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The first Super Bowl was played in Los Angeles in 1967. The 55th one will be hosted by Los Angeles in 2021 in the LA Rams’ new stadium in Inglewood. This is not trivial news. It is, in fact, fantastic news. If you’re a fan of National Football League games or not, be happy for all the fans of the sport and all the local businesses that will profit from the event. Thousands of visitors will arrive for a week-long party preceding the game. They’ll spend millions of dollars. LA was also biddi...
The 2016 Centaurs are playing baseball like the gears of a fine watch keeping time. Culver City High advanced into the CIF Baseball Playoff Quarterfinal Round for the first time since 2011 season when the team reached the semifinal round. The Centaurs won a tense 2-1 game on Tuesday, May 24 against the San Luis Obispo Tigers in a second round playoff matchup. Southpaw starter Eli Saucedo's undaunted performance kept the Tiger batters off-balance for six innings. Tomas Saucedo's mad dash and...
The UCLA and USC baseball teams are down to the most important part of their season. Both schools need to win their last three Pac-12 games if they expect to make the NCAA playoffs. USC is 26-27 overall and 13-13 in the Pac-12 and UCLA is 25-28 and 12-15. The good news is the rest of the conference is in the same boat. “We are fighting for our playoff lives right now,” said UCLA head coach John Savage. “There are a lot of teams fighting to get into the playoffs and we are one of them.” The first...
The UCLA softball team is right where it wants to be after advancing to the NCAA Super Regional this weekend. The No. 12 Bruins travel to Oregon to face the No. 5 Ducks on Saturday and Sunday in a two out of three series. Saturday’s game will start at 6:30 p.m. and the game on Sunday will start at 4 p.m. If a game three is necessary it will begin at 7 p.m. on Sunday. The winner of the series advances to the NCAA championships. The Bruins are led by leadoff hitter and college player of the y...
Cooper Komatsu, the 13 year-old eighth grader, has once again proudly represented Culver City Middle School. This morning, Thursday, May 26, he advanced through the 4th - 7th rounds of the 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee and into tonight's nationally televised Finals at 5:00 p.m. PST on ESPN that will determine the champion. Komatsu's successfully spelled words and vocabulary results by round: Round 1 - Preliminaries Test Round 2 - Spelling: nagasaste Round 2 - Vocabulary: If something is...
Culver City High was well represented by its two performers in three events today at the 2016 CIF Southern Section Track and Field Divisional Finals held at Cerritos College Stadium in Norwalk. The highlight was Cahlil Hooper setting a school record in the boys 200m. Nia Garcia ran a solid 100m hurdles race in 14.58 seconds which was good enough for fifth place in the early afternoon event. She will be an alternative in the Girls 100m hurdles for next Friday's CIF Masters event which will be...
Momentum combined with continuity and execution is a beautiful thing to behold. For the first time in years the Culver City High Centaurs swept the Ocean League with a 10-0 record as they shut out Beverly Hills High twice last week. The Centaurs are now on a 13-game winning streak after compiling a 6-7 record in their first 13 games of the year. A tough preseason schedule was obviously effective in preparing the team to accomplish one of their primary goals before the season began: the 2016...
Six years ago Luke Walton was a player for the Lakers and six-year-old Emily Olshan was a fan who was attending her first NBA game. Who knew what the years would bring? Walton completed his playing career helping the Lakers win two championships, became an assistant coach with the NBA champion Golden State Warriors and most recently earned a five-year contract to be head coach of the Lakers. As for Emily, she's an outstanding student and plays in a softball league. On June 18 she'll be Bat...
When a closing ceremony was held last Thursday for the official ending of the Los Angeles Sports Arena after 57years my mind wandered into the past. “I used to work there,” I told my friends. Then I went into deeper thoughts about the 22-year-old Mitch and my entrance into the sports world. I had just graduated from Cal State Los Angeles College and was attempting to find my way in the world. The Lakers had played a few games at the college and I got to know some of their employees.. One day I r...
The Culver City High Centaurs won their first CIF Baseball playoff game since 2012 as they shutout the Elsinore High Tigers 3-0 at home today, Friday, May 20. Culver starter Nolan Martinez pitched a 7-inning complete game, allowing just 3-hits, one walk while striking out seven. Only one Elsinore runner reached third base. The Centaurs scored two runs in the fourth inning when Mike Netzel got things going with a leadoff double. Jacob Weiner drove him in with a single and soon scored on an Eli...
This was one occasion when the game took a back seat. On a perfect spring afternoon at Culver City High former head softball coach John Sargent and the late Rick Hudson were honored by the school on the very field where they spent a great deal of time coaching the Centaurs during their careers. Following the 2014-15 season Sargent, who coached the team for 26 years, decided it was time to hand over the coaching reigns well before this season began. The timing gave the school plenty of time to hi...
The Culver City High Centaurs advanced to the quarterfinal round of the 2016 CIF Baseball Playoffs after beating San Luis Obsipo Tigers in a tight 2-1 ballgame on Tuesday, May 24 at home. Southpaw starter Eli Saucedo's threw six innings of one-run ball allowing only four hits. Nolan Martinez came in the seventh inning to get the save with two strikeouts and a flyout to rightfielder Mike Netzel for the final out. It was such a classic pitchers duel that both the home crowd and the San Luis...
The Culver City High Centaur baseball team swept the Ocean 2016 League when they shutout Beverly Hills High 3-0 on a sunny Thursday afternoon, May 12 at La Cienega Park. The Centaurs have a perfect 10-0 league and the season championship as well. Nolan Martinez started the game and pitched five innings for his fifth league victory this season. Martinez with 10 strikeouts, fanned over half of the Beverly batters he faced while allowing only one hit and three baserunners. Max Sterner threw two...
The pre-preseason is now officially shining on the Southern California pro football community as the Los Angles Rams held their rookie minicamp on Friday and Saturday, May 6 – 7, at the Residence Inn River Ridge in Oxnard. The Rams' coaching staff put the six NFL draftees, 19 signed rookie free agents and a couple of tryout players through a number of drills, exercises and stretches at the two-football field playing facility. The weather conditions were ideal as the Ram coaching staff kept t...
The Bruins and Trojans are in Seattle this weekend for the very competitive Pac-12 Track and Field Championships on Saturday and Sunday. The men and women teams from both schools are hoping to bring home at least two first place trophies but Oregon will be hard to beat. Leading the way for the Trojan women will be sprinter Tynia Gaither. She will try to win the 100 and 200 meters and be a part of the winning 400 meter relay team. For the USC men Adoree’ Jackson hopes to win the long jump, 100 m...
UCLA and USC will continue their rivalry in baseball this weekend when the Bruins host the Trojans in a three game series starting tonight at 7 pm inside Jackie Robinson Stadium on the Veterans campus in West Los Angeles. The stadium is located a few blocks west of the Westwood campus on Sepulveda, a block north of Wilshire Blvd. The Bruins are 23-23 at press time and their Pac-12 conference record stands at 10-11. They continue their home stand against the Trojans on Saturday at 7 p.m. and...
The Clippers blew a 3-1 series lead and lost a year ago in the NBA playoffs. They had a 2-0 lead this time and lost after their two biggest stars, Chris Paul and Blake Griffin, were injured and ruled out of further play. If you’re a Clipper fan you prefer to focus on the 53 regular season wins rather than the playoff losses. But wherever you stand you’re probably curious about what the Clippers are going to do this summer “We have a lot of free agents,” said Coach Doc Rivers. “That’s where we ha...
The Los Angles Rams held their rookie minicamp on Friday and Saturday, May 6 – 7, at the Residence Inn River Ridge in Oxnard this weekend. The Ram NFL draftees as well as 19 signed rookie free agents and a couple of tryout players participated. Ram Head Coach Jeff Fisher addressed the media following Saturday's minicamp session: "We just finished our second practice with the rookies. They've done a really good job, just really impressed with the whole group." "We've got a lot accomplished. As w...
It's full steam ahead as Culver City High baseball is rolling through the 2016 Ocean League schedule. The Centaurs completed their first two-game sweep of Santa Monica High since the 2012 baseball season, 9-4 and 3-0 last week. 2012 was also the last time that Culver City won the Ocean League title with a 10-0 record. The team is now 6-0 in league with four games remaining: two against Hawthorne High this week and two against Beverly Hills High next week. Pitching and defense prevailed once...
The Los Angles Rams focused on the offense as the dust settled following the 2016 NFL Draft that concluded on Saturday, April 30. The team chose one quarterback, four receivers and one linebacker for its six choices in this year's draft including the league's No. 1 selection: Round 1 (#1): Jared Goff, quarterback, California Round 4 (#110): Tyler Higby, tight end, Western Kentucky Round 4 (#119): Pharoh Cooper, wide receiver, South Carolina Round 6 (#177): Temarrick Hemingway, tight end, South C...
Before I write anything else about this I want to assure you readers that Fred Altieri will continue to provide his exceptional coverage of Culver City High sports for The Observer. Having said that I'm announcing that Fred has been chosen over several other candidates to become our Rams beat writer. Because local coverage is essential to a community newspaper we didn't want to take Fred off the Culver City High beat. And he didn't want to give it up. "I enjoy high school sports," said Altieri....
Luke Walton called Steve Kerr last Friday afternoon. “I have good news and bad news,” the Golden State Warriors’ assistant coach told the head coach. “Start with the good news,” Kerr said. “The Lakers have offered me their head coaching job,” Walton said. “That’s great,’ replied Kerr. ‘I’m so happy for you. What’ the bad news?” “The bad news is I took it.” That conversation sums up the fact that Walton, who played for the Lakers in nine mostly successful seasons and had a 39-4 record this seas...
The UCLA and USC men and women’s dual meet that took place last Sunday proved that both schools are ready for the tough competition in the Pac-12 and NCAA championships. The Pac-12 meet starts Saturday and Sunday and continues the following weekend on May 14 and 15 in Seattle. The NCAA meet will start with the west regionals in Lawrence, Kansas on May 26, 27 and 28 and finish with the finals in Eugene, Oregon on June 8-11. The men’s and women’s team from both schools hope to be at the top of th...
For the First Time Since 2012 Culver Baseball Sweeps Santa Monica By Fred Altieri Sports Reporter It's full steam ahead as Culver City High baseball is rolling through the 2016 Ocean League schedule. The Centaurs completed their first two-game sweep of Santa Monica High since the 2012 baseball season, 9-4 and 3-0 last week. 2012 was also the last time that Culver City won the Ocean League title with a 10-0 record. The team is now 6-0 in league with four games remaining: two against Hawthorne...
The 2016 Ocean League baseball championship won't be determined for a few more weeks. Regardless, the Culver City High Centaurs are playing as if the title belongs to them after sweeping El Segundo High 6-1 on the road Tuesday, April 19 and 6-0 in a home game two days later. The Centaurs, who suffered two losses to the Eagles last season, are now 4-0 in league this season with six games remaining. Their overall record stands at 12-7 and are currently riding a six-game winning streak following a...
