Championship Win at March Madness Tournament

Our three Clubhouses organize their own sports leagues, but the Clubs were recently given the opportunity to collaborate for a Boys & Girls Club March Madness Basketball Tournament. We sent one team comprised of high school youth from our San Pedro, Wilmington and Port of LA Clubs to participate and we are proud to announce that they took first place in their division.

For the 12th straight year, Boys & Girls Club of West San Gabriel Valley held their annual March Madness Tournament for Boys & Girls Clubs in the Los Angeles County Alliance. Our Head Coaches Phillip Redd and Thomas McKenzie and Athletic Director Philip Jones organized a team from our three Clubs to compete and the collaboration was well worth the effort. Our LA Harbor boys were thrilled to represent our entire organization and take first place.

BGCLAH Basketball takes first place at March Madness Tournament.

F.O.C.U.S. Basketball Clinic

As we were wrapping up the semester and preparing for holiday break last month, our San Pedro Boys & Girls Club hosted the 1st Annual F.O.C.U.S. Basketball Clinic. The goals of the clinic were to help our youth basketball players improve their athletic ability and allow them to develop team-building skills. The program was open to our members, 8 to 10 years of age, with 48 young athletes participating.

A student testing her skills as her peers cheer her on.

Head Coach Phillip Redd led the clinic. Each day he and his fellow coaches introduced a new term, setting the theme for that day's lesson.

"F" focuses on “Fundamentals” - an important element to basketball. 
"O" focuses on “Opportunity” - playing any sport with a team is a very unique opportunity.
"C" focuses on “Character” - building character on and off the court/field.
"U" focuses on “Unity” - an important component of team building and team work.
"S" focuses on “Sportsmanship” - the one thing you have complete control over when participating in sports. 

The clinic was a great success and the youth involved will be able to build on the skills they developed this new year.

Coach Phillip Redd guides our students through their basketball clinic practice.