Strong field heads Culver City Take Flight Challenge

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CULVER CITY, Ca. – The first-ever Summer Take Flight Challenge boys’ basketball tournament tips off at Culver City High at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon and wraps up with a championship game set to get underway Sunday evening at 5:10.

Among the 16 schools represented in the event is Torrance Bishop Montgomery, whose Knights’ squad won the California State Open Division championship in March.

Among the others are Chatsworth Sierra Canyon, Woodland Hills Taft, Studio City Harvard-Westlake, Van Nuys, Santa Monica Crossroads and L.A. Westchester, all of which played in the State Southern Regionals last spring.

Culver City High’s program is now under the guidance of Reggie Morris Jr., whose teams won CIF Southern Section and/or State Championships at Lawndale Leuzinger, Playa del Rey St. Bernard and Redondo Union high schools.

Daily admission is $10 for adults and $5 for students.

The event’s schedule:

FRIDAY: 2 p.m., Torrance Bishop Montgomery vs. L.A. Viewpark; 3:05, L.A. Westchester vs. Culver City; 4:10, Studio City Harvard-Westlake vs. Van Nuys; 5:15, Santa Monica Crossroads vs. Lawndale Leuzinger; 6:20, Playa del Rey St. Bernard vs. Lakewood Mayfair; 7:25, Beverly Hills vs. Bellflower St. John Bosco.

SATURDAY: 9 a.m., Viewpark vs. Beverly Hills; 10:05, Woodland Hills Taft vs. Crossroads; 11:10, Leuzinger vs. L.A. Dorsey; 12:15 p.m., Culver City vs. Harvard-Westlake; 1:20, Taft vs. Dorsey; 2:25, Compton Dominguez vs. St. Bernard; 3:30, Chatsworth Sierra vs. Mayfair; 4:45, Van Nuys vs. Westchester; 5:50, Sierra Canyon vs. Dominguez; 6:55, St. John Bosco vs. Bishop Montgomery.

SUNDAY: (Main gym) 10:05, Westchester vs. Harvard-Westlake; 11:10, Bishop Montgomery vs. Beverly Hills; 12:15 p.m., Crossroads vs. Dorsey; 1:20, Sierra Canyon vs. St. Bernard; (auxiliary gym) 10:05 a.m., Culver City vs. Van Nuys; 11:10, St. John Bosco vs. Viewpark; 12:15 p.m., Dominguez vs. Mayfair; 1:20, Taft vs. Leuzinger. Playoffs: (Main gym) 2:25, Pool A1 winner vs. D1 winner; 3:30, B1 winner vs. C1 winner; 5:10, championship.