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And you thought the Super Bowl was exciting. The Culver City high school boys basketball team played one of the most exciting games in school history when they beat Windward 57-55 last Tuesday inside the Del Goodyear gym on the Culver City campus. The boisterous crowd stormed the court after junior forward Achebe Thompson made a layup as the horn sounded to end the game. Hollywood could not have written a better script. "It felt really good," said Thompson outside the locker room right after...
The USC men’s basketball team has five game remaining on their regular season schedule to try to improve their record in the Pac-12 and move closer to the top. At press time, (Wednesday) the 9-5 Trojans were in fourth place behind first place UCLA (11-2), second place Arizona (11-4) and third place Utah (10-5). They face Stanford on Saturday at 7 p.m. at home at the Galen Center. The Trojans have relied on their senior duo of Boogie Ellis and Drew Peterson but if they want to move up in the Pac-...
CIF playoffs start next week and the Culver City high school boys' basketball team is hoping to recapture the winning culture that helped them win seven games in a row a few weeks ago. The Centaurs are currently 13-10 overall and 5-4 in the Bay league. Their Bay league record is good enough for third place. They can improve their record to 6-4 if they beat Santa Monica tonight (Thursday) at 7 p.m. at Santa Monica in their last regular season game. At first glance a 13-10 overall record is not...
What if you were a coach of a high school basketball team without a gym or the coach of a high school football team without a field? What would you do? You would probably quit the job or find another solution. Culver City high school water polo coaches decided to find another alternative. The Dordoni family started a relationship with the Culver City Parks and Recreation Department over 40 years ago. Nestor Dordoni Sr. started the bond and Nestor Jr. has continued the journey. They use the only...
For the past 11 years Culver City girls basketball has been synonymous with winning. Year in and year out the teams coach by Julian Anderson and his reliable assistants have continued to play at a high level. Even though his teams don’t have size they make up for it by playing fundamentally sound basketball. This year the Lady Centaurs are 14-3 overall and 2-1 in league play and tied for second place with Santa Monica in the tough Bay league. Anderson keeps it simple. He never gets too high o...
For the past 11 years Culver City girls basketball has been synonymous with winning. Year in and year out the teams coach by Julian Anderson and his reliable assistants have continued to play at a high level. Even though his teams don't have size they make up for it by playing fundamentally sound basketball. This year the Lady Centaurs are 14-3 overall and 2-1 in league play and tied for second place with Santa Monica in the tough Bay league. Anderson keeps it simple. He never gets too high or...
The Lakers are currently in 13th place in the NBA's Western Conference and right now they are not in a good position to make the playoffs without Anthony Davis in the lineup. Eight teams make the playoffs in each conference and if you include the Play-In Tournament 10 teams are eligible. Right now, the Lakers are fighting to make the Play-In Tournament. Why are the Lakers in 13th place in their conference? One of the main reasons is the absence of Davis. The other reason is the lack of...
Culver City High School athletic teams are moving in the right direction in 2023. The boys and girls winter teams are all playing at a high level, and they continue to represent Culver City as one of the elite academic and sports schools in Southern California. The girls' basketball team has a record of 14-2 and they are ranked 6th in their CIF division. Over the Christmas break they won the Southern California Holiday Prep Classic in San Diego by defeating St Joseph 48-42 in the championship...
Sometimes the road to the top of your profession can be a mysterious journey that will test your internal fortitude. Sometimes a strong belief in yourself and a strong belief that your employer has in you can help you finish that journey to the top. That's what has happened to Charger running back, Joshua Kelley. "It feels good," said Kelley, during an interview after a recent game at SoFi Stadium. "This year has been a really big year in terms of me being more confident and being myself out...
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...
In the complicated world of sports all over the world, coaches come and go. Coaches get fired all the time but when a very successful coach resigns red flags go up. What happened? Did he have a disagreement with his or her bosses? Are they having health problems? What would make a winning coach resign when his team is getting ready to dominate the California high school track and field world? The story behind the resignation of the former Culver City high school track and field coach, Rayfield...
The Los Angeles Rams are between a rock and a hard place. Every time you look up someone gets injured. Right now, there are currently 11 players on their injured list and that does not include receivers Cooper Kupp and Allen Robinson. A perfect negative storm has hit the Rams camp. The defending Super Bowl Champions are 3-8 as they get ready to take on the 6-5 Seattle Seahawks on Sunday at 1 p.m. at So Fi Stadium in Inglewood. Can they win enough games to get back to .500 or will they continue t...
Losses come in a lot of different categories. You can get blown out by your opponent. You can lose on the last play of the game. You can play your worst game of the year at any time during the season. Turnovers and mistakes can cost you the game. You can play great one minute and bad the next minute. Last Friday night Culver City's varsity football team checked almost all the boxes. Their 17-14 loss to Loyola in the CIF Division 6 playoffs on the Culver City high school campus was one of their...
The Los Angeles Rams received some more bad news on Wednesday when head coach Sean McVay announced that starting quarterback Matthew Stafford entered the concussion protocol last Tuesday. Stafford was injured during the loss to Tampa Bay last Sunday. "Still anticipating and having the optimistic approach that there's a possibility that he be ready to go," said McVay on Wednesday. If Stafford is not available the Rams will hand the ball to John Wolford, their 6'1, 200 pound back up. Things keep...
The Culver City high school varsity football team will get a rare opportunity to avenge a loss that took place on September 2. Loyola edged the Centaurs 24-19 in a game that came down to the wire. On Friday night on the Culver City high campus inside the Jerry Chabola Stadium at 7 p.m., it's the Centaurs and the Cubs facing off in the CIF Division 6 quarterfinal playoffs. Both schools have strong athletic traditions and their football teams come into the game with identical 6-5 records. To...
The USC football team and the USC women's volleyball team will host Pac-12 conference games this weekend. The football team will battle the California Bears on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Coliseum and the volleyball team will face Arizona State on Friday at 7 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. they take on Arizona. The volleyball team will continue their home stand on Wednesday, November 9, when they face first place Stanford at 7 p.m. All Three games will be played at the Galen Center on the USC...
It's that time of the year again when the high school football season starts to heat up. It's called the playoffs and for the 16th time in the last 17 years the Culver City varsity football team is in the prestigious CIF playoffs. The Culver City Centaurs travel to Placentia on Friday to try to clip the wings of the El Dorado Golden Hawks at 7 p.m. in the Division 6 playoffs. Coming off a 28-0 victory over rival Santa Monica on Senior night at Culver City last Friday the Centaurs hope to keep...
After going through spring training, summer passing leagues and a nine-game regular season schedule the 2022 regular football season comes down to the most important game of the season. It's win or go home this Friday night against Santa Monica on the Culver City high school campus inside the Jerry Chabola Stadium. Kick off is set for 7 p.m. If the Centaurs win they are in the playoffs, if they lose their season is over. It's as simple as that. Culver City is 4-5 overall and 2-2 in the Bay...
Back in the day when a kid grew up in a neighborhood and he was a good athlete he went to the neighborhood schools. Now parents and kids are always looking to go to a school that they think has a better program that will help make them a better player. That's why it's so refreshing to see families like the Culver City Singermans. The father, Robert was a star lineman for the Centaurs in the 1990's and his son Bobby is also a star lineman for the 2022 Culver City football team. "I knew my son...
Two NFL teams headed in the wrong direction will meet at SoFi Stadium on Sunday at 1 p.m. The 2-3 Los Angeles Rams and the 1-4 Carolina Panthers will battle to see which team can get back on the winning track. Panther management was so upset with their teams’ performances that they fired the head coach last week. The defending Super Bowl Champion Rams are not even close to making a coaching change but the way they have played the last few weeks a lot of people are wondering what’s happening to t...
The Bay league plot thickens this Friday night when the 3-0 Palos Verdes Sea Kings make a house call to battle the 2-1 Culver City Centaurs at 7 p.m. inside the Jerry Chabola Stadium on the Culver City high school campus. Overall Palos Verdes is 5-3 and Culver City is 4-4. The game has huge implications regarding the tight league race. The Sea Kings are in first place followed by second place Mira Costa at 2-1 and third place Culver City. Mira costa has an overall record of 6-2. Those are the...
Two NFL teams headed in the wrong direction will meet at SoFi Stadium on Sunday at 1 p.m. The 2-3 Los Angeles Rams and the 1-4 Carolina Panthers will battle to see which team can get back on the winning track. Panther management was so upset with their teams' performances that they fired the head coach last week. The defending Super Bowl Champion Rams are not even close to making a coaching change but the way they have played the last few weeks a lot of people are wondering what's happening to...
The Culver City high school varsity football team will travel to the Palos Verdes to battle Peninsula high school on Friday to play a football game that starts at 3:30 p.m. Most high school football games start at 7 p.m. but Peninsula does not have lights. The Centaurs are coming off an impressive 28-0 win over Redondo Union last Friday during a festive homecoming night at Culver City. The Centaurs hope to continue their winning ways against Peninsula. The Panthers are 4-3 overall and 1-1 in...
Friday night lights doesn't get any better than this. The Culver City Centaurs take on the Redondo Union Sea Hawks on Friday at 7 p.m. on the Culver City campus inside the Jerry Chabola Stadium. It's Home Coming Night for the Centaurs and Redondo is coming into the game with a perfect 6-0 record. After losing to Mira Costa last Friday night Culver City is now 2-4. Because of the magnitude of the game the atmosphere should be electric. The Centaurs have lost three games in a row, and they...
The Clippers and Lakers held their annual Media Days last Monday and at first glance the Clippers look like they are the better team because they have a deeper, more proven roster. The Lakers still have the Big Three, but can they stay healthy, and like a friend of mine said, “Can someone coach Russell Westbrook.” Staying healthy applies to every team sport but right now we a talking about the NBA. They have the smallest team rosters in professional sports so when an injury occurs, it’s magni...
