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Is Heritage Christian Really a 16 Seed? By Greg Goodyear and Larry Weiner According to CIF officials the #1 seed always plays the #16 seed unless that team happens to be in their league. As the #1 seed Culver City drew 8-1 Heritage Christian as thier first round opponent. One has to wonder how an 8-1 team can be a 16 seed in any division? The CIF has a playoff formula that determines how the teams are seeded. However, as a #1 seed typically Culver would play either a wild card or a third or fourth place team in their respective league. Heritage...
Because of most districts limited athletic budgets most good athletic programs have to fund raise to help offset large costs to run their programs. Since Culver City does not have crowds of 4,000 and 5,000 for its football games the school has to rely on sponsors and major sponsors to help keep a competitive program going. Fortunately, we are blessed in Culver City to have a caring and involved community that likes to help out many of the athletic programs as well as other worthy programs. Recently, generous local REALTOR Michael Morabito of Th...
Lucas O’Connor, star quarterback of the 2011 Culver City High football team that went to the CIF Western Conference finals has signed a scholarship offer to play football at West Liberty University in West Liberty, West Virginia. West Liberty is a strong Division 2 program. In his big season with the Centaurs O’Connor passed for 3,341 yards in 14 games, second only to Darius Banks who threw for 4,115 in 2006. His 32 touchdowns passes makes him the third highest in this category behind Banks and Jonathan Martin. He was second all time in Cul...
The Culver City High Centaurs continued their dominance in the passing tournaments in Southern California this past weekend when they blew through most of the competition in the Santa Fe “7 on 7” Tournament on Saturday, July 8. The tournament began with more than 20 teams and the first four games determined the team seeds for the later rounds. In Culver City’s pool were host team Santa Fe High, Arcadia High, Dominguez High (Compton) and Bellflower High. Culver City opened up pool play against the host Santa Fe Chiefs. The Centaurs domin...
Ever since former Culver City High football head coach and current athletic director Tom Salter took over the football program in 1999 the varsity players have periodically staged a varsity verses alumni "7 on 7" game around the July 4th holiday. Because several of the alums playing college ball would come home at that time of year. It is a great tradition and a way of honoring the alums and having a super competitive game verses the varsity squad. Since many of the alums that come back are...
Centaurs Look to Upend Covina in First Semi-final Since 2011 By Greg Goodyear & Larry Weiner After traveling three hours to Coachella Valley to play a strong and large opponent and coming away with a nail-biting 45-27 victory Culver City High comes marching home for a CIF Division 11 semi-final contest against the Covina Colts. The Colts finished tied for first place in the Valle Vista League and are 10-2 this year (4-1 in league play) and ranked fourth in Division 11. Last Friday night they defeated Westminster 42-28 to advance. They are a...
Two years ago Culver City lost 49-0 to the Santa Monica Vikings. Last year the Centaurs returned the favor by spanking Santa Monica by the same score. This year the Centaurs have a chance to secure a piece of the Ocean League title if they beat the Vikings on Senior Night and then finish their season with a win at Beverly Hills next Friday night against the winless Normans. Last week Culver City beat Hawthorne 62-35. Early in the fourth quarter we lead only 42-35 before rolling off 20...
Centaurs Entertain Dorsey in Historic Matchup Although Dorsey High School is only a few blocks east of Culver City the two teams have never met on the gridiron. After more than 60 years this 2016 historic matchup will finally take place this Friday night, September 30. Culver has played Dorsey in 7 on 7 summer tussles usually at Loyola High School and have done reasonable well against the Dons. Dorsey had been a long time city powerhouse under Paul Knox but the decision was made last year by...
Head Coach Jahmal Wright is very excited about this year's Culver City High's defensive unit. The defense is lead by a plethora of fast, speedy athletes in the secondary, as well as some athletic newcomers on the defensive line. It seems like the linebackers will develop into a cohesive group blending returning players with some athletic newcomers. DEFENSIVE LINE: Jr. Justin Berry (6'2 215) will be a first time starter on defense but got honorable mention from the coaches as a sophomore OL. He...
Last year Culver City High had a rare down year. It was the first time they missed the playoffs since 2001. Head coach Jahmal Wright feels we should turn it around this year. Although the Centaurs are young this year they do have some experienced seniors on the O-line and D-line. Every coach knows that a good football team lives and dies by how well their offensive and defensive lines do. Coach Wright and his O-line coach Ralph Oliver and D-line coach Brandon Patterson feel that they have a good group of quick footed, athletes that should play...
Special to the Observer Part 2 of 2 Last week the offense was featured in our Culver City High football preview. Now we’ll focus on the defense Defensive line: Since the Tom Salter era began in 1999, Culver City switched from an even (40) defense to a 3-4 defensive odd front. This has been the basis of their front three which contains several reads. Coaches are excited about the leaders on the defensive line. “Although not big in stature, they make up for it in quickness and ferocity. “The first one is Fred Wadibia (6’-0”, 215 lbs.) who is a...
Part 1 of 2 By Greg Goodyear Special to the Observer Last year Culver City High School football was the Ocean League champs when they beat Santa Monica in overtime and went 5-0 in league play. This was their first league championship since 2009, but they were frustratingly close in 2010, 11, and 12. The Centaurs have a good nucleus of returning starters on both offense and defense, but several of their top players transferred to other schools. Although this will make it tougher the coaches feel...
