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Culver City High was well represented by its two performers in three events today at the 2016 CIF Southern Section Track and Field Divisional Finals held at Cerritos College Stadium in Norwalk. The highlight was Cahlil Hooper setting a school record in the boys 200m. Nia Garcia ran a solid 100m hurdles race in 14.58 seconds which was good enough for fifth place in the early afternoon event. She will be an alternative in the Girls 100m hurdles for next Friday's CIF Masters event which will be...
Helen Penagraph has graduated from Ohio Christian University with a Master of Arts in Pastoral Care and Counseling. Ohio Christian University, founded in 1948, is one of the fastest growing universities in the nation, and is committed to offering a complete education that develops students intellectually, professionally, and spiritually. OCU offers degree programs for residential undergraduate students, graduate students, and adult and online students. Additionally, OCU's Trailblazer Academy...
Momentum combined with continuity and execution is a beautiful thing to behold. For the first time in years the Culver City High Centaurs swept the Ocean League with a 10-0 record as they shut out Beverly Hills High twice last week. The Centaurs are now on a 13-game winning streak after compiling a 6-7 record in their first 13 games of the year. A tough preseason schedule was obviously effective in preparing the team to accomplish one of their primary goals before the season began: the 2016...
When a closing ceremony was held last Thursday for the official ending of the Los Angeles Sports Arena after 57years my mind wandered into the past. “I used to work there,” I told my friends. Then I went into deeper thoughts about the 22-year-old Mitch and my entrance into the sports world. I had just graduated from Cal State Los Angeles College and was attempting to find my way in the world. The Lakers had played a few games at the college and I got to know some of their employees.. One day I r...
The Culver City High Centaurs won their first CIF Baseball playoff game since 2012 as they shutout the Elsinore High Tigers 3-0 at home today, Friday, May 20. Culver starter Nolan Martinez pitched a 7-inning complete game, allowing just 3-hits, one walk while striking out seven. Only one Elsinore runner reached third base. The Centaurs scored two runs in the fourth inning when Mike Netzel got things going with a leadoff double. Jacob Weiner drove him in with a single and soon scored on an Eli...
This was one occasion when the game took a back seat. On a perfect spring afternoon at Culver City High former head softball coach John Sargent and the late Rick Hudson were honored by the school on the very field where they spent a great deal of time coaching the Centaurs during their careers. Following the 2014-15 season Sargent, who coached the team for 26 years, decided it was time to hand over the coaching reigns well before this season began. The timing gave the school plenty of time to hi...
The Culver City High Centaurs advanced to the quarterfinal round of the 2016 CIF Baseball Playoffs after beating San Luis Obsipo Tigers in a tight 2-1 ballgame on Tuesday, May 24 at home. Southpaw starter Eli Saucedo's threw six innings of one-run ball allowing only four hits. Nolan Martinez came in the seventh inning to get the save with two strikeouts and a flyout to rightfielder Mike Netzel for the final out. It was such a classic pitchers duel that both the home crowd and the San Luis...
The Culver City High Centaur baseball team swept the Ocean 2016 League when they shutout Beverly Hills High 3-0 on a sunny Thursday afternoon, May 12 at La Cienega Park. The Centaurs have a perfect 10-0 league and the season championship as well. Nolan Martinez started the game and pitched five innings for his fifth league victory this season. Martinez with 10 strikeouts, fanned over half of the Beverly batters he faced while allowing only one hit and three baserunners. Max Sterner threw two...
The Aviation Mechanics team from West Los Angeles College placed second in the School Category in the recent 2016 National Aerospace Maintenance Competition (AMC) in Dallas. This marks the third win for West which also placed in the top three in 2014 and 2015. Fifty-one American and international teams representing schools, commercial aircraft, the military, and general aviation competed in 25 different timed events. "As team captain, I was honored being selected to lead the team to compete...
West Los Angeles College is offering great programs for children and youth this summer including a new Career Discovery Academy that is COMPLETELY FREE. The free Academy is for youth entering grades 8 through 12 in Fall 2016. Sessions are two or three weeks long and include Computer Science / Robotics, Science, Health Care, Business / Entrepreneurism, Film Production, and Preparing for that First Job. There is also a Math / English / Study Skills Boot Camp and Saturday-only computer courses....
By Shea Cunningham, CCSUD Sustainability Program Coordinator [Photos: (1) CCHS Food Waste Audit Team, (2) Recycled art event] In honor of Earth Day, all 10 of Culver City Unified School District's school sites participated in the first annual District-wide recycling competition during the week of April 18-22. The goal was to be the school that reduced the most landfill waste, and produced the cleanest recycling and compost streams. At the majority of the schools, student leaders, key staff and p...
Win-Win was the music of the night for honored teachers and supporters of Culver City schools at the Culver City Education Foundation's (CCEF) splendid 18th Annual Tribute to the Stars gala fundraiser. It was a night of love from, and for, Culver City. What an evening! A cocktail hour was followed by the awards presentation, followed by a live auction. And then there was a huge street party with food from more than 20 Culver City's best restaurants. After that, dancing under the stars, the real...
It's full steam ahead as Culver City High baseball is rolling through the 2016 Ocean League schedule. The Centaurs completed their first two-game sweep of Santa Monica High since the 2012 baseball season, 9-4 and 3-0 last week. 2012 was also the last time that Culver City won the Ocean League title with a 10-0 record. The team is now 6-0 in league with four games remaining: two against Hawthorne High this week and two against Beverly Hills High next week. Pitching and defense prevailed once...
Before I write anything else about this I want to assure you readers that Fred Altieri will continue to provide his exceptional coverage of Culver City High sports for The Observer. Having said that I'm announcing that Fred has been chosen over several other candidates to become our Rams beat writer. Because local coverage is essential to a community newspaper we didn't want to take Fred off the Culver City High beat. And he didn't want to give it up. "I enjoy high school sports," said Altieri....
The State of California will open the third veterans’ cemetery on 78 acres at Seaside in Monterey Country. Planned for 5,000 burial sites on the old Ford Ord reservation, it’s free for the veteran, but to bury a spouse or dependent children of an eligible veteran, a fee will apply. Sacramento is in the planning stage for the fourth cemetery, which will be in Southern California. Currently there are nine national cites operated by the Federal government, five of which are open for burials. Cal...
For the First Time Since 2012 Culver Baseball Sweeps Santa Monica By Fred Altieri Sports Reporter It's full steam ahead as Culver City High baseball is rolling through the 2016 Ocean League schedule. The Centaurs completed their first two-game sweep of Santa Monica High since the 2012 baseball season, 9-4 and 3-0 last week. 2012 was also the last time that Culver City won the Ocean League title with a 10-0 record. The team is now 6-0 in league with four games remaining: two against Hawthorne...
The 2016 Ocean League baseball championship won't be determined for a few more weeks. Regardless, the Culver City High Centaurs are playing as if the title belongs to them after sweeping El Segundo High 6-1 on the road Tuesday, April 19 and 6-0 in a home game two days later. The Centaurs, who suffered two losses to the Eagles last season, are now 4-0 in league this season with six games remaining. Their overall record stands at 12-7 and are currently riding a six-game winning streak following a...
Sahli-Wells, Small and Eriksson Are Sworn In By Stephen Hadland Observer Publisher Two new councilmembers, Thomas Small and Goran Eriksson were sworn in along with returning councilmember Mehaul O'Leary to a packed house in the Mike Balkman Council Chambers on Monday night. The new council elected Jim Clarke as Mayor and Jeff Cooper as Vice Mayor. Mayor Clarke had Sacramento Superior Court Judge David Abbott serve as his installing offer. Abbott and Clarke attended the same high school and...
On April 25 the West Basin Municipal Water District (West Basin) Board of Directors presented awards to 15 grand prize and honorable mention student winners as part of the District’s annual Water is Life Student Art Contest. More than 300 entries were submitted this year from public and private schools throughout West Basin’s service area. Winning artwork was chosen based on the creativity of students’ portrayal of water conservation messages coupled with their artistic skills. One grand prize each was awarded in the elementary, middle and h...
Who remembers the movie "Lost Horizon" that came out in 1937 starring Ronald Colman, directed by Frank Capra, and based on a novel by James Hilton? It introduced us to Shangri-La, a mystical, harmonious valley in the Himalayas, an earthly paradise hidden away from the outside world. Welcome to Culver City's version, the Jackson Market at 4065 Jackson Avenue between Braddock Drive and Culver Boulevard, (jacksonmarketanddeli.com), an unexpected delight tucked away on a residential street. This...
Linwood E. Howe Elementary School has been named a Gold Ribbon School by the California Department of Education. The Gold Ribbon Awards recognize California schools that have made gains in implementing the academic content and performance standards adopted by the State Board of Education. These include the California Standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics, California English Language Development Standards, and Next Generation Science Standards. Schools applied for the award based...
The 2016 Culver City High baseball team is off to a 2-0 start in Ocean League action by sweeping Lawndale High in the season opening home-and-away series, 10-1 and 3-1. The Centaurs continued their modest four-game winning streak at high noon on Saturday, April 16 when the Centaurs took care of the visiting Salesian High Mustangs from Los Angeles, 8-2. The pitching staff has been dead-on all season. They have yet to yield more than two runs in any game throwing at home. They have only given up...
Jacob Weiner, a senior at Culver City High, has signed a National Letter of Intent to attend Hawaii Pacific University on an academic and athletic scholarship starting in Fall 2016. Jacob has lived his entire life in Culver City. A true scholar athlete, Jacob will graduate CCHS with a 3.9 weighted GPA. He plans to pursue a degree in journalism and mass communication. He wants to be a sports writer or to work in the field of sports management. Jacob started playing baseball when he was five...
Baseball is not the only important thing that is going on at West Los Angeles Community College. The coaching staff is trying to teach young men life lessons along with trying to improve a struggling baseball program and that's where Autism awareness comes into the picture. Before during and after the game at 1 p.m. this Saturday against Antelope Valley College there will be a lot of activities for all ages. "We want to make sure our players realize how fortunate they are just to be able to...
If you could talk to Mozart's mother, what would you ask? I found myself sitting next to the mother of a young soloist at a concert Saturday night by the Culver City Symphony Orchestra. I hadn't realized yet how special the young musician was. Then Tristan Paradee, the soloist, sat next to me when his mother changed seats. So you're sitting next to a young person about to give a solo piano performance. What would you ask? "Are you nervous before the concert?" I asked. "I do get nervous but it...
