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SOUTHERN SECTION PLAYOFFS

TUESDAY’S RESULTS

First Round

DIVISION 2
Bishop Amat 20, Cypress 19
Cajon 13, Redlands East Valley 7
Portola 7, Shadow Hills 6
Newbury Park 40, Tesoro 13
Ventura 46, Fullerton 14
Northwood 31, Woodbridge 25
Corona del Mar 20, Agoura 18
Linfield Christian 20, Palos Verdes 12
Downey 32, San Dimas 6
San Clemente 33, Yorba Linda 0
Beckman 33, Bonita 18
Westlake 32, Mater Dei 8
Aliso Niguel 39, Warren 6
El Toro 25, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 14
Upland 34, Western Christian 7
Gahr 31, Beaumont 21

DIVISION 3
La Serna 19, Mira Costa 7
Foothill 6, Ayala 0
Moorpark 19, South Hills 0
Sunny Hills 26, California 12
Norco 27, Hemet 6
Long Beach Poly 19, Villa Park 6
Millikan 7, Placentia Valencia 6
Glendora 13, Torrance 12
Mission Viejo 19, Irvine University 14
Corona Santiago 25, Patriot 12
El Modena 21, Santa Monica 0
Rancho Cucamonga 33, Kaiser 12
Eastvale Roosvelt 24, Sonora 7
Santa Paula 35, Channel Islands 34
Bellflower 25, Chino 7
La Habra 12, San Marino 6

DIVISION 4
Temecula Prep 27, Alta Loma 18
Canyon Springs 19, West Covina 8
Inglewood 27, Laguna Hills 0
West Ranch 18, Chaparral 12
Riverside King 28, Loma Linda Academy 20
Gardena Serra 34, Ramona 20
Schurr 37, North Torrance 6
Great Oak at Covina, Wednesday at 5 p.m.
Temecula Valley 19, Corona 18
St. Mary’s Academy 6, La Palma Kennedy 0
Riverside Poly 33, Temescal Canyon 26
Chaminade 21, Murrieta Mesa 18
Claremont 33, La Canada 6
Compton at Sierra Vista
Royal 22, Hart 20
Antelope Valley 19, Serrano 12

DIVISION 5
Lancaster at Quartz Hill, Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.
Moreno Valley 38, Jurupa Hills 14
Rancho Alamitos 30, Lawndale 22
San Gorgonio 18, Rialto 6
Norte Vista 27, Orange 6
Northview 6, El Segundo 0
Hacienda Heights Wilson 26, Montclair 0
Castaic 25, Highland 24
Don Lugo 13, Elsinore 7
Azusa 7, Valley View 0
Anaheim 42, San Jacinto Valley 13
Long Beach Jordan 13, Costa Mesa 6
Westridge 21, Windward 6
Vasquez 18, South El Monte 15
Buena Park 25, St. Paul 12
Vista Murrieta 6, Garden Grove 0

DIVISION 6
Brentwood 48, Pioneer 22
Leuzinger 18, Norwalk 13
Montebello 25, Westminster La Quinta 20
Cerritos 25, Saddleback 6
Garey 37, Miller 12
Loara 33, Bell Gardens 6
Artesia 27, Tahquitz 6
Adelanto 36, Los Amigos 6
El Rancho 26, Ramona Convent 6
Estancia 33, Palm Springs 6
Alemany 39, SEED LA 6
Paramount 12, Fontana 7
Gabrielino 31, Workman 13
Palm Desert 18, Indian Springs 9
Godinez 12, Rosemead 0
Hillcrest 46, Pomona 14

WEDNESDAY’S SCHEDULE
(Games at 5 p.m. unless noted)

First Round

DIVISION 1
Trabuco Hills at JSerra
Anaheim Canyon at Santa Margarita
Edison at Newport Harbor
Etiwanda at Dos Pueblos
Esperanza at Huntington Beach
Oxnard at Camarillo
Lakewood St. Joseph at San Marcos
Redondo Union at Orange Lutheran

Note: Second round (Divisions 2-6) Sat. Oct. 25; Quarterfinals (Division 1) Mon., Oct. 27; Quarterfinals (Divisions 2-6) Tues., Oct. 28; Semifinals (all divisions) Nov. 1; Finals (all divisions) Nov. 7-8 at Fred Kelly Stadium.

SOUTHERN SECTION GIRLS’ FLAG FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS

(All games at 5 p.m. unless noted)

TUESDAY’S SCHEDULE

First Round

DIVISION 2
Bishop Amat at Cypress
Cajon at Redlands East Valley
Shadow Hills at Portola
Tesoro at Newbury Park
Fullerton at Ventura
Northwood at Woodbridge
Corona Del Mar at Agoura
Palos Verdes at Linfield Christian
San Dimas at Downey
San Clemente at Yorba Linda
Bonita at Beckman
Westlake at Mater Dei
Warren at Aliso Niguel
Sherman Oaks Notre Dame at El Toro
Western Christian at Upland
Gahr at Beaumont

DIVISION 3
La Serna at Mira Costa
Foothill at Ayala
Moorpark at South Hills
Sunny Hills at California
Hemet at Norco
Long Beach Poly at Villa Park
Placenita Valencia at Millikan
Glendora at Torrance
Irvine University at Mission Viejo
Patriot at Corona Santiago
Santa Monica at El Modena
Kaiser at Rancho Cucamonga
Sonora at Eastvale Roosvelt
Channel Islands at Santa Paula
Chino at Bellflower
San Marino at La Habra

DIVISION 4
Alta Loma at Temecula Prep
Canyon Springs at West Covina
Laguna Hills at Inglewood
West Ranch at Chaparral
Loma Linda Academy at Riverside King
Ramona at Gardena Serra
North Torrance at Schurr
Great Oak at Covina
Temecula Valley at Corona
St. Mary’s Academy at La Palma Kennedy
Temescal Canyon at Riverside Poly
Murrieta Mesa at Chaminade
La Canada at Claremont
Compton at Sierra Vista
Royal at Hart
Serrano at Antelope Valley

DIVISION 5
Lancaster at Quartz Hill
Moreno Valley at Jurupa Hills
Rancho Alamitos at Lawndale
Rialto at San Gorgonio
Orange at Norte Vista
El Segundo at Northview
Montclair at Hacienda Heights Wilson
Castaic at Highland
Elsinore at Don Lugo
Valley View at Azusa
Anaheim at San Jacinto Valley
Costa Mesa at Long Beach Jordan
Windward at Westridge
Vasquez at South El Monte
Buena Park at St. Paul
Garden Grove at Vista Murrieta

DIVISION 6
Pioneer at Brentwood
Norwalk at Leuzinger
Westminster La Quinta at Montebello
Saddleback at Cerritos
Miller at Garey
Bell Gardens at Loara
Tahquitz at Artesia
Los Amigos at Adelanto
Ramona Convent at El Rancho
Estancia at Palm Springs
SEED LA at BIshop Alemany
Fontana at Paramount
Workman at Gabrielino
Indian Springs at Palm Desert
Godinez at Rosemead
Pomona at Hillcrest

WEDNESDAY’S SCHEDULE

First Round

DIVISION 1
Trabuco Hills at JSerra
Anaheim Canyon at Santa Margarita
Edison at Newport Harbor
Etiwanda at Dos Pueblos
Esperanza at Huntington Beach
Oxnard at Camarillo
Lakewood St. Joseph at San Marcos
Redondo Union at Orange Lutheran

Note: Second round (Divisions 2-6) Oct. 25; Quarterfinals (Division 1), Oct. 27; Quarterfinals (Divisions 2-6) Oct. 28; Semifinals (all divisions) Nov. 1; Finals (all divisions) Nov. 7-8 at Fred Kelly Stadium.

HIGH SCHOOL FLAG FOOTBALL

WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS

CITY SECTION

New Designs University Park 36, TEACH Tech 0

Verdugo Hills 26, Arleta 6

Verdugo Hills 26, Arleta 13

SOUTHERN SECTION

Alhambra 36, Keppel 8

Antelope Valley 6, Highland 0

Banning 50, Rancho Mirage 33

Bellflower 26, Norwalk 0

Bishop Amat 25, St. Paul 0

Bonita 32, Claremont 15

Burbank Burroughs 33, Providence 0

California 30, Whittier 14

Castaic 21, Golden valley 12

Cerritos 26, Pioneer 0

Costa Mesa 14, Godinez 6

Covina 19, West Covina 13

Crean Lutheran 39, Azusa 0

Desert Hot Springs 22, Cathedral City 6

Hart 32, Canyon Country Canyon 6

Irvine 7, Laguna Beach 0

Irvine University 35, Rosary 13

Knight 13, Lancaster 6

La Canada 40, Rio Hondo Prep 12

Laguna Hills 14, Westminster 7

Montebello 6, San Gabriel 0

Newport Harbor 32, Aliso Niguel 6

Northview 18, Charter Oak 12

Paramount 12, La Mirada 0

Quartz Hill 22, Eastside 0

Rowland 12, Hacienda Heights Wilson 7

San Dimas 20, Alta Loma 6

Santa Fe 19, El Rancho 12

Saugus 14, Vasquez 7

Schurr 33, Bell Gardens 12

Sierra Vista 28, St. Lucy’s 31

South El Monte 34, Arroyo 7

Sunny Hills 6, Santa Ana Foothill 0

Tesoro 18, San Juan Hills 14

Tustin 26, Compton Early College 0

Villa Park 18, Troy 12

Warren 19, Gahr 0

Western Christian 13, Ontario Christian 7

West Ranch 34, Valencia 0

THURSDAY’S RESULTS

CITY SECTION

Birmingham 6, Cleveland 0

Carson 31, LA Marshall 21

Hollywood 25, Collins Family 13

El Camino Real 28, Chatsworth 0

LA Marshall 20, Jefferson 6

Jefferson 13, Carson 12

Maywood Academy 6, Torres 0

Panorama 42, Van Nuys 0

Panorama 48, Reseda 0

Roybal 6, LACES 0

Sotomayor 8, Maywood Academy 0

Sotomayor 40, Torres 0

Van Nuys 21, Granada Hills Kennedy 12

Venice 19, Fairfax 6

MONDAY’S RESULTS

CITY SECTION

Bell 24, South East 0

Birmingham 46, Chatsworth 0

Diego 12, TEACH Tech 7

Dorsey 45, Dymally 0

Dorsey 19, Washington 6

Eagle Rock 60, Roybal 0

El Camino Real 18, Taft 0

Fremont 30, Hawkins 8

GALA 7, Fremont 0

GALA 13, Hawkins 6

Garfield 18, Bell 8

Jefferson 40, West Adams 0

Jefferson d. Stella, forfeit

L.A. Marshall 47, Bernstein 21

Lincoln 20, Roybal 0

Panorama 39, Chavez 0

Panorama 28, Chavez 0

San Pedro 13, Narbonne 6

San Pedro 19, King/Drew 0

Santee 10, Manual Arts 0

Santee 29, Los Angeles 0

South East 18, South Gate 6

West Adams d. Stella, forfeit

Wilmington Banning 12, Carson 0

SOUTHERN SECTION

Alemany 26, Village Christian 12

Anaheim 26, Estancia 0

Anaheim Canyon 19, Crean Lutheran 12

Antelope Valley 26, Knight 0

Beckman 34, Aliso Niguel 32

Bellflower 20, Fairmont Prep 6

Bishop Amat 26, Ontario Christian 0

Brentwood 41, Immaculate Heart 0

California 25, Santa Fe 12

Canyon Springs 32, San Gorgonio 6

Channel Islands 38, Fillmore 0

Chaparral 8, Murrieta Mesa 0

Chino 12, Don Lugo 0

Chino Hills 27, St. Lucy’s 12

Compton Early College 32, Compton Centennial 0

Corona del Mar 26, El Modena 12

Corona Santiago 24, Eastvale Roosevelt 22

Covina 13, Hacienda Heights Wilson 13

Dominguez 24, La Mirada 14

Eastside 27, Littlerock 0

Edison 21, Los Alamitos 6

Etiwanda 13, Rancho Cucamonga 0

Fullerton 43, Tustin 7

Gabrielino 40, Arroyo 18

Great Oak 13, Temecula Valley 6

Hart 14, Saugus 0

Hemet 46, Riverside North 0

Highland 6, Quartz Hill 0

Huntington Beach 40, Fountain Valley 12

Indio 18, Palm Springs 7

Keppel 20, Bell Gardens 6

Lancaster 45, Palmdale 0

La Serna 24, Whittier 0

La Palma Kennedy 19, Laguna Hills 13

Loma Linda Academy 24, La Sierra 19

Los Amigos 25, Magnolia 0

Millikan 48, Long Beach Cabrillo 0

Newport Harbor 45, Marina 6

Norco 32, Corona 14

Norte Vista 14, Ramona 8

Northwood 33, Rosary Academy 12

Ontario 33, Montclair 19

Orange 54, Pomona 0

Palos Verdes 46, Peninsula 6

Portola 33, Irvine University 0

Redlands Adventist Academy 20, Patriot 7

Riverside King 25, Corona Centennial 19

Rowland 21, Northview 12

Saddleback 46, Western 8

San Dimas 38, Colony 6

San Marino 20, La Canada 19

Santa Ana Valley 13, Bolsa Grande 12

Santa Paula 41, Hueneme 0

Schurr 32, Montebello 0

Segerstrom 13, Westminster 7

South El Monte 20, El Monte 0

South Hills 7, Alta Loma 0

Tesoro 27, Capistrano Valley 0

Upland 53, Los Osos 25

Valencia 13, Golden Valley 6

Vasquez 13, Castaic 6

Warren 46, Norwalk 0

West Covina 30, Charter Oak 6

Western Christian 18, Linfield Christian 12

Woodbridge 33, Sage Hill 7

TUESDAY’S RESULTS

SOUTHERN SECTION

Ayala 18, Glendora 0

Burbank Burroughs 13, Paramount 6

Cajon 30, Beaumont 14

Camarillo 38, Royal 7

Canyon Springs 32, Lakeside 6

Citrus Valley 27, Yucaipa 0

El Modena , El Dorado

El Toro 18, Mission Viejo 12

Eitwanda 19, Upland 18

Indio 18, Palm Desert 14

Inglewood 38, Beverly Hills 0

JSerra 25, Mater Dei 0

Lakewood St. Joseph 26, St. Mary’s Academy 6

Lawndale 32, Leuzinger 13

Los Osos 34, St. Lucy’s 12

Newbury Park 39, Thousand Oaks 20

Nogales 14, Rowland 0

Norte Vista 14, Loma Linda Academy 13

Nuview 13, California Military Institute 6

Ontario 21, Chaffey 7

Orange Lutheran 28, Santa Margarita 2

Oxnard 38, Buena 0

Patriot 52, La Sierra 0

Ramona 20, Redlands Adventist Academy 6

Rancho Cucamonga 25, Chino Hills 6

Redlands East Valley 33, Redlands 0

Redondo Union 20, Mira Costa 0

Riverside North 19, Riverside Poly 6

San Clemente 38, Tesoro 25

San Marcos 40, Oxnard Pacifica 0

Santa Fe 21, Orange 6

Santa Monica 33, Culver City 0

SEED: L.A. 6, Providence 0

Segerstrom 19, La Palma Kennedy 12

South Torrance 25, North Torrance 15

Temecula Prep 18, San Jacinto Valley Academy 7

Torrance 40, West Torrance 6

Trabuco Hills 25, San Juan Hills 13

Workman 19, La Puente 6

INTERSECTIONAL

Chaminade 26, El Camino Real 7

It’s showdown time in City Section girls’ flag football. Unbeaten Eagle Rock (13-0) plays at unbeaten Panorama (19-0) at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Eagle Rock is a little bit of a surprise. The Eagles lost to graduation perhaps the No. 1 player in the City Section, Haylee Weatherspoon, but they are showing they are not a one-person team.

Basketball players Nyla Moore and Kyla Siao have become standouts on the football field. Moore, only a junior, is the quarterback. Siao, a shooting guard, is a top receiver and safety.

Coach Julie Wilkins said, “We don’t have an all-star like Haylee, but everyone contributes.”

Eagle Rock relies on receivers who don’t drop passes. The 5-foot-11 Moore uses her height, mobility and arm to find her receivers.

This will be the first big test for Panorama, which is aiming to be an Open Division playoff team this season.

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Trump-appointed FBI Director Kash Patel has fired an agent-in-training over an LGBTQIA+ Pride flag.

According to three people close to the situation, the unidentified agent was terminated on the first day of the US government shutdown for displaying the flag in his workspace, per CNN.

The employee, who had previously served as a field office diversity program coordinator and had received several awards, was enrolled in new agent training at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, when he received his dismissal letter.

In the letter, Patel cited the 47th president’s claimed Article II powers to dismiss the agent without due process, referring to the flag as “political signage.”

“You are being summarily dismissed from your position as a New Agent Trainee at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, and removed from federal service,” Patel wrote, per MSNBC.

“After reviewing the facts and circumstances and considering your probationary status, I have determined that you exercised poor judgment with an inappropriate display of political signage in your work area during your previous assignment in the Los Angeles Field Office.”

While the FBI has yet to release a statement, several Democratic officials have condemned Patel’s actions.

“LGBTQ+ people should be able to serve their country openly and proudly,” Josh Sorbe, spokesperson for Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats, told The Advocate.

Openly gay California Representative Mark Takano, Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, echoed similar sentiments in a separate statement to the outlet.

“Trump and his administration have been obsessively trying to purge our community from the federal workforce since they took power. This firing is just their next attack,” he said.

“It’s not just censorship — they’re also firing people for simply being LGBTQI+ or doing work that supports the LGBTQI+ community. These despicable acts are yet another example of how commonplace anti-LGBTQI+ discrimination is in this administration.”

The recent firing joins a growing list of anti-LGBTQIA+ moves committed by the Trump administration.

From cutting funding for HIV and LGBTQIA+ health care to erasing bisexual and trans people from the National Park Service’s website on the Stonewall National Monument, the community has been ruthlessly targeted by the former reality personality and convicted felon.

For more information on the Trump administration’s relentless attacks on the LGBTQIA+ community, click here.

Trump-appointed FBI Director Kash Patel has fired an agent-in-training over an LGBTQIA+ Pride flag.

According to three people close to the situation, the unidentified agent was terminated on the first day of the US government shutdown for displaying the flag in his workspace, per CNN.

The employee, who had previously served as a field office diversity program coordinator and had received several awards, was enrolled in new agent training at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, when he received his dismissal letter.

In the letter, Patel cited the 47th president’s claimed Article II powers to dismiss the agent without due process, referring to the flag as “political signage.”

“You are being summarily dismissed from your position as a New Agent Trainee at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, and removed from federal service,” Patel wrote, per MSNBC.

“After reviewing the facts and circumstances and considering your probationary status, I have determined that you exercised poor judgment with an inappropriate display of political signage in your work area during your previous assignment in the Los Angeles Field Office.”

While the FBI has yet to release a statement, several Democratic officials have condemned Patel’s actions.

“LGBTQ+ people should be able to serve their country openly and proudly,” Josh Sorbe, spokesperson for Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats, told The Advocate.

Openly gay California Representative Mark Takano, Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, echoed similar sentiments in a separate statement to the outlet.

“Trump and his administration have been obsessively trying to purge our community from the federal workforce since they took power. This firing is just their next attack,” he said.

“It’s not just censorship — they’re also firing people for simply being LGBTQI+ or doing work that supports the LGBTQI+ community. These despicable acts are yet another example of how commonplace anti-LGBTQI+ discrimination is in this administration.”

The recent firing joins a growing list of anti-LGBTQIA+ moves committed by the Trump administration.

From cutting funding for HIV and LGBTQIA+ health care to erasing bisexual and trans people from the National Park Service’s website on the Stonewall National Monument, the community has been ruthlessly targeted by the former reality personality and convicted felon.

For more information on the Trump administration’s relentless attacks on the LGBTQIA+ community, click here.

FRIDAY’S RESULTS

CITY SECTION

Bell 27, Garfield 14

Bernstein 27, Hollywood 6

Eagle Rock 7, L.A. Marshall 0

L.A. Hamilton 36, Fairfax 12

L.A. Wilson 26, Franklin 12

Legacy 12, L.A. Roosevelt 6

Panorama 26, Granada Hills Kennedy 6

Roybal 22, Mendez 13

South East 18, Huntington Park 0

Sylmar 31, Van Nuys 6

Venice 20, L.A. University 0

SOUTHERN SECTION

Beverly Hills 12, Immaculate Heart 0

Brentwood 19, Providence 7

Cerritos 40, Whitney 0

Mira Costa 18, Peninsula 7

Orange County Pacifica Christian 41, Garden Grove Santiago 6

Torrance 19, North Torrance 8

St. Bonaventure 28, Del Sol 14

SATURDAY’S RESULTS

SOUTHERN SECTION

Ayala 19, Highland 6

Bellflower 31, Corona 7

Bellflower 19, Fullerton 12

Castaic d. Fillmore, forfeit

Castaic 18, Knight 6

Corona 25, Crean Lutheran 0

Corona del Mar 27, Inglewood 18

Corona del Mar 35, St. Paul 0

Corona Centennial 13, Riverside Poly 6

Fullerton 25, Corona del Mar 19

Hart 12, Ayala 6

Hueneme d. Canyon Country Canyon, forfeit

Hueneme 6, Lompoc Cabrillo 0

Huntington Beach 46, Buena 0

Huntington Beach 41, Channel Islands 7

Knight d. Fillmore, forfeit

Knight 19, Castaic 6

Lompoc 20, Windward 18

Lompoc Cabrillo 19, Saugus 7

Oxnard Pacifica 18, Saugus 13

Segerstrom 20, Garden Grove 6

Segerstrom 20, St. Paul 18

Simi Valley 34, Hueneme 12

Simi Valley 28, St. Bonaventure 12

Simi Valley 26, Valencia 12

Ventura 39, Ayala 0

INTERSECTIONAL

Fullerton 18, San Pedro 14

Gilbert (Ariz.) Campo Verde 34, Western Christian 7

Huntington Beach 23, LA Marshall 0

L.A. Marshall 27, Hart 7

L.A. Marshall 18, Ventura 14

King/Drew 21, Buena Park 13

King/Drew 42, Nuview Bridge 7

Madera 12, Windward 7

Narbonne 31, Destiny Christian Academy 0

San Pedro 27, Corona 7

San Pedro 34, Inglewood 13

Segerstrom 20, King/Drew 6

Vacaville 27, Narbonne 7

CITY SECTION

Banning 28, King/Drew 7

Birmingham 6, Sherman Oaks CES 0

Chavez 2, Sun Valley Poly 2

Diego Rivera 25, Simon Tech 0

East Valley 54, Valor Academy 0

El Camino Real 19, Cleveland 13

Fairfax 36, LACES 6

Maywood Academy 20, Elizabeth 0

Maywood CES 18, Torres 0

North Hollywood 20, Arleta 0

North Hollywood 12, Arleta 7

Sotomayor 19, Marquez 7

Sotomayor 18, Marquez 0

Sun Valley Magnet 40, AMIT 0

Sun Valley Poly 13, Chavez 0

Taft 19, Chatsworth 12

Torres 9, Maywood CES 6

USC Hybrid 19, TEACH Tech 0

Van Nuys 34, Grant 0

Van Nuys 7, Immaculate Heart 0

Verdugo Hills 32, Monroe 13

Verdugo Hills 43, Monroe 6

Westchester 14, LACES 0

SOUTHERN SECTION

Alhambra 27, Bell Gardens 13

Anaheim 26, Garden Grove Santiago 6

Anaheim Canyon 7, Sonora 6

Antelope Valley 26, Eastside 6

Azusa 19, Duarte 14

Bakersfield Christian 25, Highland 12

Beckman 19, Tesoro 6

Bellflower 26, Paramount 0

Beverly Hills 12, Hawthorne 0

Bishop Amat 50, St. Bernard 0

Buena Park 24, Godinez 0

California 22, Sunny Hills 7

Channel Islands 45, Hueneme 21

Chino 14, Ontario 8

Covina 19, Northview 0

Cypress 28, Esperanza 19

Dominguez 13, Norwalk 12

Don Lugo 7, Chaffey 6

El Modena 13, Villa Park 12

El Toro 25, San Juan Hills 6

Estancia 20, Savanna 0

Fountain Valley 19, Los Alamitos 14

Fullerton 24, Laguna Hills 19

Garden Grove 28, Costa Mesa 19

Huntington Beach 21, Corona del Mar 7

Inglewood 26, Culver City 0

Irvine University 32, Irvine 6

La Habra 27, Brea Olinda 12

Lakewood 6, Long Beach Cabrillo 0

Lakewood St. Joseph 36, Gardena Serra 6

La Serna 24, El Rancho 24

Leuzinger 50, Compton Centennial 0

Linfield Christian 60, Ontario Christian 12

Los Amigos 32, Magnolia 7

Mater Dei 43, Dana Hills 19

Millikan 34, Long Beach Jordan 0

Montebello 13, Keppel 0

Mountain View 14, El Monte 13

Newport Harbor 27, Edison 7

Northwood 13, Woodbridge 6

Palm Desert 19, Xavier Prep 13

Pioneer 20, Glenn 18

Placentia Valencia 32, Tustin 6

Pomona 13, La Puente 0

Portola 44, Sage Hill 0

Ramona Convent 19, Cantwell-Sacred Heart 0

Rancho Alamitos 6, Orange 0

Redondo Union 13, Palos Verdes 7

Riverside King 33, Moreno Valley 19

Riverside Poly 47, Redlands 6

Rosemead 6, Arroyo 0

Rotary 14, Laguna Beach 13

Saddleback 38, Western 6

San Marino 42, Temple City 0

Santa Ana Foothill 18, Garden Grove Pacifica 0

Santa Fe 13, Whittier 12

Santa Paula 35, Fillmore 0

Saugus 39, St. Bonaventure 7

Schurr 22, San Gabriel 0

Segerstrom 33, Loara 18

Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 33, Alemany 0

Sierra Vista 46, Baldwin Park 26

Simi Valley 13, Burbank Burroughs 7

South El Monte 19, Gabrielino 0

St. Paul 34, Bishop Diego 0

Trabuco Hills 26, Aliso Niguel 6

Van Nuys 7, Immaculate Heart 0

Vista del Lago 21, Lakeside 0

Warren 13, Downey 6

West Covina 34, Hacienda Heights Wilson 6

Western Christian 41, Newport Beach Pacifica Christian 6

Westminster 19, La Palma Kennedy 13

Yorba Linda 32, Troy 0

THURSDAY’S RESULTS

SOUTHERN SECTION

Costa Mesa 19, Katella 6

Dos Pueblos 31, Ventura 19

Highland 52, Littlerock 12

JSerra 35, Mater Dei 7

La Mirada 7, Mayfair 0

Knight 13, Palmdale 0

Orange Lutheran 26, Santa Margarita 13

Oxnard 41, Santa Barbara 6

Oxnard Pacifica 14, Buena 8

Quartz Hill 20, Lancaster 0

St. Bonaventure 19, Bishop Diego 12

In the spring of 2020, Doug Caines was burned out and finished coaching football.

“The COVID season probably broke me,” he said.

He had been head coach at Dos Pueblos High since 2018. He had been head coach at Santa Barbara from 2012-14. He remained at Dos Pueblos as a media arts teacher and focused on his own kids.

Then, in 2023, he was approached about becoming the girls’ flag football coach in the first season of the sport. It changed his life.

“Honestly, I’ve never had this much fun coaching football,” he said. “Man is it fun. The girls are just coachable and want to play and most are other athletes first.”

Dos Pueblos flag football receiver Brooklyn Hedricks, left, and quarterback Kacey Hurley.

(Michael Owen Baker/For The Times)

That feeling of fun, players wanting to learn and parents watching to enjoy the game instead of worrying about college recruiters best describes the third season of flag football. Everyone realizes this purity probably won’t last for long. Players are already getting offered flag football scholarships to colleges. High schools have started to seek out players.

Yet for now, the participants are enjoying just having the chance to play a sport that used to be reserved for boys.

“Before freshman year, I had never played and never heard of it,” said star Dos Pueblos receiver/defensive back Brooklyn Hendricks, whose father, George, is head baseball coach and also an assistant flag coach.

Dos Pueblos head coach Doug Caines, center, talks with his players during halftime.

(Michael Owen Baker/For The Times)

She was a travel ball player for years in softball. Her parents spent lots of time and money taking her to games around the country. Guess what has happened in her junior year of high school?

“Softball was my best sport, but flag football honestly is my best,” she said. “To get a scholarship offer is crazy.”

Dos Pueblos is 18-2 and part of a strong group of teams from Ventura County and the Santa Barbara area ready to challenge the powerful teams in Orange County. Dos Pueblos’ took 18-1 Orange Lutheran to overtime before losing.

“That was the most intense game I’ve played in,” Hendricks said. “It was such a battle back and forth. It was so much fun.”

Besides Hendricks, who has more than 30 interceptions in her flag football career, quarterback Kacey Hurley has been a key contributor. Last season Hurley was the center snapping the ball to the quarterback. Now she’s the one firing spirals, with 49 touchdown passes so far.

The regular season ends on Oct. 15. The playoffs are Oct. 21, 25, 28 and Nov. 1 with the championship games on Nov. 8.

Caines has been revitalized and rejuvenated.

“It’s been magical,” he said. “The first year was so fun. No expectations. Everything was new — the first game, the first touchdown, the first interception. We’ve been able to keep that going.”

Based on Caines’ coaching experience, a real trend in the coming years could be veteran 11-man football coaches switching to flag football to get back to the days of players learning from scratch and appreciating every moment at practice and games.

Meanwhile, the players will keep having strange dances before and after games, applying eyeblack like it’s makeup and, most of all, having fun playing a sport that isn’t their main one but could be one day.

“This team has great chemistry,” Hendricks said. “There’s never any drama. We have a good set of coaches, We focus on having more fun. We love a win. That’s great. But it’s more of a family.”

MONDAY’S RESULTS

CITY SECTION

Birmingham 12, Cleveland 6

Crenshaw 37, Hawkins 14

Crenshaw 19, Washington 0

Dorsey 20, View Park 0

Dorsey 15, Fremont 0

Eagle Rock 41, Bernstein 0

El Camino Real 38, Chatsworth 6

Franklin 20, Mendez 6

Fremont 18, View Park 2

GALA 55, Dymally 0

Hollywood 24, Annenberg 0

Huntington Park 22, L.A. Roosevelt 19

Huntington Park 27, South Gate 0

Jefferson 26, Angelou 0

Jefferson 48, Los Angeles 0

King/Drew 6, Carson 6

L.A. Hamilton 26, LACES 6

L.A. Roosevelt 25, South Gate 0

L.A. Wilson 40, Roybal 0

Narbonne 6, Wilmington Banning 0

Narbonne 34, Port of LA 0

San Pedro 27, Carson 0

Santee 33, Foshay 0

Santee 44, Stella 0

Stern 33, Animo De La Hoya 0

Venice 50, Fairfax 0

West Adams 12, Manual Arts 6

Wilmington Banning 52, Port of L.A.

WISH Academy 13, West Adams 12

SOUTHERN SECTION

Alhambra 18, Keppel 13

Anaheim 26, Savanna 0

Anaheim Canyon 34, Cypress 33

Bellflower 6, Mayfair 0

Bishop Amat 38, Ramona Convent 0

Brentwood 19, Windward 18

California 12, Whittier 6

Canyon Springs 12, Vista del Lago 6

Castaic 12, Valencia 7

Cerritos 32, Whitney 0

Compton 26, Millikan 18

Corona del Mar 14, Los Alamitos 0

Corona Santiago 20, Corona Centennial 7

Covina 26, Northview 12

Desert Hot Springs 38, Banning 20

Downey 46, Gahr 6

Eastvale Roosevelt 24, Riverside King 14

El Rancho 25, Santa Fe 19

Esperanza 24, Crean Lutheran 13

Etiwanda 19, Upland 13

Glendora 32, Claremont 7

Great Oak 16, Chaparral 8

Hart 36, Golden Valley 6

Huntington Beach 18, Newport Harbor 12

Knight 32, PACS 6

La Canada 40, Temple City 6

Lakewood St. Joseph 46, Bishop Montgomery 20

La Mirada 6, Norwalk 0

La Palma Kennedy 33, Tustin 6

La Serna 12, Villa Park 7

Linfield Christian 40, Aquinas 0

Loma Linda Academy 12, Norte Vista 6

Long Beach Wilson 13, Long Beach Cabrillo 6

Los Osos 47, St. Lucy’s 31

Montclair 6, Chino 0

Montebello 12, San Gabriel 2

Moreno Valley 25, Riverside North 19

Newport Beach Pacifica Christian 2, Fairmont Prep 0

Norco 30, Corona 6

Orange 25, Westminster La Quinta 0

Palm Springs 7, La Quinta 6

Patriot 39, La Sierra 12

Placentia Valencia 27, Segerstrom 0

Portola 50, Rosary 12

Ramona 31, Redlands Adventist Academy 25

Saddleback 18, Los Amigos 14

San Dimas 21, Alta Loma 12

San Marino 53, Rio Hondo Prep 0

Santa Ana Foothill 19, La Habra 13

Saugus 19, West Ranch 6

Schurr 20, Bell Gardens 0

Shadow Hills 31, Indio 0

South El Monte 39, Arroyo 6

St. Bernard 24, Cantwell-Sacred Heart 0

St. Mary’s Academy 20, St. Anthony 12

Sunny Hills 13, Brea Olinda 0

Temecula Prep 33, San Jacinto Valley Academy 0

Vasquez 15, Canyon Country Canyon 0

West Covina 33, Hacienda Heights Wilson 12

Western 18, Magnolia 0

Western Christian 25, Ontario Christian 0

Westminster 20, Laguna Hills 12

Westridge 27, Monrovia 18

Woodbridge 26, Laguna Beach 6

Yorba Linda 21, El Dorado 6

TUESDAY’S RESULTS

SOUTHERN SECTION

Aquinas 33, Indian Springs 7

Arroyo Valley 28, Colton 0

Beaumont 39, Redlands East Valley 6

Beckman 41, Capistrano Valley 0

Bishop Amat 32, Don Lugo 0

Bonita 20, Ayala 13

Brentwood 26, Providence 6

Cajon 26, Citrus Valley 7

Canyon Springs 27, Valley View 20

Cerritos 34, Glenn 0

Citrus Valley 26, Cajon 6

Eastside 13, Palmdale 0

Elsinore 22, Tahquitz 6

Fountain Valley 30, Lakewood 6

JSerra 18, Orange Lutheran 7

Kaiser 32, Jurupa Hills 8

Knight 39, Littlerock 12

La Canada 26, Westridge 20

Murrieta Valley 13, Temecula Prep 7

Newbury Park 57, Calabasas 0

Norte Vista 12, La Sierra 0

Oxnard 40, Oxnard Pacifica 6

Patriot 12, Ramona 0

Quartz Hill 7, Antelope Valley 6

Rancho Cucamonga 48, St. Lucy’s 6

Rialto 46, Rim of the World 6

Rio Mesa 39, Santa Barbara 12

San Dimas 13, South Hills 12

San Gorgonio 12, Summit 6

SEED LA 21, Shalhevet 6

Simi Valley 41, Oak Park 34

St. Mary’s Academy 28, Peninsula 0

Temecula Prep 19, Murrieta Mesa 0

Temescal Canyon 12, West Valley 6

Upland 27, Chino Hills 6

Ventura 33, Buena 0

Western Christian 39, Serrano 0

INTERSECTIONAL

Redondo Union 13, Narbonne 6

It’s the game of the year in high school flag football.

On Tuesday at 5:45 p.m. at Orange Lutheran, the unbeaten Lancers (18-0) take on unbeaten JSerra (19-0) in a game that should attract a large crowd and produce a memorable matchup.

Orange Lutheran and quarterback Makena Cook are the defending Division 1 flag football champions. JSerra, bolstered by a group of talented freshmen, have been surging and preparing for this showdown. Freshman quarterback Katie Meier and freshman receiver Ava Irwin get to test themselves on a big stage.

No Southern Section team has come closer than 14 points when playing JSerra. Orange Lutheran’s toughest game was an overtime win over Dos Pueblos, which hasn’t lost since.

There will be a rematch on Oct. 9 at JSerra and perhaps a third meeting in the playoffs.

But this game should do wonders for flag football as some of the top athletes in the sport show their passion and talent.

This is a daily look at the positive happenings in high school sports. To submit any news, please email [email protected].

Tesla (TSLA 3.94%) shares fell more than 4% last Thursday as investors digested disappointing Tesla vehicle registration data in Europe ahead of the company’s third-quarter deliveries update expected in early October. The electric vehicle maker sells premium battery-electric cars and energy storage products globally, with meaningful exposure to the European market.

The market’s question now is simple: Does the regional weakness point to a poor quarter, or is it mostly noise inside a broader and still-uncertain recovery?

Image source: Getty Images.

The latest Europe read was weak

News out Thursday showed Tesla’s European Union registrations fell about 37% year over year in August to roughly 8,200 vehicles, marking a second straight month in which the China-based BYD outsold Tesla in the bloc. Including the broader European region (the U.K., Norway, and other EFTA countries), Tesla still led in absolute units for August, but registrations were down about 22% year over year, underscoring persistent pressure in the region.

This softness in Europe follows a tough second quarter for the electric car maker. In Q2, Tesla delivered just over 384,000 vehicles — down 13% from about 444,000 in the year-ago period.

It is also worth recalling the company’s tone on the latest earnings call. CEO Elon Musk acknowledged that the near term may not be smooth, noting that things could get “rough” before they get better over the next few quarters. While that comment doesn’t guarantee weak third-quarter deliveries, it frames Tesla’s headlines about European deliveries within management’s own caution about the path back to growth.

Setting expectations for Q3

With only days left in the period when the August Europe data hit the tape, the right way to think about Q3 is probably through a conservative range, not a single-point guess. Start with what we know: Tesla delivered about 384,000 vehicles in the second quarter, it delivered roughly 463,000 in last year’s third quarter, and outside Europe there are mixed but not universally negative signals. Some trackers have flagged improving weekly registrations in parts of Europe late in September, and several outlooks have pointed to steadier demand in China and the U.S., even as Europe stays choppy. Still, Europe’s August decline argues for caution.

A reasonable, conservative estimate for Q3 deliveries is 430,000 to 455,000. The low end assumes Europe remains a drag through quarter-end and that China/U.S. improvement only partly offsets it. The high end assumes late-September sequential gains in key markets and typical quarter-end logistics help. That range sits close to widely cited expectations near the mid-440,000s and acknowledges both the seasonal lift from Q2 and the regional weakness that surfaced this week. For reference, landing near 445,000 would be down modestly year over year versus the roughly 463,000 delivered in last year’s third quarter.

Of course, in the end, no one knows where deliveries will come from. Further, note that this is a conservative estimate. There’s always a chance that deliveries could come in above this range (or even below).

Meanwhile, the stock’s valuation doesn’t help the bull case. At a market value well above $1 trillion and with a price-to-earnings ratio of 252 as of this writing, the stock embeds high expectations well beyond one quarter’s deliveries. Such a high valuation leaves less cushion if third-quarter deliveries disappoint, or if commentary points to rough demand trends going into year-end.

Of course, there are some significant positives for investors to consider, too. Energy storage deployments remain a bright spot. Furthermore, a recent Model Y refresh, advancements in self-driving technology, and a planned upcoming vehicle launch could all contribute to increased demand in the second half of the year. But given this fresh data on Tesla registrations in the E.U., it’s fair to say that risk sits a bit higher heading into next week’s update.

The bigger story, anyway, will be a forward-looking one. Investors should look for any insight management provides on how quickly it thinks deliveries can reaccelerate. Because sales are going to need to pick up sharply at some point in order for Tesla’s fundamentals to live up to its stock price.

FRIDAY’S RESULTS

CITY SECTION

Chavez 49, Westbrook 6

L.A. Wilson 60, Los Angeles 0

Lincoln 60, Hollywood 0

New Designs University Park 12, Chavez 0

New Designs University Park 42, Westbrook 0

Stern 13, Sotomayor 7

SOUTHERN SECTION

Artesia 25, Whitney 13

Cypress 27, Edison 26

Cypress 32, Tesoro 12

Edison 38, Channel Islands 0

El Toro 28, Villa Park 19

Fullerton 50, Tustin 0

Gahr 7, El Toro 0

Godinez 20, Garden Grove Santiago 6

Huntington Beach 41, Northwood 13

Northwood 21, Western Christian 6

Tesoro 27, Channel Islands 13

Torrance 21, El Segundo 0

Ventura 42, Madera 0

Villa Park 12, Gahr 9

INTERSECTIONAL

Camarillo 26, LA Marshall 13

Etiwanda 13, LA Marshall 6

Etiwanda 30, Torrey Pines 20

Huntington Beach 27, McClatchy 11

Redondo Union 7, Wilmington Banning 6

SATURDAY’S RESULTS

CITY SECTION

Van Nuys 6, Sun Valley Poly 0

Van Nuys 13, Chatsworth 0

SOUTHERN SECTION

Corona Centennial 13, Ramona 12

Cypress 34, El Toro 30

Cypress 16, Edison 14

Dana Hills 31, Fairmont Prep 6

Del Sol 18, Bishop Diego 0

Edison 37, Channel Islands 18

Edison 14, Villa Park 0

El Toro 14, Tesoro 0

Etiwanda 20, Western Christian 12

Hemet 8, Murrieta Valley 6

Hemet 14, Riverside Poly 8

Huntington Beach 33, Etiwanda 31

Huntington Beach 20, Camarillo 18

Mater Dei 35, San Ysidro 21

Mission Viejo 6, Corona Centennial 0

Mission Viejo 7, Temecula Prep 6

Monrovia 26, Temple City 6

Northview 20, Victor Valley 6

Ramona 24, Temecula Prep 0

Rancho Cucamonga 24, West Covina 13

Riverside Poly 19, Murrieta Valley 6

San Dimas 14, Northview 0

San Dimas 33, Victor Valley 2

South El Monte 21, El Rancho 0

South Hills 30, Rancho Cucamonga 14

South Hills 21, San Dimas 0

South Hills 42, West Covina 8

Ventura 14, Los Gatos 12

INTERSECTIONAL

Eagle Rock 35, Castaic 6

Huntington Beach 43, LA Marshall 7

Ventura 20, Milpitas 13

Ventura 27, San Jose Independence 6

Ventura 27, San Jose Presentation 6

STACEY Solomon and her family are such big fans of the Regnum Carya hotel in Turkey, she’s gone as far to call it her ‘second home’.

And this year the star visited the Regnum The Crown – its sister hotel which opened its doors back in July.

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The hotel is in the Turkish seaside city of Antalya and it has got some very impressive facilities.

Beating the heat in Turkey can be solved by splashing about in the pool, and this resort has eight.

The resort has your regular outdoor pools as well as a salt-water pool, kids pools, and indoor ones too.

For kids, there’s a waterpark called Regnum Aquatlantis with flumes, slides, attractions like tipping buckets, a lazy river and wave pool.

For even more entertainment, there’s a cinema and playroom, and for the teens, there’s a tech lounge with gaming pods.

The hotel is ideally not that far from The Land of Legends theme park also known as “the Turkish Disneyland” either, in fact, it’s an 8 minute drive away.

There, visitors will find thrilling rollercoasters, a watercoaster and entertainment shows.

Back at the hotel, there’s a luxurious private Blue Flag beach with incredibly clear waters.

Along the white stretch of sand are four beach clubs, each scattered with sun umbrellas and loungers.

As for activities on the beach, guests can play volleyball, take part in yoga sessions, mini football and even sound healing.

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The fussiest of eaters won’t have a problem at the hotel either because there are plenty of dining options from the classic buffet to tapas.

There’s also Pan-Asian, Arabic, and Slavic restaurants too, and lots of snacks and meals at the beach clubs.

There’s an on-site spa too where guests can book massages, and relax in the sauna, steam room and even an ice fountain.

Another place for adults to relax is the rooftop which has an infinity pool, restaurant, bar, fitness club and private dining.

When it comes to rooms, there are plenty of options from spacious suites to family-rooms and even private villas – some of which even have personal butler service.

And while summer in the UK might be coming to a close, there is still plenty of time to lap up the sun in Turkey.

During October, there are highs of 26C, and even in December temperatures average out at around 16C.

In October, Brits can fly to Antalya from cities like Liverpool, Glasgow, Belfast, Manchester and London with one-way flights starting from £17.

For more celebrity spots, here are five very normal UK holiday parks that celebrities love to visit – with stays from £3pp a night.

And take a look inside the farm shop that’s the ‘Harrods of the North’ and is loved by Molly-Mae – with forest lodges and hot tubs.

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WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS

CITY SECTION

East College Prep 19, Hollywood 6

East Valley 36, AMIT 0

Granada Hills Kennedy 12, Sylmar 6

L.A. Wilson 25, Bernstein 0

L.A. Wilson 28, Sotomayor 0

Panorama 32, Granada Hills Kennedy 7

Simon Tech 7, Brio College Prep 0

Sun Valley Poly 26, Grant 8

Sun Valley Poly 13, Grant 0

Santee 14, South East 6

Sotomayor 19, Bernstein 13

Stern 22, Collins Family 7

Sun Valley Magnet 19, SOCES 6

Verdugo Hills 20, North Hollywood 0

SOUTHERN SECTION

Aliso Niguel 31, Eastvale Roosevelt 15

Anaheim 32, Estancia 7

Anaheim Canyon 12, Crean Lutheran 6

Bellflower 27, Dominguez 13

Bell Gardens 13, Keppel 0

Bonita 27, Claremont 13

Buena Park 25, Costa Mesa 6

California 34, Santa Fe 14

Camarillo 47, Simi Valley 0

Cerritoa 38, Pioneer 0

Chaminade 25, Brentwood 0

Channel Islands 45, Fillmore 0

Chaparral 26, Riverside Poly 8

Chino 7, Don Lugo 6

Compton 31, Long Beach Poly 7

Corona Del Mar 22, Marina 12

Covina 33, Hacienda Heights Wilson 6

Culver City 46, Compton Early College 0

Cypress 24, Sonora 6

Downey 54, Mayfair 0

Duarte 26, Garey 6

El Modena 14, El Dorado 12

El Toro 6, Mission Viejo 0

Fullerton 13, Placentia Valencia 0

Gabrielino 51, Arroyo 12

Gahr 40, Norwalk 0

Gardena Serra 40, Bishop Montgomery 0

Huntington Beach 14, Edison 0

Irvine University 37, Rosary Academy 26

Lakewood St. Joseph 27, St. Mary’s Academy 0

La Palma Kennedy 26, Segerstrom 0

La Serna 24, Whittier 0

Linfield Christian 21, Western Christian 0

Loara 27, Garden Grove Santiago 0

Long Beach Jordan 29, Long Beach Cabrillo 0

Long Beach Wilson 13, Lakewood 7

Millikan, 41, St. Anthony 12

Montclair 18, Ontario 7

Moreno Valley 21, Vista de lago 12

Newport Harbor 39, Los Alamitos 13

Norco 45, Fairmont Prep 6

Northview 28, Rowland 7

Oak Park 12, Royal 0

Portola 20, Woodbridge 12

Quartz Hill 18, Palmdale 12

Ramona Convent 18, Sacred Heart of Jesus 12

Rialto 6, Burbank Burroughs 0

Riverside King 31, Chino Hills 6

Rosemead 31, Mountain View 12

Saddleback 30, Magnolia 6

San Clemente 20, Tesoro 7

San Gabriel 50, Alhambra 18

San Marino 31, Monrovia 13

Santa Ana Valley 12, Bolsa Grande 6

Santa Paula 21, Hueneme 0

Schurr 12, Montebello 6

Sierra Vista 32, Nogales 6

South El Monte 25, El Monte 0

St. Paul 32, St. Bernard 0

Sunny Hills 12, Santa Ana Foothill 7

Villa Park 12, Troy 0

Warren 45, Paramount 0

Western 6, Los Amigos 2

Westminster 26, Tustin 6

Westridge 28, Temple City 0

West Covina 20, Charter Oak 12

INTERSECTIONAL

Torrance 21, Carson 0

THURSDAY’S RESULTS

CITY SECTION

Bell 13, South East 12

GALA 19, L.A. Hamilton 12

LACES 8, L.A. University 6

L.A. Marshall 31, GALA 12

L.A. Marshall 40, L.A. Hamilton 0

Legacy 26, South Gate 0

Mendez 13, Marquez 0

Narbonne 6, King/Drew 0

Panorama 40, Reseda 0

San Fernando 37, Van Nuys 19

San Pedro 20, Narbonne 12

San Pedro 38, King/Drew 14

Westchester 21, LACES 0

Westchester 7, L.A. University 6

SOUTHERN SECTION

Agoura 26, Westlake 7

Desert Hot Springs 35, Xavier Prep 0

JSerra 34, Santa Margarita 19

La Canada 20, Westridge 12

Lakewood St. Joseph 26, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 14

Lawndale 25, Culver City 20

Mira Costa 12, Redondo Union 6

Newbury Park 40, Oaks Christian 19

Orange County Pacifica Christian 39, Bolsa Grande 0

Orange Lutheran 71, Mater Dei 6

Oxnard 18, Rio Mesa 6

Palos Verdes 18, Peninsula 0

San Marcos 35, Buena 6

Santa Monica 41, Hawthorne 0

SEED: LA 13, Brentwood 7

South Torrance 21, West Torrance 18

Ventura 34, Santa Barbara 18

INTERSECTIONAL

Saugus 57, Chatsworth 0

Palestinian Ambassador Zomlot says ‘moment stands as defiant act of truth, a refusal to let genocide be the final word’.

The Palestinian flag has been raised outside the premises of what is now Palestine’s embassy to the United Kingdom in London, marking Britain’s historic and long-awaited recognition of a Palestinian state, as Israel’s relentless destruction of Gaza and its military’s crackdown in the occupied West Bank continue.

The flag-raising ceremony on Monday followed a speech by Palestine’s Ambassador to the UK, Husam Zomlot, outside what was previously the Palestine Mission to the UK.

“Please join me as we raise the flag of Palestine with its colours representing our nation: Black for our mourning, white for our hope, green for our land and red for the sacrifices of our people,” Zomlot said.

Zomlot said the recognition of a Palestinian state was about “righting historic wrongs and committing together to a future based on freedom, dignity and fundamental human rights”.

He called on people to remember “that this recognition comes at a time of unimaginable pain and suffering as a genocide is being waged against us – a genocide that is still being denied and allowed to continue with impunity”.

He continued: “It comes as our people in Gaza are being starved, bombed, and buried under the rubble of their homes; as our people in the West Bank are being ethnically cleansed, brutalised by daily state-sponsored terrorism, land theft and suffocating oppression.”

Zomlot said the recognition was occurring “as the humanity of Palestinian people is still questioned, our lives still treated as disposable and our basic freedoms still denied”.

“Yet, this moment stands as a defiant act of truth, a refusal to let genocide be the final word; a refusal to accept that occupation is permanent; a refusal to be erased and a refusal to be dehumanised,” he concluded.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced the United Kingdom’s decision to formally recognise a Palestinian state, more than 100 years after the Balfour Declaration backed “the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people”, and 77 years after the creation of Israel in the British Mandate of Palestine.

“In the face of the growing horror in the Middle East, we are acting to keep alive the possibility of peace and of a two-state solution,” Starmer said in a video statement Sunday.

The UK government said in July it would shift its longstanding approach of holding off recognition until a supposed moment of maximum effect – unless Israel stops its genocidal war in Gaza, commits to a long-term sustainable peace process that delivers a two-state solution, and allows more aid into the enclave.

But the catastrophic situation in Gaza has only grown significantly more dire over the past few weeks, as the Israeli military continues to systematically destroy Gaza City to seize it, while continuing to starve and displace the famine-stricken population of the enclave.

Daily raids by Israeli soldiers and attacks by settlers are also ongoing across the occupied West Bank, with Israel advancing plans to annex the Palestinian territory.

Canada, Australia, and Portugal also officially recognised Palestinian statehood two days before the start of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), where Palestinian sovereignty after decades of occupation and apartheid by Israel will be in focus.

France and Saudi Arabia are preparing to host a one-day summit at the UN, a day before the start of the UNGA, both of which will be heavily focused on Israel’s war on Gaza and the elusive two-state solution.

At the UN headquarters in New York, world leaders will convene on Monday to revive the long-stalled notion, amid warnings that a contiguous Palestinian state could “vanish altogether” as a result of Israel’s hegemonic moves in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.