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Just as the season is winding down, the Culver City High football team’s defense is beginning to hit its stride, and it appears as if the result will be another Ocean League title. Last week against Santa Monica, what had looked like a showdown turned out to be a blowout, as the Centaurs jumped out to a 49-6 lead en route to a 49-28 victory over the Vikings. The victory gave Culver City (7-1 overall, 3-0 Ocean League) a firm grasp on first place in the league standings. With two games left in the regular season, the Centaurs are a game ahead o...
West Los Angeles College won its first conference football game of the season Saturday by stopping Santa Barbara on a two-point conversion try on the final play. The Wildcats won, 42-40 and now have a 2-5 overall record....
Measure EE, the parcel tax that will guarantee funds for the Culver City School District, breezed to victory Tuesday night. More than $1 million per year is expected. The measure required a two/thirds majority and received more than 74 percent approval. For the next five years Culver City residents will be billed $96 per year per parcel, an amount they deemed worthwhile in order to maintain the city’s history of providing quality education. In recent weeks supportive letters to the editor of T...
In the Lakers’ first four games they won twice, were non-competitive in a home loss to Dallas and required overtime to defeat Oklahoma City Reminded that the Lakers aren’t playing anywhere close to their championship form of last season. Kobe Bryant explained. “We’re not at full strength,” he said. “We’re missing one of the best players in the world.” The absence of Pau Gasol with a hamstring injury is a legitimate reason for the Lakers’ slow start. I just wonder if that’s the only major prob...
There is no way to minimize what happened to the USC football team in Eugene, Oregon on Halloween night. It was so devastating, so convincing that it merits our full attention now. For the first time in Pete Carroll’s nine years as the Trojans’ coach one of his teams was humiliated. The 47-20 defeat was by far the most one-sided one he’s suffered at USC. The defensive master was in charge of a unit that gave up 613 yards. And Carroll takes the blame. “The problem was a defensive scheme that caus...
She is a modern-day Rembrandt painting in vivid hues through a remarkable streak at the start of this season. JuJu Watkins is weaving a narrative that's turning heads. For the fifth time in seven games Watkins has scored 30 points or more for the 7-0 Lady Trojans basketball team. Last Sunday, the No. 6 ranked Southern California team cruised to an 89-58 victory over San Diego, led by the phenomenal Watkins. She's already etched her name in USC lore, surpassing the legendary Lisa Leslie's record of four 30-point games by a freshman. She hit that...
