Cricket goes to Los Angeles
Homies & POPz, a cricket team from Compton, a city in southern Los Angeles County, have returned from a trip around the world and now want to use the game to get kids in Compton and LA out of gangs and off the street
Dustin Silgardo
25-Feb-2013
Homies & POPz, a cricket team from Compton, a city in southern Los Angeles County, have returned from a trip around the world and now want to use the game to get kids in Compton and LA out of gangs and off the street. Regina Graham interviews the team for intersectionssouthla.com and finds out why they like cricket and what they think it can do for their community.
In 1996, Haber and Hayes decided to expand their horizons and bring the game to Compton where they thought young people could benefit from the game that teaches proper etiquette and sportsmanship. They began by teaching a workshop on how to play the game at Willowbrooke Middle School. Some of those students grew up on the team and are still active on the green grassy fields. They love to play, but they also enjoy helping change the city’s negative reputation.
Dustin Silgardo is a former sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo