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  • CCHS girls' basketball looks to improve in Bay League play

    Steve Finley Sports Editor|Jan 18, 2024

    The Culver City high school girls' varsity basketball team is hoping to continue to climb the standings of a strong Bay league after starting league play with an 0-3 record. The Centaurs are now 2-3 in league play after winning their last two games against Palos Verdes last Friday and Santa Monica last Tuesday. Their overall record is 12-10. Their next two games are Friday at second place Mira Costa and Tuesday at home against first place Redondo Union. Both games start at 5:30 p.m. The...

  • Culver City Symphony Orchestra Kicks Off 2023-24 Season

    Jan 18, 2024

    The concert will be held on Sunday January 21, at 7:00pm in the Robert Frost Auditorium located at Culver City High School. In 2022-23 the Orchestra presented its first full season for several years, with four outstanding concerts led by four guest conductors. Our 2023-24 season opened in November, as we introduced our new Music Director-Conductor, Clyde Mitchell, with a program that included a world premiere of Circle Overture by Craig Safan, and ended with a performance of the Symphony No. 1...

  • CCHS girls' basketball looks to improve in Bay League play

    Steve Finley, Sports Editor|Jan 18, 2024

    The Culver City high school girls' varsity basketball team is hoping to continue to climb the standings of a strong Bay league after starting league play with an 0-3 record. The Centaurs are now 2-3 in league play after winning their last two games against Palos Verdes last Friday and Santa Monica last Tuesday. Their overall record is 12-10. Their next two games are Friday at second place Mira Costa and Tuesday at home against first place Redondo Union. Both games start at 5:30 p.m. The...

  • CCHS boys' basketball is surprising a lot of people

    teve Finley, Sports Editor|Jan 11, 2024

    This was supposed to be a rebuilding year for the Culver City high school boys' varsity basketball team. They have a new head coach and several new players but after a slow start the Centaurs have raised their level of play during the last month. At press time they were 10-5 and 2-1 in the tough Bay league. They beat Mira Costa (13-6) last Friday 59-49 at home but they lost to Redondo Union (14-4) 79-72 on the road last Monday after committing 22 turnovers. Their next home game is Friday...

  • Culver City High School girls' basketball looking for their identity

    Steve Finley, Sports Editor|Jan 4, 2024

    The season is still young, but the Culver City High School girls' varsity basketball team needs an identity check. The team has talent, but they are young and somewhat inexperienced. The 6-6 Lady Centaurs will need to grow up fast because in a few weeks they will start league play in a very good Bay League. Palos Verdes is currently 10-0, Mira Costa is 8-1, Redondo Union is 5-2 and although Santa Monica and Peninsula currently have losing records, they are always competitive. "The league is...

  • New CCHS Athletic Director has some big shoes to fill

    George Laase and Steve Finley|Dec 28, 2023

    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...

  • Culver City High School girls' basketball looking for their identity

    eve Finley, Sports Editor|Dec 21, 2023

    The season is still young, but the Culver City High School girls' varsity basketball team needs an identity check. The team has talent, but they are young and somewhat inexperienced. The 6-6 Lady Centaurs will need to grow up fast because in a few weeks they will start league play in a very good Bay League. Palos Verdes is currently 10-0, Mira Costa is 8-1, Redondo Union is 5-2 and although Santa Monica and Peninsula currently have losing records, they are always competitive. "The league is...

  • Singleton is the new Culver City High School boy's head basketball coach

    Steve Finley, Sports Editor|Dec 21, 2023

    It's a new basketball season at Culver City high school and the Centaurs have a new head boys basketball coach, Ray Singleton. Singleton was an assistant coach last season to head coach Michael Cooper, so he is familiar with the basketball program at Culver City. That makes the transition a lot easier. New coaches bring in their own system and that is exactly what he is doing. Although he said he learned a lot from the former Laker star Cooper, Singleton is implementing a different approach...

  • Culver City High School girls' basketball looking for their identity

    Steve Finley, Sports Editor|Dec 14, 2023

    The season is still young, but the Culver City High School girls' varsity basketball team needs an identity check. The team has talent, but they are young and somewhat inexperienced. The 6-6 Lady Centaurs will need to grow up fast because in a few weeks they will start league play in a very good Bay League. Palos Verdes is currently 10-0, Mira Costa is 8-1, Redondo Union is 5-2 and although Santa Monica and Peninsula currently have losing records, they are always competitive. "The league is...

  • Culver City High School girls' basketball looking for their identity

    Steve Finley, Sports Editor|Dec 14, 2023

    The season is still young, but the Culver City High School girls' varsity basketball team needs an identity check. The team has talent, but they are young and somewhat inexperienced. The 6-6 Lady Centaurs will need to grow up fast because in a few weeks they will start league play in a very good Bay League. Palos Verdes is currently 10-0, Mira Costa is 8-1, Redondo Union is 5-2 and although Santa Monica and Peninsula currently have losing records, they are always competitive. "The league is...

  • "Go Easy, Listen to Your Body," say Running Coaches

    Dec 14, 2023

    Thanking their guests for taking an important first step toward finishing the Screenland 5K, Olympic Gold Medalist LaShinda Demus, lead trainer David Winslow, and a team of accomplished athletes and coaches encouraged participants to "be careful, go easy, listen to your body and don't hurt yourself" in the recent workout at Culver City High School track. Walkers and runners of all abilities are invited to participate in the next complimentary "Sofa to Screenland5K" session, Sunday, Dec. 17,...

  • Singleton is the new Culver City High School boy's head basketball coach

    Steve Finley, Sports Editor|Dec 7, 2023

    It's a new basketball season at Culver City high school and the Centaurs have a new head boys basketball coach, Ray Singleton. Singleton was an assistant coach last season to head coach Michael Cooper, so he is familiar with the basketball program at Culver City. That makes the transition a lot easier. New coaches bring in their own system and that is exactly what he is doing. Although he said he learned a lot from the former Laker star Cooper, Singleton is implementing a different approach...

  • CCUSD Board of Education Selects Brian Lucas, Ed.D.,

    Dec 7, 2023

    as the After conducting a nationwide search and receiving extensive input from district employees and the community, the Culver City Unified School District Board of Education is honored and excited to announce the unanimous decision to appoint Brian Lucas, Ed.D., as the finalist for the position of CCUSD Superintendent of Schools. Dr. Lucas was chosen from a pool of 25 applicants recruited by Leadership Associates that included superintendents, deputy and associate superintendents, assistant...

  • Culver City teens travel to Bogota, Columbia for a cultural exchange with profound lesson

    Dec 7, 2023

    Austin Jones, Kenny Jones, Max Mahon, Ross Borden and chaperone Keith Jones travelled to the mountain town of Tenjo, Columbia just outside of Bogota last summer. They utilized the universal language of sports to embark on a life-changing journey. Leveraging their love for lacrosse, they partnered with the nonprofit organization Lacrosse the Nations who is dedicated to using lacrosse as a tool to uplift communities and bridge cultural gaps. They coordinate trips for teens in the US to Colombia, N...

  • Singleton is the new Culver City High School boy's head basketball coach

    Steve Finley, Sports Editor|Dec 7, 2023

    It's a new basketball season at Culver City high school and the Centaurs have a new head boys basketball coach, Ray Singleton. Singleton was an assistant coach last season to head coach Michael Cooper, so he is familiar with the basketball program at Culver City. That makes the transition a lot easier. New coaches bring in their own system and that is exactly what he is doing. Although he said he learned a lot from the former Laker star Cooper, Singleton is implementing a different approach...

  • George Albert Molino

    Nov 30, 2023

    It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of George Albert Molino, age 96, of Culver City, CA on September 29, from complications due to Alzheimer's. A beloved husband, father, brother to Herbert and Dagoberto and sister Betty who have passed on, many nieces, nephews and friends. George leaves behind a legacy of fond memories. He was born in Los Angeles to Georgette Nieto, a laundromat manager and Dagoberto Molino, a general practitioner. He grew up in Los Angeles and attended John...

  • The 12th man helps Culver City football off the field

    Steve Finley, Sports Editor|Nov 30, 2023

    The National Football League (NFL) has the Seattle Seahawks that have the 12th man. Their 12th man is the Seattle fans in the stands that are so boisterous and supportive that they are called the 12th man. The game of football has 11 men on the field. Culver City high school football team has a supportive staff that makes the program one of the best in Southern California. Announcers, athletic director, administrative staff, the band, ground keepers, snack bar personnel, security guards and...

  • Culver City Downtown Business Association 2023 Holiday Tree Lighting-Santa Arrives with Police Escort

    Nov 30, 2023

    Downtown Culver City is delighted to bring snow and sledding back to this year's Annual Tree Lighting Sled-tacular! To enjoy the snow, be sure to REGISTER IN ADVANCE to sign your waiver so you can get right to sledding. https://anc.apm.activecommunities.com/culvercity/activity/search/detail/45092?onlineSiteId=0&from_original_cui=true Town Plaza will once again be home to our beautiful 22-foot Holiday tree, glowing with over 7,500 warmwhite LED lights. On November 30th, Culver City officials...

  • Screenland Training Session

    Nov 23, 2023

    Olympic Gold Medalist LaShinda Demus and other accomplished local coaches, athletes and trainers will lead a free "Couch to Screenland 5K" training session, Sun., Dec. 3, 3 pm, at Culver City High School track presented by Midwest Roofing. These complimentary one-hour workouts, ideal for first time or "it's been awhile" walkers and runners, will prepare you for every step of your 3.1-mile adventure into movie magic on Oscar Sunday, Mar. 10. No registration required. Additional free sessions...

  • La Serna knocks Culver City football out of the CIF playoffs

    Steve Finley, Sports Editor|Nov 16, 2023

    In sports someone has to win and someone has to lose. Unfortunately for the Culver High School's football team they came out on the losing end of a hard-fought battle against La Serna from the city of Whittier. The final score was 52-31 but the game was close for three quarters. The game was played last Friday night at Culver City. The Culver City Centaurs finished the season with a record of 9-4 overall and 4-1 in the Bay League. They won their first two CIF Division 4 playoff games before...

  • CCHS girls track team will compete for a CIF Championship

    Steve Finley, Sports Editor|Nov 16, 2023

    On Saturday at Moorpark high school Culver City high school girls will try to run their way into the history books when they try to win the school's first CIF Championship in track and field. The boys will also be represented but it's the girls' team that has a chance to walk away with the top trophy. The Centaurs will put it all on the line Saturday in the Division 2 CIF Track and Field Finals. "Our athletes have been training and working so hard," said the boys head track and field coach...

  • AVPA Presents The Laramie Project

    Nov 16, 2023

    Culver City High School's Academy of Visual and Performing Arts (AVPA) Program will present The Laramie Project, in concert with Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre. The Laramie Project is a play by Moisés Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project about the reaction to the 1998 murder of gay University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard in Laramie, Wyoming. The murder was denounced as a hate crime and brought attention to the lack of hate crime laws in various states,...

  • Centaur football clicking on all cylinders at the right time

    Steve Finley, Sports Editor|Nov 11, 2023

    Perfection is like catching lighting in a bottle. It's impossible to achieve but the Culver City High School football team is hoping to come close to faultlessness against La Serna on Friday. Kick off is set for 7 p.m. at Culver City inside the Jerry Chabola Stadium. The winner of the game will advance to the CIF Southern Section Division 4 final. The Centaurs are hoping to duplicate their CIF quarterfinal game last Friday when they beat Capistrano Valley 44-16 at home. During that game the...

  • California Assembly Majority Leader Isaac Bryan Inspires New Earth's At-Promise Youth

    Nov 9, 2023

    California Assembly Majority Leader Isaac Bryan toured New Earth and participated in a community conversation with New Earth Co-Founder Dr. Harry Grammer and New Earth at-promise youth. Assemblymember Bryan shared his own challenging journey from foster care and failing grades, to earning his Masters in Public Policy from UCLA, and is the youngest Black Majority Leader in California history. Speaking to a group of New Earth high school students, Assemblymember Bryan shared, "I tell you that...

  • Brownlow has kicked his way into Culver City HS football history

    Steve Finley, Sports Editor|Nov 9, 2023

    By Steve Finley It takes a special person to be a football kicker. Every game the pressure grows with every possession. The kicker and the holder are on an island all by themselves. From high school, college and the pros the kickers are expected to make field goals, extra points and in high school the kicker is also the punter most of the time. What makes Culver City high school's kicker and punter, Henry Brownlow so special is he is not only a great athlete, but he has taken his kicking game...

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