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When Culver City high school graduate, Donte Williams was named the interim head coach at USC in September he was transformed from a well-known assistant coach to head coach of one of most prestigious colleges in America. The pressure to win football games and championships is tremendous at USC. Winning football games at USC is expected and winning championships is anticipated. On Saturday at the legendary Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum at 1 p.m. against UCLA Williams will step into a coach's...
The Culver City varsity football team's season ended last Friday night when the No. 1 seeded team in the Division 6 CIF playoffs, Camarillo, beat the Centaurs, 23-21 in a thrilling contest on the Culver City campus. The Centaurs led 14-6 at halftime but the Camarillo Scorpions scored 14 unanswered points in the third quarter to take a 20-14 lead going into the fourth quarter. Culver City scored seven points in fourth quarter to take a one-point lead. After a big turn over by Culver City late in...
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-...
For the third week in a row the Culver City varsity football team will be on the road. This time they will travel 127 miles to the city of Indio to battle the Shadow Hills Knights on Friday at 7:30 p.m. The Centaurs are the 174th ranked team in the state of California and the Knights are the 170th ranked team in the state. Culver City comes into the CIF Division 6 playoffs with an overall record of 6-3 and they were 4-1 in the Bay league which put them in second place behind Palos Verdes. Shadow...
Former Culver City high school's All-State quarterback is having a great season at Bryant University. This week he was named to Stats Perform FCS Jerry Rice watch list as one of the best freshman football players in the nation. In eight games this season he has thrown for 1605 yards and 13 touchdowns with only two interceptions. The LAFC soccer team is 12-12 with nine ties. They are currently in ninth place in the Western Conference and their last game of the regular season is Sunday against...
The Culver City varsity football team will try to stay focused this Friday night when they take on the last place team in the Bay league. The Santa Monica Vikings are 1-6 overall and 0-2 in league play. The Centaurs are 5-3 overall and 3-1 in the Bay league, which puts them in second place behind 4-0 Palos Verdes. The game against Santa Monica will be played at Santa Monica Community College at 7 p.m. Last Friday the Centaurs loss 36-17 to Palos Verdes on the road. Mistakes and turnovers once ag...
Every weekend college football has big games that have playoff implications and for the UCLA Bruins and the USC Trojans this weekend is huge. UCLA plays No. 10 Oregon at the Rose Bowl at 12:30 p.m. on Channel 7, and USC battles No. 13, Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana at 4:30 p.m. Oregon is currently the only Pac-12 school in the top 25 in the college football rankings so a win over the Ducks in the nationally televised game will go along way in in helping the Bruins establish themselves as a...
For the second week in a row Culver City will play a team from the Palos Verdes area. Last week it was Peninsula at home this Friday the Centaurs travel to Palos Verdes high school to battle the Sea Kings in a rare 3 p.m. daytime game. The Centaurs go into this important Bay league game with a record of 5-2 overall and 3-0 in the league. Palos Verdes is 3-4 and 2-0. It’s a Bay league championship game and the Sea Kings will be looking to avenge a loss to Culver City last season. That loss was th...
Coaches say offense wins games but defense wins championships. If that's the case Culver City's 16-9 victory over a good Mira Costa team last Friday night at Culver City maybe their stepping stone to another league championship. It's still early in league play to talk about championships but the Centaurs took a big step towards accomplishing their goal with their win over Mira Costa on Homecoming night. Sports creates funny situations. Two weeks ago, the Centaurs played one of their worst games...
Sports all over the world are finding out that there is a secret and quiet opponent hiding just around the corner. That opponent is the coronavirus. The virus stopped Culver City high school's varsity football team from playing its biggest and most attractive home game of the year when Warren high school called Culver City at the last-minute last Friday to say someone on their team tested positive. The game had to be cancelled and it was a shock and disappointment to the coaches, players and...
The UCLA Bruins will travel north to take on an improving Stanford team at 3 p.m. and the USC Trojans will host a 2-1 Oregon State team at the Coliseum at 7:30 p.m. Both games will be played on Saturday. Every game in conference play is important and this weekend is no different. Stanford and Oregon State are 2-1. The Bruins need to prove that their 2-0 start of the season was no fluke because they lost to Fresno State last Saturday night in a thrilling game at the Rose Bowl and the Trojans...
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...
Culver City high school has been involved in some of the biggest sports stories in Southern California in the last two weeks. Last week former Lakers star Michael Cooper was hired to coach the boys' basketball team and this week former Centaur football player Donte Williams was named the interim coach of the USC football team. Cooper, who is one of the best defensive players in NBA history will take over a team that won the Bay league last season. In his NBA career he made eight All-Defensive...
The UCLA Bruins and the USC Trojans face tough competition this Saturday when they play two good teams. USC will travel to Pullman Washington to play Washington State at 12:30 p.m. and UCLA plays a late 7:45 p.m. game against Fresno State at the Rose Bowl. Both teams need to win. USC needs to start the post Clay Helton era off with a bang to show they can still play like a top 25 team despite the firing of their head coach last Monday. Their new interim head coach is hoping the change will...
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...
The Rams kick off the NFL's Sunday Night football game this Sunday when they take on the Chicago Bears at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood at 5:20 p.m. The game will be broadcast nationally on NBC. The Rams will take the field with a new quarterback for the first time in six years when Matthew Stafford lines up over center. He replaced Jared Goff and head coach Sean McVay hopes Stafford will be the difference that will put them in position to win close games. The USC Trojans are hoping to improve to...
It 's that time of the year. Fall is fast approaching and the leaves on the trees will be turning brown and brown is the same color of a football. Football is back in the fall after missing the 2020 fall season due to the pandemic. Culver City high school kicks off their 10-game regular season this Friday against the West Torrance Warriors on the road at 7 p.m. The Centaurs have a lot of shoes to fill, and they are hoping some of the younger players can step in and replace two All-State players...
UCLA Bruins football team will open their season against Hawaii Saturday at the iconic Rose Bowl in Pasadena at 12:30 p.m. on ESPN. The Bruins are hoping to turn the program around this season after fours years of losing. If they don't have a winning season in 2021 this will probably be Chip Kelly's last year as their head coach. With nine starters returning on offense and seven on defense Kelly will l have to produce to keep his job. UCLA fans are still waiting after three years for Kelly to...
Former Culver City resident Ted Sobel dives into sports and entertainment history with a book that touches the soul of baby boomers, sports enthusiasts of all ages and historical entertainment buffs. His book, 'Touching Greatness' tells a spectacular story of sports and entertainment through the eyes of one of the top sports journalists and broadcasters in Los Angeles history. Sobel credits his young years growing up in Culver City as a great foundation for his future success. He went to...
The 2020 Olympics, taking place in Tokyo, Japan this year has produced an abundance of happy and disappointing moments. Two of those moments involved former USC track stars, Andre de Grasse and Isaiah Jewett. Finally, de Grasse won a gold medal after knocking at the golden door for several years on the international stage after leaving USC. He came from behind and overtook two Americans to win the 200 meters in a blazing time of 19.62. He took third in the 100 meters last week to win a bronze...
The girl's lacrosse team also picked up several post season honors when they placed seven Lady Centaurs on the All-Ocean League team. Senior goalie JoJo de la Trinidad was the Defensive Player of the Year after she recorded 131 saves on 224 shots on goal. Senior Valarie Garcia made the second All-League team scoring nine goals and recording 18 assists. Junior Larissa Andrick was placed on the first team after she scored 26 goals with 10 assists. Her twin sister Vanessa Andrick also made the...
The Culver City high school girls' basketball program started a new league during the pandemic shorten season in 2021 and that league put the Centaurs in unfamiliar territory. Going from the Ocean league to the Bay league this year made them realize they have work to do. For the past 10 years Culver City was the class of the Ocean league. They won 88 games and lost only 12. Their overall record from 2010-20 was 206-90. Their league records included four 10-0 seasons and three 9-1 seasons. They...
Despite losing 15-8 in the CIF Division 2 Championship Final to battle tested St. Francis of La Canada a few weeks ago on the Culver City campus the city is still buzzing about a sport that is finally moving up the headline chart. Culver City lacrosse has been around for a long time but now it is in the spotlight. The crowd was electric during the championship game. Culver City's head coach, Casey Chabola felt the energy of the crowd. "I thought it was beyond my expectations, really. The amount...
When the Culver City varsity boys' basketball season ended on June 1, in the CIF playoffs quarterfinals a lot of people thought the program had gained a lot of respect after years of average and below average seasons. The 2021 Centaurs won the tough Bay league with a record of 8-2 and into the playoffs. They made it to the third round before losing to Crean Lutheran of Irvine, a team that made it to the championship game in Division 2A. Crean Lutheran was one of the best teams in the state, so...
On the last day of sports competition for Culver City high school the boys and girls track and field teams continued to keep Culver City high school in the Southern California sports spot light. From the award-winning football team to the CIF finalist boy's lacrosse team the Centaurs maintained athletic excellence during the pandemic shorten sports season in 2021. Last Saturday at the CIF Southern Section Division 2 Track and Field championship finals held at Moorpark high school Culver City pla...
