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Undefeated! For the first time since 2007 Culver City High has a perfect record entering the CIF Southern Section football Playoffs. The Centaurs closed the 2019 regular season with a 55-0 shutout over Beverly Hills High to run their record to 10-0. Earning their first shutout of the season was an appropriate way to honor the team's seniors on Senior Night last Friday night. The Centaurs will host Bishop Diego High from Santa Barbara this Friday, Nov. 8, 7:30 p.m. at Jerry Chabola Stadium. The...
It's not every day that high school students get a chance to work shoulder-to-shoulder with successful television and motion picture writers to hone their craft – unless those students are part of the St. Bernard High School Film and Television Academy. Just two years old, the Academy on the school's Playa del Rey campus allows students to learn the industry from the inside, working closely with the successful brother writing duo of Todd and Richey Jones. Todd and Richey Jones began their w...
In what is becoming a typical Friday Night performance, quarterback Zevi Eckhaus threw for 4 touchdowns and 262 yards, as the Culver City Centaurs rolled over Bishop Garcia Diego High School, 34-6. The Centaurs improved to 11-0 with the first round Division 5 playoff victory over the Santa Barbara based school. Bishop Garcia Diego High School, known as the Cardinals, jumped to a quick 6-0 lead at Jerry Chabola Stadium in Culver City. The Cardinals came out running the ball, with the obvious...
Last week all five of our local high school, college and professional football teams won their games. Culver City, USC, UCLA, Rams and Chargers were conquered their opponents. This week Culver City will play a home game against Beverly Hills at 7 p.m., on Friday., USC will face a highly ranked Oregon team at 5 p.m. at the Coliseum on Saturday, UCLA will battle the Colorado Buffalos at the Rose Bowl on Saturday at 6 p.m., the Chargers play a hot Green Bay Packer team at the Dignity Health Sports...
By Rikesh Patel Observer Intern Sarah Slemmons, currently a Culver City Middle School counselor, was officially awarded the role of California School Counselor of the Year 2020 during last week’s School Board meeting. Modestly, she thanks the counseling team she works with at the CCMS: Jeanine Lizotte, Terrence Brown, Antoinette Brown, and Christina Monroy as well as her high school colleagues and growing team. From the year 2002, one school year counselor has been selected from the entirety of California to represent our state, so Slemmons w...
The Lady Centaurs didn't lose their cool, last night when they fell behind Wilson's fast start in the first set 20-10. The team made the necessary adjustments to their game as Coach Tanner Siegal began to change up their defensive rotations to take advantage of the size of their talented blockers: Daina Monore, Jayli Nealy, Lauren Tishkoff and Sophia Muller. Culver, then went on an 8-1 run to close within three at 21-18 and were still behind 23-19 when they won the final six points to pull out...
That Culver City knows how to put on a heartfelt, fun, and productive celebration in honor of Disability Awareness Month was evident to those attending its 16th annual free Abilities Carnival and Resource Fair Sunday afternoon, Oct. 20 at the Culver City Senior Center, an event sponsored by the Culver City Exchange Club, Culver City Senior Citizens Association, Inc., and Culver City Neighborhood Girl Scouts. Acceptance, assistance and inclusion were the order of the day. "The purpose of the...
One season after winning the CIF Division 7 Football Championship, Culver City High is enjoying its best start since 2007, when that team reeled off 11 consecutive wins to begin the season. In Jahmal Wright's 11th season as the head coach, the Centaurs are 8-0 with two games remaining in the 2019 season regular schedule. The Centaurs took care of business last Friday at El Segundo High, 42-9, to run their Ocean League mark to 3-0. They have a Homecoming Game against Hawthorne High this Friday...
The Lady Centaurs host Upland in the first round of the CIF SS Division 3 on Thursday night at 6:00 pm on campus at the Del Goodyear Gymnasium. Culver City (23-7) finished #1 in the Ocean League, while the Upland Highlanders/Scots (18-11) finished tied for second in the Baseline League. If the Centaurs win, they will move on to face the first-round winner of Marlborough (13-6) versus University (18-13) on Saturday, October 26th--site and time--to be determined. In 2016-17, under new head coach,...
The Culver City High School football team beat El Segundo 42-9 Friday night. The Centaurs are currently 8-0 with three league wins. Read the full story by Sports Reporter Fred Altieri in this week's Culver City Observer or online here at www.culvercityobserver.com...
Working in clay is a lifelong passion for Jeffrey Siegel. In this short commentary article, Siegal talks about his lifelong love for clay. The movements of shaping a ball of clay into something wonderful on the potter's wheel is a series of exciting actions and reactions. Like having a conversation with my artwork, it is common for me to say "the clay speaks to me," launching me into artistic expression. It is the process of creating something from nothing that inspires me." I fell in love with...
Tracy Bernard Jones of Los Angeles, California announced his candidacy for California State Assembly in District 54, challenging incumbent Sydney Kamlager-Dove. The assembly district includes Culver City. Jones, who proudly resides in View Park, California, was born in Los Angeles and attended Crenshaw High School and Arizona State University. He is an accomplished special education teacher and entrepreneur with more than 20 years of public and private sector experience. He is a...
Quick, what local football team has a winning record? It's not the Rams (3-3), not the Chargers (2-4), not USC (3-3) and certainly not UCLA at 1-6. It's Culver City high school's varsity team. They are 7-0 and one of the most exciting teams in the Los Angeles area. Led by the passing and running of junior quarterback Zevi Eckhaus, the running of Mekhi Evans-Bey, a group of great receivers and an improving defense the Centaurs have turned into the high school version of the Greatest Show on...
In an exciting game that never seemed to end, the Culver City Centaurs held on for a 32-27 win over the Lawndale Cardinals in a Friday Night game at Jerry Chabola Stadium on the campus of Culver City High School. The game matched two CIF Champions from 2018, with Division 7 Culver City against Division 5 Lawndale High. Culver City junior quarterback Zevi Eckhaus threw for three touchdowns, completing 18 of 26 passes for 329 yards. Eckhaus also rushed for 65 yards, including the go-ahead score...
It was Showtime Inc. at Culver City High school last Friday night at Jerry Chabola Stadium as the undefeated Centaurs beat the defending Ocean League football champion Lawndale High Cardinals, 32-27, for the first time dating back to 2014. The victory sets up another crucial clash at El Segundo High this Friday night, Oct. 18. Both currently lead the league with 2-0 records. “It’s a pretty big victory whenever you get a chance to knock off the back-to-back defending Ocean League Champs, a tea...
The Culver City High School Centaurs beat the Lawndale High Cardinals 32–27 Friday night. The Centaurs have won all 8 games this year and their league record stands at 3-0. For the full story read Sports Reporter Fred Altieri's story in this week's print edition of the Culver City Observer or online at www.culvercityobserver.com...
Culver City High successfully opened their 2019 Ocean League football campaign with a 47-7 win over rival Santa Monica High last Friday night at Santa Monica College. The undefeated Centaurs (6-0) immediately turned their attention to this Friday night, Oct. 11, when they host the defending league champion Lawndale High Cardinals. "Lawndale is the 3-time defending Ocean League Champs and coming off a CIF Championship and State Championship," said Culver City head coach, Jahmal Wright. "We set a...
Kamryn Stone, who once attended Culver City High School, was laid to rest on Saturday, Sept. 28, two weeks after he was killed by an unknown assailant. The homegoing service for Stone, who shot and killed during an altercation in a Rose Bowl parking lot hours after a college football game between the UCLA Bruins and Oklahoma Sooners on Sept. 14, took place at Greater Emmanuel Temple Church in Lynwood. Stone was an 18-year-old student at West Los Angeles College when he was gunned down as he tried to break up a fight in Parking Lot K of the...
It was business as usual for Culver City High football as they wrapped up their 2019 pre-league season at 5-0 with a methodical 60-14 win at Dorsey High on Friday night. The Centaurs will begin Ocean League action on the road at 7:00 p.m. this Friday night, October 4, against Santa Monica High. The game will be played at Santa Monica College. "We knew that Dorsey was under-matched a little bit so we came in with the mindset of just wanting to sharpen our tools and move forward to get better for...
Wyoming defensive back Allen Smith faces felony gun charges after he allegedly pointed an unloaded handgun at two people last week, according to the Casper Star Tribune. Wyoming head coach Craig Bohl announced an indefinite suspension yesterday for the freshman defensive back from Culver City High. From the Star Tribune: "According to an affidavit filed with the court, a Laramie police officer was dispatched around 11:46 p.m. Thursday to help the University of Wyoming Police Department...
Vonda Joan Beaird was born March 18, 1938, in Los Angeles, California to Wayne and Katherine (Kay). She was a raven-haired beauty from the start. Opting to drop "Vonda" in favor of "Joan" almost immediately once given the choice, those who loved her knew her as "Joni." What a force! After surviving a near-fatal automobile accident that should have taken her from us long ago, Joni was reared in a Christian home and served the Lord from a young age, giving her testimony to those who would hear...
Last Friday night clearly established Culver City High as a legitimate football power. Quarterback Zevi Eckhaus drove an 8-yard stake through the heart of formidable Palos Verdes High in double overtime. A dash and dive into the end zone gave the Centaurs a 55-52 victory in the wild rematch at Jerry Chabola Stadium. "That was a big statement game for us," said Eckhaus. "A lot of people questioned how good we were going to be just because we lost 32 seniors from last year. I think it showed that...
Nearly two weeks after West Los Angeles college student Kamryn Stone was shot and killed in a Rose Bowl Stadium parking lot, police still have not made any arrests related to the homicide. Stone, a former Culver City High student and Westchester High school graduate, was shot along with another man after a reported altercation several hours after the UCLA Bruins played the Oklahoma Sooners at the Rose Bowl in a college football game. According to CBSLA, Stone reportedly was working as part of a clean-up crew for Cynthia’s Cleaning Company. I...
By Dennis J. Freeman Kamryn Stone, an 18-year-old student at West Los Angeles College, was shot and killed during an altercation in the parking lot of the Rose Bowl Stadium, hours after the UCLA-Oklahoma college football game had concluded. On its Facebook page, West Los Angeles College posted a tribute to the fallen student. “#WestLACollege sends our condolences to the family and friends of student Kamryn Stone who was killed Saturday outside of the Rose Bowl about three hours after the UCLA vs Oklahoma football game, according to a report b...
By Rebecca Rottenberg Age 17, Culver City High School Kids Scoop Reporter A fellow Culver City High School student Sarah Hager and I had the opportunity to attend a rally for Elizabeth Warren in Los Angeles. Held in the spacious halls of the Shrine Auditorium, the RSVPs were estimated at nine thousand, with countless more wandering in to catch the spectacle. The feeling in the room was energized yet intimate, with Warren's own grandson going up to the stage to announce raffle winners. Thanks to...
