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Boys Volleyball: Today’s first round playoff schedule
Below is today’s first round boys volleyball playoff schedule involving westside teams. All games are at 7 p.m. unless otherwise indicated.
LA CITY SECTION
Division 1:
Grant at Palisades
Division 2:
Kennedy at University
Arleta at Venice
SOUTHERN SECTION
Boys Basketball: LA University High’s tournament gets an upgrade with Santa Monica and Windward added to the mix
It was not that long ago that University High’s boys’ basketball tournament was hosting the likes of Huntington Park College Ready and Lou Dantzer.
The small schools seem to be a thing of the past as the Wildcats have significantly improve the quaility of teams in the upcoming 2013 verision of the Jim Nakabara Classic.
Buckley, the CIF-SS 5AA champs, returns and is joined by CIF State Division I runner-up Santa Monica and Windward, the Alpha League co-champs.
“I am very excited about the field,” said University head coach Steve Ackerman. “Seven of the eight teams are current or former CIF champions. This will be the toughest field of teams in the four year history of the tournament.”
Other teams scheduled to play are Harvard-Westlake, Dorsey, Roybal, and St. Bernard.
The tournament runs from December 9th-14th.
Girls Basketball Roundup: Venice upsets University in OT; Westchester holds off Palisades
University’s Brittany Martin missed a front-end of a one-and-one with a second left in overtime as Venice hangs on to a 56-54 home victory over the Wildcats.
It is the second time this season that a errant free throw has doomed University. Martin’s missed attempt against Fairfax in the final seconds allowed the Lions to rally for a 53-52 win earlier this month.
Sarah Schemerhorn had 25 points for Venice (11-14, 4-6) and Jenny Aceret added 14.
Girls Basketball Roundup: Westchester beats Palisades; stands alone on top of the Western League
Destinee Brown got off the a fast start by scoring eight of her 20 points in the first quarter as Westchester easily defeated Palisades, 58-33 to take sole possession of first place in the Western League standings.
Brown nearly had a triple-double, along with her 20 points, she finished with 10 rebounds and 7 steals.
Westchester (17-5, 3-0) led by ten at halftime but outscored Palisades 22-7 in the third quarter to take a commanding 50-25 lead and snapped the Dolphins’ five-game winning streak.
Boys Basketball: University needs a fourth quarter rally to get by Venice
Venice erased a nine-point deficit at the end of the third quarter and held a one-point lead over University in a bid to win their first Western League game of the year.
Then the Wildcats refocused and jumped back out to a double-digit lead minutes into the fourth as they scored 24 points in the final period of a 63-52 victory over the Gondoliers.
“Playing at Venice is always a trap game for us. Their deliberate style of play always causes us problems,” said University head coach Steve Ackerman. “This year, it was nice to have the veteran senior leadership of Breamon Richard and Victor Nwaba step up and deliver us the victory.”
Venice, University and Palisades win LAUSD team GPA Award
Venice High’s girls’ volleyball team was honored with the Los Angeles Unified School District Team GPA award for their outstanding scholastic performance in the classroom.
The Division II city champions had an overall 3.6 GPA to lead all city schools.
Among the other westside schools that were honored with the GPA award are University for boys’ cross country and Palisades for boys’ water polo.
