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The Culver City High School Centaurs posted a loss to La Serna Friday night. The final score was42-7. Read the full story in this week’s Culver City Observer....
Some roads are smooth, and some roads are bumpy and last Friday night in Downey the Culver City football team hit a bump on the road when they were beaten by a very good Warren high school team 54-20. Now the Centaurs will face another solid team when they travel to Whittier to play La Serna on Friday at 7 p.m. The Centaurs will go into the game with a 2-2 record, and they will battle a 4-1 La Serna team. "They are a physical football team," said Culver City head football coach Jahmal Wright...
September 24 marks the return of the Culver City Rotary Community Foundation’s Walk & Roll Festival. The Walk & Roll Festival is a free, family-friendly event focused on teaching kids how to safely ride their bikes to and from school. As part of the city-wide Safe Routes to School program, the Festival is open to all Culver City students as well as neighboring schools. Now in its 10th year, the Walk & Roll Festival has proven to be a valuable community event for kids of all ages. Participants h...
The Culver City High School lost their football game Friday night 54-20. Read the full story in this week’s Culver City or online at www.culvercityobserver.com. The Centaurs next game is this Friday at LaSerna in Whittier at 7pm....
So far this football season Culver City's defense coached by defensive coordinator Derrick Huezo has proven to be a bright spot for on a team that has several bright spots. Everyone wants to talk about the Centaurs high powered offense but it's the defense that has come up with big plays. Last Friday night in the high desert against Palmdale they came up with five turnovers. "I am proud of the defense," said Culver City head varsity football coach Jahmal Wright. "I was very pleased the way they...
The Culver City Sister City Committee, a non-profit organization that fosters international friendship, seeks four high school students (two boys and two girls) to participate in an exchange trip to our sister city in Kaizuka, Japan from Feb. 10-21, 2023. We will hold an informational meeting on Sept. 21, 2022, beginning at 3:30 at the Julian Dixon County Library/4975 Overland Ave/Culver City, CA 90230 Applicants must fulfill the following requirements: • Be in the 8th-11th grade. • Be an excell...
Dana Winslow was a soprano who was first an entertainer. For many years she toured throughout the West Coast with the late baritone Phil Harvey performing vignettes from musical comedies, operatic arias, and medleys arranged by the late John Rarig, their accompanist. Her first love was opera, having sung the title roles of “Tosca”, “Aida”, and “Madame Butterfly”. Other roles included the Countess in “Marriage of Figaro”, and the mother in “Amahl and the Night Visitors”, and Lady Bellow in “Alber...
Samuel Biner, John Blessing, Greg Griffin, Kevin Griffin, and Jonah Hiraoka, of Culver City, El Segundo, and Los Angeles have earned Scouts BSA’s highest rank of advancement, the Eagle Scout Award. Because of the global pandemic and limited in-person Scout activities over the last couple of years, the five Eagle recipients will be recognized in a group ceremony on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022, at Westchester Lutheran Church, 7831 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles. Members of Westchester-based Troop 927, chartered by Covenant Presbyterian Church, the f...
The good news is it's cooling down in Palmdale, California but the bad news is it will still be 85 to 90 degrees at 7 p.m. on Friday when Culver City and Palmdale kick off to start their game between two 1-1 teams. For the first time in school history the two teams will face off on the football field. Both teams won their first game of the season a few weeks ago and both teams were beaten last Friday night. The Centaurs fell to Loyola 24-19 and Palmdale lost to Oak Hills 55-14. That's where the...
Culver City High School won a non-conference game against Palmdale by a score of 44-7 Read the full story in this week’s Culver City Observer....
If the first game of the season is any indication the young and inexperience Culver City football may surprise a lot of people. Their 35-13 win over West Torrance last Friday at Culver City showed that the Centaurs might be ready to battle a school like Loyola that has a long history of athletic excellence. Loyola, the All-Boys school near downtown Los Angeles lost their first game of the season at home 34-7 to Damien so they will be looking to redeem themselves. The Centaurs will face the Cubs...
Taken from the words of the late great Dodger broadcaster, Vin Scully, it's time for Culver City football. The young and inexperienced Centaurus will open the 2022 season at home on Friday against longtime foe, West Torrance at 7 p.m. inside the Jerry Chabola Stadium. For the first time in many years the Centaurs will rely on a lot of unproven talent, but head coach Jahmal Wright and his staff are ready for the challenge. "We are excited," said Wright after practice last Monday. "We are just loo...
March 29, 1929 - July 29, 2022 Aaron 'Ron' Nathanson passed away peacefully on July 29th at the age of 93 after a long illness. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. on March 9, 1929. His family moved to Los Angeles at age 14, where he attended Fairfax High and met his wife Janet (Samuelson). In 1950, he was called to active duty two weeks after they were married. He served in the US Army for two years in Korea. Ron and Jan were married for 72 years. Ron attended LA City College and went on to a...
For the first time in 20 years the Culver City high school boy's lacrosse team will be led by someone not named Chabola. Jerry and his son Casey were the name and face of a program that they were instrumental in building from the ground up. The new face Is long time assistant coach Adam Eskridge. Eskridge is no stranger to city of Culver City, the Culver City school system and the high school athletic program. Growing up in the city and coaching and playing sports at the high school made...
For the first time in 20 years the Culver City high school boy’s lacrosse team will be led by someone not named Chabola. Jerry and his son Casey were the name and face of a program that they were instrumental in building from the ground up. The new face Is long time assistant coach Adam Eskridge. Eskridge is no stranger to city of Culver City, the Culver City school system and the high school athletic program. Growing up in the city and coaching and playing sports at the high school made E...
Culver City high school varsity football team has shown promise this summer after playing in two passing league tournaments. They will play their third and final tournament this weekend when they travel to Crescenta Valley high school and participate in their passing league tournament. In their first tournament at El Rancho high school the Centaurs posted a strong 6-1 record, losing in the final game to La Serna. Culver City hosted its own tournament last weekend but the failed to make it to...
After losing five of their first six games of the season the Culver City girls softball team turned their season around during Bay League play. Towards the end of the Bay League schedule the Lady Centaurs went on a seven-game winning streak to capture second place in league play and finish league play with an 8-2 record. Their overall season record was 16-12. For their efforts several girls made post season All-Star teams this month. Topping the list was All-CIF Division 3 selection Evann...
For the first time in almost three decades the Culver City baseball program will have a new head coach. Culver City stayed in house and hire one of their own. Devaughn Wallace was named the head coach a few weeks ago after long time head coach Rick Prieto decided to retire. Wallace attended elementary school, middle school and high school in Culver City. For four years he played baseball and football at the high school, and he became a football star playing the old fashion fullback position but...
Life just came full circle for that 12-year-old girl who worked part-time clearing tables at Tito's Tacos, her grandfather's restaurant, in the summer of 1966. One day, exhausted after several hours of running to the tables to clear them before new customers arrived, she discovered someone had left a tip of 50 cents – twice her hourly wage! – with a note: "For the cutest little waitress." That did it, and the restaurant business has played an active, all-encompassing role in Lynne Dav...
November 22, 1942 - May 22, 2022 A Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary for 58 years, Sister Pauline "Mitzi" MacDonald died on Sunday, May 22, 2022 at the age of 79, in Orange, California, after a long struggle with Parkinson's disease. One of two children born to Joseph and Pauline MacDonald, Sr. Pauline was born in Santa Monica, California. She is predeceased by her parents and is survived by her sister Melinda, her brother-in-law Harry, and her nephew Chris and his family. Sr. Pauline's educational ministry began at St. Patrick's School,...
In the very competitive world of high school athletics the Culver City high school cross-country program has managed to put together a competitive team while balancing a solid program and maintaining high academic standards. "We want to be competitive within our league, but we came to realize that the overwhelming majority of the kids and their families cared more about their grades, having fun and being involved in a positive team experience and being with their friends," said long time head...
While playing mostly infield for the Culver City high school girls softball team, the sure-handed Evann McDowell was named to the All-CIF Division 4 softball team this week. She had the second highest fielding average on the varsity team, at .981. The senior also batted .506 with 39 hits and 13 doubles. After losing five of their six games at the beginning of the season the Lady Centaurs turn their season around and finished second in the tough Bay league with a record of 8-2 and they made it...
Betty Trepany, 98, longtime resident of Santa Monica, was born in Detroit to George and Elizabeth McClellan. After graduating from high school, she entered the Sisters Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary convent in Monroe, Mich. She realized she was being called in a different direction and left before taking her final vows. She continued teaching after leaving the convent and always looked fondly on the years she spent teaching elementary school. She was overjoyed when students she taught in fourth grade at St. Augustine in Culver City...
People say you should save your best for the last performance. That’s just what the Culver City girls track team did when they competed against some of the top track and field athletes in the nation at the California State track and field finals last week in Clovis, California at Buchanan high school. Every year the track and field eyes are on this meet because the student athletes produce some of the best times and marks in the world. “It was an awesome experience to see our girls track tea...
Six Culver City high school girls will be running in one of the top track and field State Meets in the nation when they step on the track at Buchanan high school in Clovis, California Friday evening during the California State Meet prelims. If they advance, they will run in the finals on Saturday. There are 3,892 high schools in California, 3,162 public schools and 730 private schools and Culver City will be running in three events. "I knew we were talented, and I knew we had a shot but to watch...
