Basketball

Just like the NBA, the Junior Jump Shot Basketball League’s season is winding down. The league is held each fall and spring and this season over 200 boys and girls, ages 7-14 are participating. This has been a very exciting and competitive season and playoffs are scheduled for this coming weekend. The championship game will [...]

Every month, with the incredible support of the Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation, HOLA holds free youth basketball clinics for the youth in the neighborhood. The clinics are always well attended and often surprise guests pop in. This month’s clinic was attended by over 70 boys and girls, ranging in age from 7-17. Usually, the [...]

Every month, the Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation supports a clinic for youth of all ages. The clinics are run by HOLA and Lakers staff and are held in the state of the art full-sized gym in the LaFayette Park Recreation Center. This month’s clinic was attended by more than 80 boys and girls, ranging [...]

The Central City Boys’ Basketball Association is off and running and HOLA is fielding a strong team this year. The team began the season in a squeaker. The boys lost a heartbreaker in over-time to the LILA Lions. After three HOLA players fouled out, Mark Anthony held his composure to lead HOLA through the over-time [...]

With the incredible support of the Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation, HOLA has been able to offer FREE basketball clinics and leagues to the youth of the Rampart District. Since the opening of the Lafayette Park Recreation Center last March, we have provided more than 1,000 youth, ages 7-17, with monthly basketball clinics and summer [...]

HOLA and the Pepperdine Athletics Department have forged a strong partnership once again this fall. Just in the past couple of weeks, members of the men’s volleyball team, women’s basketball team and the track team held clinics for our kids at the Lafayette Park Recreation Center. The clinics were a huge hit with the kids [...]