On Wednesday, March 3rd, our LILA Lions High School Boys' Basketball team will participate in what is fast becoming a LILA tradition: they will play in a match at the Staples Center, preceding a Clippers game.  Their opponents are the US Talence, a team from France.

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Below is an article from Levonti, one of our own LILA team players.

My name is Levonti, and I am the starter for the Varsity Championship Basketball Team at LILA. I’ve been playing basketball at LILA since 4^th grade and never has there been a bigger school sporting event than the LILA Lions playing at the Staples Center, home of the Los Angeles Lakers and Clippers. Last year, LILA played its long time rival, Lycée Français de Los Angeles,  and won. On Wednesday, March 3^rd, 2010, we will be playing US Talence, the French club created by Boris Diaw, NBA player for the Bobcats. Talence will be flying in from France to play LILA at the Staples Center.  They will be staying with host families for a week in Los Angeles, and will practice with us. The March 3^rd event will feature the highly anticipated LILA-Talence matchup, as well as the Clippers game later on that evening as they take on Steve Nash and the Phoenix Suns. Tickets will be available for LILA school but time is of the essence to cinch them. An international sporting event at the Staples Center is rare, and my teammates and I are excited to seize the moment and bring a LILA victory at Staples two years in a row.