Poor Air Quality Affects Several Games

More than a dozen football games scheduled for Friday night were postponed or canceled because of poor air quality caused by the Topanga wildfire.

Several have been rescheduled for today and Monday; others have been postponed indefinitely or will not be played. Newhall Hart, ranked No. 16 in the Southland by The Times, will play host to defending City Section champion Lake Balboa Birmingham at 1 p.m. today at College of the Canyons.

The rest of the schedule today: Simi Valley vs. Calabasas at Ventura Buena, 9 a.m.; No. 25 Thousand Oaks vs. Moorpark at Buena, 6 p.m.; Newbury Park vs. Agoura at Oxnard Pacifica, 7 p.m.; Burbank Burroughs at West Hills Chaminade, 7 p.m.; Oxnard Rio Mesa at Ojai Nordhoff, 7:30 p.m.; Westlake Village Westlake vs. Simi Valley Royal at Buena, 8:30 p.m.

Games scheduled for Monday: Woodland Hills El Camino Real at Granada Hills Kennedy, 2:30 p.m.; Hollywood at Reseda Cleveland, 2:30 p.m.; Sylmar at North Hollywood, 3 p.m.; Sun Valley Poly at L.A. University, 3 p.m.; Canoga Park at Reseda, 7 p.m.; Chatsworth at San Fernando, 7 p.m.

Games postponed indefinitely or canceled: Oak Park at Westlake Village Oaks Christian; Pasadena Marshall vs. North Hills L.A. Baptist; Flintridge Prep at Tujunga Verdugo Hills.

Eric Maddy

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Girls’ Tennis

The Simi Valley Royal tournament, previously scheduled to take place today at three sites in Simi Valley, has been moved more than 30 miles west to Oxnard and Oxnard Pacifica highs.

The move was prompted by concern over poor air quality caused by wildfires.

“Everyone was very nice and completely understanding. Oxnard was excited, and San Luis [Obispo] was almost ready to throw a party,” Royal Coach Heidi Buonauro said.

Ventura Buena, the 2004 champion, is not competing in the event, but the 28-team tournament features several strong teams from around Ventura County and the San Fernando Valley.

Unranked Oak Park (12-0) puts its unbeaten season on the line. Led by senior outside hitter Jesse Yeager, who has committed to Penn, the Eagles are in a pool that includes Calabasas, Downey and La Canada, the fifth-ranked team in the Southern Section Division III-AA coaches’ poll. Others in the tournament include Flintridge Sacred Heart and Thousand Oaks La Reina, the second- and eighth-ranked teams in Division IV-AA.

-- Lauren Peterson