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Culver City high school is known for having an outstanding athletic program and this year is no different. Four teams have punched their ticket to the prestigious CIF Southern Section playoffs that start this week. The baseball and girl lacrosse teams play their first-round games today, Thursday and the boys and girls track and field teams drive into action on Saturday, May 4. The baseball team will start their quest for a CIF title at 3:15 p.m. Thursday when they host 14-13 Castaic. If they...
The Lady Centaurs lacrosse team started the season losing four out of their first five games but at press time (last Tuesday), they were riding a five-game winning streak, out scoring their Ocean league opponents 94-29 during those five games. Their overall record is 9-6 and they are 5-0 in the Bay league which puts them at the top of the league standings. All the hard work has paid off according to head coach Catie Shin. "The players are seeing that when you put in the hard work good things can...
One of the most challenging jobs on a college or high campus is the athletic director. He or she is responsible for a host of athletic teams along with coaches, booster club members, the band, maintenance workers that that take care of the field and courts and sometimes out of control parents. For the last 12 years at Culver City high school that job belonged to Tom Salter and now the new athletic director is 2001 Culver City high school graduate Adam Eskridge. "I got this crazy notion of...
Centaur second baseman Marcos McVey stays focused and completes the double play against Leuzinger last Saturday in their season opener. They won that game game 24-2 but lost their game last Tuesday to North Torrance 3-2. Their next home game is Tuesday against Hawthorne at 3:15 p.m....
Jordan Chiles of UCLA achieved "Gymnastic Perfection" in the Floor Exercise against Arizona State on February 11 when she scored a perfect 10.00. Jordan went on to win the dual-meet all-around with a score of 39.825, tying the highest score in the nation this year. The Bruins next home meet is Sunday, March 5, at 12 p.m....
Culver City senior Bianca Baskin drives to the basket and then passes back to a teammate for a 3-point shot against Santa Monica last week. The Lady Centaurs face Providence on Thursday (Tonight) in the first round of the CIF playoffs at home at 7 p.m.. If they win the 21-6 Centaurs will play on Saturday...
Brycen Matthews, in the middle, gets ready to score two points for Culver City against Santa Monica last week at Santa Monica. The Centaurs played their first round playoff game against Thousand Oaks last Wednesday. If they win that game they play their second round game on Friday....
Culver City High School head water polo coach, Nestor Dordoni guided the Centaurs to the playoffs but they lost their first round match to Royal 10-7 last Tuesday on the road. They finished the season with a 18-14 record....
Culver City High School head baseball coach Devaughn Wallace will coach his first game as the head coach for the Centaurs on Saturday at Culver City at 10 a.m. Wallace is a former Centaur baseball and football star and now he has his dream job....
One of the most challenging jobs on a college or high campus is the athletic director. He or she is responsible for a host of athletic teams along with coaches, booster club members, the band, maintenance workers that that take care of the field and courts and sometimes out of control parents. For the last 12 years at Culver City high school that job belonged to Tom Salter and now the new athletic director is 2001 Culver City high school graduate Adam Eskridge. "I got this crazy notion of...
After playing 97 minutes and two 15-minute overtime periods, the Philadelphia FC and LAFC stood in 3-3 tie. The game then went to penalty kicks and the LAFC came out on top 3-0 to win their first Major League Soccer Championship....
LAFC's Denis Bouanga breaks a scoreless tie in the 23rd minute--the first of his two goals--in the Western Conference semi-finals win over the LA Galaxy, 3-2. The Black and Gold wait to play the winner of Austin-Dallas game being played this Sunday. The conference finals will be held at the Banc of California on October 30th....
If you are a Culver City high school sports fan the next few months will be extremely enjoyable. All games listed below are home games at Culver City high school. Thursday: Girl's lacrosse vs La Crescenta Valley at 5 p.m. Friday: Softball vs El Segundo at 3:30 p.m. Baseball vs Paramount at 3:30 p.m. Saturday: Track and Field vs Palisades and Torrance at 10 a.m. Monday: February 28, Boys Tennis vs West Torrance at 3 p.m. Boys Lacrosse vs Saugus at 6 p.m. Tuesday: March 1, Swimming and Diving vs...
The second season started this week for four Culver City high school varsity teams. Making the CIF playoffs is what high school teams play for because once you are in anything can happen. Just ask the NFL's Cincinnati Bengals. Every team that is invited to the Big Dance is hoping to be in the spotlight when it comes down to the final game in their division. The boys' basketball team hopes to catch lighting in a bottle when they start their Division 1 playoff run on Friday at home against...
This was supposed to be a rebuilding year for Culver City high school football. A truck load of seniors graduated from last seasons' team and in that graduating class was two All-State players, several All-CIF players and the Centaurs dominated the All-Bay teams. Someone forgot to tell the 2021 Fall team that this was going to be a rebuilding year. This year's team was full of a lot of new players and a freshman quarterback and they finished the regular season with a record of 6-3 overall and 4-...
Culver City high school's girls' varsity volleyball team is back in the playoffs for the 10 th straight year after not played in 2020 because of the pandemic. They made it to the CIF Southern Section playoffs as an at-large team after finishing fourth in the tough Bay league behind Mira Costa, Redondo Union and Palos Verdes. The Centaurs finished the regular season with an overall record of 12-10 and a Bay league record of 3-6. Coached by Tanner Siegal, the Centaurs will once again face the...
One thing you can say about Culver City's fall 2021 varsity football team is they are not afraid of competition. For the third week in a row the 2-1 Centaurs will face a top ranked team. This week it's 4-0 Warren of Downey on Friday. Kick off is set for 7 p.m. inside the Jerry Chabola Stadium on the Culver City high school campus. "Each game is going to be tough," said long time Culver City assistant coach Cornell Myles after they beat Pasadena last Friday at home 43-34. "I am glad we are playin...
The 1-1 Culver City varsity football team will face another tough non-league game Friday when they take on the Pasadena High School Bulldogs at 7 p.m. This will be the Centaurs first home game of the year after two games on the road against West Torrance and Loyola of Los Angeles. They beat West Torrance and lost to Loyola last Friday night. Now the Centaurs are looking to get back on the winning track against the Bulldogs after getting dominated by Loyola. The final score was 62-21. "We have so...
With the state sanctioning of voting by mail due to the pandemic and for the convenience of all currently registered voters. You are now able to fill out your ballot while sunning in your back yard, lying in bed, or even while sitting on your bathroom throne. Unfortunately, the sanctity of the polling booth has been lost. Be Careful What You Wish For Wanting to get more voter participation is quite commendable. But, with over 80% of our local electorate participating, it’s beginning to look like the cost of running future local city council c...
For the past three years Culver City high school has had one of the best football programs in the state. Now the Centaurs have arrived. They are ranked 24th in the state and 16th in Southern California. "I believed this is the first time we have been ranked that high in the state," said Culver City Athletic Director Tom Salter this week. Usually those type of high rankings are reserved for Division 1 schools, but the Centaurs have reached that elite level with outstanding players and coaches....
Although high school sports has been put on hold due to the Coronavirus Pandemic the Culver City varsity football team, the girls soccer team and the boys soccer team placed eight players on the All-CIF fall and winter teams it was announced last week by the CIF Southern Section office. Making the All-CIF teams is a prestigious honor that not only recognizes the individual accomplishments of the players but it also in many cases signifies that the team they played for was also successful. Five...
You know it's getting close to spring when you hear the crack of the bat on the baseball field. It's time for Culver City baseball. They started the 2020 season with two wins last Saturday and Tuesday. They beat Verdugo Hills 5-0 on Saturday and Buena 4-1 last Tuesday. As usual the Centaurs will use a tough preseason schedule to get ready for the always competitive Ocean league. They will play in several tournaments before they start league play against Santa Monica in the middle of March. This...
The Boys Varsity Soccer team is going to the Division 4 semi-final. They beat host Peter Knight last Tuesday night, 2-1. They now move on to play at Bellflower HS on Saturday, February 22 @ 5:00 pm. Bellflower HS is located at 15301 McNab Ave in Bellflower, CA 90706. The Buccaneers are 15-5-6 overall and have a home record of 9-2-1. The Centaurs are 13-3-3 overall and have a strong 5-2-1 away record. It looks like a tough match-up for both teams....
Earlier in the pre-season, Culver had lost to Artesia 3-0 with a rag-tag team put together by head coach Michael Castillo of varsity and junior varsity players. Their re-match came in the second round of the CIF SS Division 4. In a very physical game, Artesia scored first in the 36th minute. Coming from behind is nothing new to the Centaurs. Five minutes later, in added time, Curtis Collazos headed in a corner kick to level the game at one each at halftime. Early in the second half, Collazos...
Culver High Boys Soccer beat Fillmore at home 2-1 after trailing 1-0 at halftime on goals by Curtis Collazos (8) and Mattheus Agapitos (2). The Centaurs will host Artesia (16-3-3) in the second round at Jerry Chabola Stadium on the high school campus Friday, February 14th at 5:00 PM. Girls' Soccer (15-5-2) won a nail-biter against Downey 1-0 on an early second-half penalty kick by Jordan Weiss. Goalie, Cara Conroy recorded the shutout. The Ladys move on to host the #1 Seed in Division 2, Mira Co...
