watts games matchups

We managed to get hold of the brackets and the first round matchups for the LA Watts Summer Games Boys Basketball Tournament, which gets underway next weekend, Saturday, June 19, and Sunday June 20. These are sort of tenative, and subject to change, but we have it on pretty good authority that there won't be many changes except perhaps the addition of one or two teams to the bracketing by the time the Games get started.

There are 8 locations, but since this tournament is single elimination it really doesn't much matter which bracket a particular team was placed in because the seeded teams (you'll be able to tell which ones those are) are generally all at different locations. Here are the tentative first round matchups for Saturday, organized by location:

Saturday, June 19--Round I Games		Saturday, June 19--Round I Games
At Fairfax HS 9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m.	Fairfax v. Maranatha Santa Monica v. Burbank LA Marshall v. Esperanza Venice v. Buckley	At Dorsey HS 9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m.	Dorsey v. La Canada St. Monica v. Locke Diamond Ranch v. LA Washington Jefferson v. Mary Star Inglewood --Bye
At Manual Arts HS 9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m.	Manual Arts v. Cathedral Pacifica v. El Camino Lynwood v. Camarillo Chatsworth v. Leuzinger	At LA Southwest College 9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m.	Peninsula v. Bell West Torrance v. Belmont Fremont v. Oak Park Pasadena Marshall v. Cleveland Mira Costa--Bye
At Gardena HS 9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m.	Gardena v. Bellflower Torrance v. Palisades Mid City Magnet v. Cajon San Clemente v. Campbell Hall Carson--Bye	At Frankin HS 9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m.	Franklin v. Blair Hawthorne v. Hollywood San Fernando v. Valley View Granite Hills v. Oxnard
At Verbum Dei HS 9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m.	Verbum Dei v. Narbonne Bell-Jeff v. Los Angeles HS Canoga Park v. Muir South Torrance v. Sylmar Crescenta Valley--Bye	At Jordan HS 9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m.	LA Jordan v. North Torrance Huntington Park v. Compton Centennial St. Augustine (SD) v. Quartz Hill Morningside v. Taft

On Sunday, there will be games at all locations at 9:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. Some of these games will be second and third round games, and others will be considered "first games" for some teams, including many of the top seeded teams who essentially drew byes in the first round on Saturday. Here's a schedule for those game set for Sunday, June 20, 1999:

Sunday June 20, 1999--Round II & III
At Fairfax HS 9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m.	Winner Santa Monica/Burbank v. Winner Marshall/Esperanza Winner Venice/Buckley--BYE Elizabeth Learning Center v. Pasadena Winner Fairfax v. Maranatha vs. Winner 9:00 a.m. game Winner 11:00 a.m. Game v. Winner Venice/Buckley
At Dorsey HS 9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m.	Winner Dorsey/LaCanada v. Winner St. Monica/Locke Winner Jefferson/Mary Star v. Inglewood Westchester v. Bolsa Grande Winnner Diamond Ranch/Washington v. Winner 9:00 a.m. Winner Westchester/Bolsa Grande v. Winner 10:00 a.m.
At Manual Arts HS 9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m.	Winner Pacifica/El Camino Real v. Winner Lynwood/Camarillo Winner Chatsworth/Leuzinger--BYE Upland v. Burroughs Winner Manual Arts/Cathedral v. Winner 9:00 a.m. Winner Chatsworth/Leuzinger v. Winner 11:00 a.m.
At LA Southwest College 9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m.	Winner Peninsula/Bell v. Winner W. Torrance/Belmont Winner Pasadena Marshall/Cleveland v. Mira Costa Long Beach Jordan v. Reseda Winner 9:00 a.m. v. Winner Fremont v. Oak Park Winner 10:00 a.m. v. Winner 11:00 a.m.
At Gardena HS 9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m.	Winner Gardena/Bellflower v. Winner Palisades/Torrance Winner San Clemente/Campbell Hall v. Carson Dominguez v. Riverside Ramona Winner 9:00 a.m. v. Winner Mid City/Cajon Winner 11:30 a.m. v. Winner 10:00 a.m.
At Franklin HS 9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m.	Winner Franklin/Blair v. Winner Hawthorne/Hollywood Winner Granite Hills/Oxnard--BYE Foshay v. J.W. North Winner 9:00 a.m. v. Winner San Fernando/Valley View Winner 10:00 a.m. v. Winner 11:00 a.m.
At Verbum Dei HS 9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m.	Winner Verbum Dei/Narbonne v. Winner Bell-Jeff/Los Angeles Winner S. Torrance/Sylmar v. Crescenta Valley Mayfair v. Mark Keppel Winner Canoga Park v. Muir v. Winner 9:00 a.m. Winner 10:00 a.m. v. Winner 11:00 a.m.
At Jordan HS 9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m.	Winner Jordan/N. Torrance v. Winner Huntington Park/Centennial Winner Morningside/Taft--BYE Crossroads v. Roosevelt Winner 9:00 a.m. v. Winner St. Augustine/Quartz Hill Winner 10:00 a.m. v. Winner 11:00 a.m.

The tournament will continue on through Rounds IV and the semifinals and finals the following weekend, and since there will be potentially major changes in the times for those games, we won't be posting them up for now.

The basketball tournament for boys (and girls---don't worry, we'll post those games up too), are part of a larger games, which are held at more than 21 venues in LA County, covering 18 sports, arts, academics, and entertainment. They will feature more than 10,000 high school students from more than 250 participating schools during a full month of games and creative events. Schools from all over SoCal, including schools from Orange, San Diego, Riverside, Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo Counties are participating this year. Sports involved in the games include Basketball, Cheerleading, Football, Cross-Country, Golf, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, Track & Field, Volleyball, Water Polo, and Wrestling. Of course, Basketball and Soccer make up the bulk of the athletes.

Admission is free, and there will also be a great College Counselling and Career Expo at LA Southwest College, so you'll want to check that out if you're one of the participating athletes, and even if you're not, you'll want to make it over to LASWC for the rest of the festivities.

LA Jordan HS 2265 E. 103rd St. LA, CA 90002	Verbum Dei HS 111000 S. Central Ave. LA, CA, 90059	Franklin HS 820 North Ave 54 LA, CA 90068	Dorsey HS 3537 Farmdale Ave. LA, CA 90016
Gardena HS 1301 W. 182nd St. Gardena, CA 90248	Fairfax HS 7850 Melrose Ave. LA, CA 90046	LASW College 1600 E. Imperial Hwy LA, CA 90047	Manual Arts HS 4131 S. Vermont Ave LA, CA 90037