Basketball: City championship and consolation results

BOYS' BASKETBALL CITY CHAMPIONSHIPS Tuesday Division 5 girls: Valor 30, Aspire Ollin 28 Division 5 boys: New Designs Watts 87, Smidt Tech 80     CITY OPEN DIVISION Consolation semifinals, Tuesday Narbonne 56, Fairfax 55 Taft 72, El Camino Real 69 (OT)   Consolation final, Thursday, 7 p.m. #5 Taft... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

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