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Culver City high school has five winter sports teams competing in the last weeks of the regular season but only one team is guaranteed to go to the big dance which is the CIF Southern Section playoffs. The boys' basketball team is currently in second place in the Bay league and that puts them in position to go to the playoffs. At press time (last Tuesday) the girls basketball team was in 4th place in the Bay league, the girls' soccer team was in 4th place, the boys' soccer team was in 5th place...
High school winter sports bring a whole new outlook to high school sports. Southern California athletes complain about the weather but in other parts of the nation the elements are twice as bad. Playing soccer outside in the winter against outstanding opponents can reach down and touch the soul of an athlete but the Culver High School girl's soccer team continues to play a high level in a very competitive league. At press time the lady Centaurs were 11-6-2 overall and 2-4 in the Bay league. The...
July 11, 1930 - January 9, 2024 Louis ("Lou") Michael Del Pozzo, beloved father, grandfather, teacher and friend, died in his home on January 9, 2024. He was born on July 11, 1930 in Ridgway, Pennsylvania to Lucy DeStefano Del Pozzo and Luigi Del Pozzo and was the last surviving sibling among nine sisters and three brothers. Lou grew up in Ridgway and moved to Los Angeles, California in 1948 after his parents visited on vacation and determined it was "heaven." Lou earned an AA degree at East LA...
Although both teams are near the bottom of the Pac-12 men's basketball standings it's still UCLA against USC which makes it a big game in Los Angeles. The Bruins are 8-11 overall and 3-5 in the Pac-12 and that record puts them in eighth place. The Trojans are 8-11 overall and 2-6 in the Pac-12 which is good enough for 11th place in the 12-team league. The Bruins travel to play the Trojans on Saturday at 5 p.m. on ESPN2. What happened to both teams? Injuries, bad recruiting, young players, you...
Although both teams are near the bottom of the Pac-12 men's basketball standings it's still UCLA against USC which makes it a big game in Los Angeles. The Bruins are 8-11 overall and 3-5 in the Pac-12 and that record puts them in eighth place. The Trojans are 8-11 overall and 2-6 in the Pac-12 which is good enough for 11th place in the 12-team league. The Bruins travel to play the Trojans on Saturday at 5 p.m. on ESPN2. What happened to both teams? Injuries, bad recruiting, young players, you...
It's a well-documented fact that the Culver City high school boy's and girl's aquatics programs produce successful swimming and water polo teams without a pool on campus. They use the Vets Park public pool located off campus on Overland Ave. Despite not having their own pool it has not stopped the father and son coaching combination of the Dordoni family. Nestor Jr. has been the head coach for the last five years and his father Nestor Sr. is his assistant coach. Nestor Jr. has been coaching...
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...
The Los Angeles Chargers last Monday announced the completion of their head coaching interview with University of Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh. The Michigan Wolverines and Harbaugh recently won the college football national championship, defeating the Washington Huskies, 34-13. Harbaugh is very familiar with the NFL, having played quarterback in the NFL for 14 seasons, including two with the Chargers in 1999 and 2000. Harbaugh started 17 games in two seasons with the Chargers. Harbaugh...
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...
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...
The late, great Hall of Fame football Coach John Madden once said about losing, "I've always said winning's the great deodorant, and conversely, when you have a bad record, everything stinks, and everything starts to unravel, and everything falls apart." For the Los Angeles Chargers season, that is exactly what the 2023 football season felt like. The Chargers started the season losing their first two games and ended the season on a five-game losing streak. The Chargers fell last Sunday to the...
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...
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...
The Buffalo Bills came into SoFi Stadium in Inglewood last Saturday night having beaten the Miami Dolphins, the Kansas City Chiefs, and the Dallas Cowboys this season, teams that are among the best in the NFL. They had made the playoffs the past four seasons and are expecting to make it five consecutive seasons in 2023. The Bills were 12.5-point favorites against the struggling Los Angeles Chargers, who had recently fired their head coach Brandon Staley and their General Manager Tom Telesco....
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...
The roller coaster ride that has been the 2023 season for the UCLA Bruins football team ended on a high note last Saturday as the Bruins defeated the Boise State Broncos in the LA Bowl, 35-22. The game was played at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood before a crowd of 32,780 fans and was televised nationally on ABC. The victory gave the Bruins a final record for the season of 8-5. The Broncos, champions of the Mountain West Conference, finished the season with an 8-6 record. The Broncos came into the LA...
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...
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...
This was supposed to be a rebuilding year for the Los Angeles Rams, but they have surprised a lot of people with a hard fought 6-6 record. That record is keeping them in the playoff picture. On Sunday they take on a very good Baltimore Raven team on the road at 10 a.m. One of the reasons the Rams are surprising some people is the play of rookie wide receiver Puka Nacua. The 6'2, 200-pound player has taken the NFL by storm and is electrifying Rams fans all over the world. In the history of the...
In one of the all-time great seasons for a UCLA football player, defensive end Laiatu Latu became the first player in UCLA football history to win the Lombardi Award, an award that recognizes the top college football lineman in college football. Latu also won the Hendricks award, an award given annually to the top defensive end in college football. Latu is the first UCLA football player to win the Hendricks award. Latu was selected as a first team Associated Press (AP) All-American at defensive...
1. San Francisco 49ers (10-3): The 49ers had four big plays of more than 40 yards in their victory over the Seahawks, 28-16. Quarterback Brock Purdy threw touchdown passes of 54 yards to Deebo Samuel and 44 yards to George Kittle. Christian McCaffrey had a run of 72 yards and Brandon Aiyuk had a reception of 45 yards. It is difficult to see these guys losing if they stay healthy. Next: -12.5 at Arizona Cardinals – Sun, Dec. 17 – O/U: 47.5 (ATS: 7-6 – O/U: 7-6) 2. Dallas Cowboys (10-3): The C...
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...
In one of the all-time great seasons for a UCLA football player, defensive end Laiatu Latu became the first player in UCLA football history to win the Lombardi Award, an award that recognizes the top college football lineman in college football. Latu also won the Hendricks award, an award given annually to the top defensive end in college football. Latu is the first UCLA football player to win the Hendricks award. Latu was selected as a first team Associated Press (AP) All-American at defensive...
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...
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,...
