Section’s Elite Ready for Extravaganzas

A City Section rule that forbids teams from playing or practicing on holidays prevented boys’ and girls’ basketball teams from participating in multigame showcases that were staged last week in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

On Saturday, however, some of the section’s best teams are taking part in two events billed as extravaganzas.

Defending boys’ champion Westchester, runner-up Crenshaw and Fairfax are in the nine-game Nike Extravaganza at the Pyramid.

The event begins at 8:30 a.m. and is split into a five-game morning session and four-game evening session. The gym will be cleared between sessions and there are separate admissions for each session.

Morning schedule:

8:30 a.m.--Anaheim Servite vs. Glendora.

10--Fairfax vs. Los Alamitos.

11:30--Bellflower St. John Bosco vs. Costa Mesa.

1 p.m.--Las Vegas Durango vs. Mission Viejo Capistrano Valley.

2:30--Crenshaw vs. Santa Margarita.

Evening schedule:

4:30 p.m.--Long Beach Poly vs. Ocean View.

6--Villa Park vs Westchester.

7:30--Santa Ana Mater Dei vs. Miami Christian.

9--Compton Dominguez vs. Concord De La Salle.

Harbor City Narbonne’s girls’ team, the defending City and state Division I champion, is taking part in the Ayala Extravaganza, a seven-game event at the Chino Hills campus.

The schedule:

Noon--Mission Viejo Capistrano Valley vs. Fullerton Rosary.

1:30 p.m.--Diamond Bar vs. Rialto Eisenhower.

3--Murrieta Valley vs. Irvine.

4:30--Long Beach Wilson vs. Anaheim Esperanza.

6--Long Beach Poly vs. Pasadena Muir.

7:30--Ayala vs. Torrance Bishop Montgomery.

9--Narbonne vs. Lakewood Artesia.