at Etiwanda

Saugus at Thousand Oaks

Claremont at Corona del Mar

Flintridge Prep at Millikan

Bishop Amat at St. Margaret’s

La Salle at Huntington Beach

Chaparral at Crescenta Valley

Crossroads at La Canada

Lakewood St. Joseph at Marina

Aliso Niguel at Windward

DIVISION 5

West Torrance at Marlborough

Liberty at Academy of Academic Excellence

Hesperia Christian at Peninsula

Moorpark at Canyon Country Canyon

Troy at El Toro

Western Christian at Valencia

Culver City at San Jacinto

Santa Monica Pacifica Christian at St. Anthony

Southlands Christian at Viewpoint

Westridge at Arrowhead Christian

Irvine at Beaumont

Gahr at Paraclete

Maranatha at Sultana

Burbank Providence at La Serna

Quartz Hill at Temple City

Palm Desert at Capistrano Valley

DIVISION 7

CAMS at Pasadena

Immaculate Heart at Tustin

Brea Olinda at Laguna Blanca

Chino at Sacred Heart Los Angeles

South Hills at Placentia Valencia

Trinity Classical Academy at Nordhoff

Highland at Barstow

Webb at Mary Star of the Sea

Eisenhower at Pasadena Marshall

Whittier at Beverly Hills

Rialto at Vistamar

Northview at Calvary Baptist

Indio at Fullerton

Tahquitz at Buckley

Rio Hondo Prep at Arlington

St. Genevieve at Foothill Tech

DIVISION 9

Santa Paula at Rancho Mirage

Canoga Park AGBU at Saddleback

Cobalt at San Jacinto Valley Academy

Anaheim at St. Monica Academy

Carter at Nogales

Carpinteria at Santa Rosa Academy

Vasquez at Westminster

Azusa at Moreno Valley

St. Jeane de Lestonnac at Santa Clarita Christian

Jurupa Hills at Sierra Vista

Victor Valley at Desert Christian Academy

Wildwood at Hillcrest

Excelsior Charter at Buena Park

Milken Community at Eastside

California at Garden Grove

Twentynine Palms at Shadow Hills

DIVISION 11

Grove at Compton Early College

Ambassador Christian at El Monte Arroyo

Rubidoux at Mesrobian

Animo Leadership at Ramona

Long Beach First Baptist at La Sierra Academy

Thacher at Pacific Lutheran

Grace at Shalhevet

New Covenant at Newport Christian

Oak Grove at Tarbut V’ Torah

Cal Lutheran at Workman

EF Academy at Santa Clara

Desert Chapel at Lynwood

Norton Science Academy at Newbury Park Adventist

Liberty Christian at Joshua Springs

River Springs at Downey Calvary Chapel

Riverside Bethel Christian at Silver Valley

Note: Second round (Divisions 3, 5, 7, 9, 11) Sat., Oct. 24; Quarterfinals (Divisions 3, 5, 7, 9) Wed., Oct. 28; Semifinals (all divisions) Oct. 31; Finals (all divisions) Sat., Nov. 7 at TBA.

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Oregon school shooter was former special needs student, police say | Gun Violence News

A teacher fought the teenage shooter and a parent shot him dead, police say on Friday, a day after four people were killed.

The 16-year-old who killed three children and a teacher at an elementary school in the US state of Oregon was a former special-needs student at the school, police and school officials have said.

Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz identified the attacker on Friday, a day after the shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School, as Griffin J. John II.

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He said the teenager attacked a classroom of special-needs students, where all the victims were shot.

Steven Cook, superintendent of Bend-La Pine Schools, said John was not enrolled in the local public school system at the time.

“That classroom was a special needs classroom, and the suspect was a special needs student in that school,” Cook told a news conference.

Krantz said John shot his way through locked doors with a 12-gauge shotgun, firing as many as 15 shots, and had about 44 rounds left when he was killed. Police are still trying to determine how he obtained the gun.

Under Oregon law, a minor may possess a shotgun if provided by a parent or with a parent’s consent.

The shooter’s mother, Shauntai Nickerson, separately told reporters outside her apartment: “I’m so sorry, I wish I could have done something.”

A teacher threw her phone at the gunman, then tackled and fought him, likely saving lives, Krantz said, calling her actions “heroic”. She was not injured.

A 36-year-old father, Kaylub Giamanco, who has two children at the school, then followed the gunman inside and shot him dead minutes after the first 911 call.

US President Donald Trump called Giamanco a “great hero”. “It’s a terrible thing, but thank goodness for a man that had a gun and knew how to use it,” Trump said.

People mourn next to a cordoned-off area at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, on October 16, 2026, the day after a shooting
People mourn next to a cordoned-off area at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, on October 16, 2026, the day after a shooting [David Ryder/Reuters]

The children killed were aged five, eight and 11, and the teacher was Meghan Lambert, 25, police said.

A seven-year-old child and a 54-year-old teacher were taken to hospital in critical condition.

The shooting is the 28th mass killing in the US this year, according to a database by The Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University.

The Gun Violence Archive in the US has documented 369 mass shootings in 2026, defined as incidents in which four or more people are shot.

The Everytown for Gun Safety group has counted at least 100 incidents of gunfire on school grounds this year, with 34 deaths.

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Power outages to prevent wildfires force postponement of football games

On Friday morning, with a power outage at Simi Valley High in effect out of concern that power lines could ignite a wildfire to erupt because of strong Santa Ana winds, Simi Valley football coach Jim Benkert was frantically checking locations available to help keep on schedule a homecoming game against Newbury Park on Friday night.

But with Ventura County facing increased outages, the Simi Valley home game has been moved to Saturday at 3:30 p.m. Another change involves St. Bonaventure hosting Oaks Christian at 1 p.m. on Saturday.

Southern California Edison warned about possible shutoff of electricity because of the wind. Simi Valley students remained in classes on Friday because the school has emergency generators.

Westlake coach Rick Clausen said his team’s game at Ventura High remains on because the school has generators if power is cut off.

The Valencia-Canyon game has been moved to 4 p.m. at Canyon High on Friday due to possible power outages.

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High school flag football: Wednesday and Thursday scores

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

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