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The Santa Monica High School (Samohi) Marching Band is back on the field and making sweet music lately. The Samohi band recently captured first place in the 27th Annual Irvine Invitational Field Tournament. The band competed against 14 other schools in various divisions and, with an overall score of 80.75, the troupe placed first in three different categories: Band, Color Guard and Percussion. "The growth from the previous tournament and the increase of energy especially among the younger and...
The Culver City varsity football team's season ended last Friday night when the No. 1 seeded team in the Division 6 CIF playoffs, Camarillo, beat the Centaurs, 23-21 in a thrilling contest on the Culver City campus. The Centaurs led 14-6 at halftime but the Camarillo Scorpions scored 14 unanswered points in the third quarter to take a 20-14 lead going into the fourth quarter. Culver City scored seven points in fourth quarter to take a one-point lead. After a big turn over by Culver City late in...
Beth Jackson was born Elizabeth Ann Garrett on July 6, 1939 in Culver City, California. She passed away November 27 in Burbank, with her son by her side, holding her hand. Beth grew up on Madison Avenue in Culver City with her sister and best friend Natalie Garrett, both raised by their parents Josiah "J" Hubert and Betty Garrett. Beth graduated from Culver City High School in 1957 and attended California Hospital School of Nursing in downtown Los Angeles, graduating in 1962. She immediately...
The Centaurs quest for a CIF Championship ended at home last Friday, November 6, a frustrating 23-21 loss to the top-seeded Camarillo High Scorpions in the Division 6 Quarterfinal showdown. Culver City High had taken a 22-20 lead on a dramatic 88-yard drive with only 3:21 remaining in the fourth quarter. Camarillo promptly delivered the game-winning field goal 91 seconds later. Two plays later, the Centaurs' last-minute comeback attempt vanquished into the night with an interception at...
This was supposed to be a rebuilding year for Culver City high school football. A truck load of seniors graduated from last seasons' team and in that graduating class was two All-State players, several All-CIF players and the Centaurs dominated the All-Bay teams. Someone forgot to tell the 2021 Fall team that this was going to be a rebuilding year. This year's team was full of a lot of new players and a freshman quarterback and they finished the regular season with a record of 6-3 overall and 4-...
Good defense travels well. Culver City High School football team made that a focal point last Friday night after they bussed 140 miles to the desert city of Indio and eliminated Shadow Hills High, 21-9, in the opening round of the CIF Division 6 Playoffs. The Centaurs will now host the top-seeded Camarillo High Scorpions in the quarterfinals this Friday, November 12, 7:00 p.m. at Jerry Chabola Stadium. "I was proud. The team was focused and executed the game plan. We played very good defense," s...
The Heisman Memorial Trophy is renowned for symbolizing the pursuit of excellence with integrity. The Heisman High School Scholarship, presented by Acceptance Insurance, extends the Heisman prestige to the nations most esteemed male and female high school seniors by recognizing and rewarding outstanding scholar-athletes who understand that the most important victories not only happen on the field, but in the schools and communities. These remarkable young leaders set the example and make a...
By Marni Ayers, SamoHi Theatre Producer (and mom). For almost 2 years they have been doing online theater, one mom explained. "Which was challenging, but kept them connected to each other." "The drama students literally did not know for sure if they could even perform without masks ... until this week. We literally had to wait to make sure there were no outbreaks" They rehearsed for 2 months masked. Not a single Covid case in the cast - phewwww! And now..... wait for it... Samohi Theatre is...
Culver City High advanced to the Quarterfinals of the CIF Division 6 Football Playoffs, 21-9, with a well-earned win over the Shadow Hills High Knights in the City of Indio on Friday night. They will host Camarillo High this Friday, November 12, taking on the top-seed Scorpions at 7:00 p.m. in Jerry Chabola Stadium. The Centaurs have made the CIF quarterfinals in four of the last five post-seasons. While Culver City's defense stymied the Shadow Hills running attack, Senior Culver City running...
For the third week in a row the Culver City varsity football team will be on the road. This time they will travel 127 miles to the city of Indio to battle the Shadow Hills Knights on Friday at 7:30 p.m. The Centaurs are the 174th ranked team in the state of California and the Knights are the 170th ranked team in the state. Culver City comes into the CIF Division 6 playoffs with an overall record of 6-3 and they were 4-1 in the Bay league which put them in second place behind Palos Verdes. Shadow...
Ethelyne (Mickey) Mae Pitti, 101 of Hemet, California passed away on Wednesday, August 18, 2021, at home with her three daughters by her side. Born on Sunday, December 14, 1919 in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of the late Judson Clark and Ruth Wallace Clark. Mickey met her husband Carl while they were working in Yosemite National Park. Both enjoyed fishing, hunting and entertaining. While living in Culver City, CA. Mickey was very active in community organizations, having a profound...
The Centaurs will begin their 2021 CIF Playoff quest in the desert town of Indio. Culver City High Football will travel roughly 140 miles to Shadow Hills High for this Friday night's Division 6 Round 1 matchup. (Nov. 5, 7:30 p.m.) The Centaurs (6-3) finished second in the Bay League while the Knights (8-2) finished third in Desert Empire League. The contest promises to be a contrast of styles. Culver City ended the regular season with a 27-0 shutout victory over Santa Monica High last Friday at...
STAMFORD, Conn. – November 3, 2021 – Wide receiver Rayshon Luke (Bellflower, California/ St. John Bosco H.S.), the four-star prospect, was officially honored today as a 2022 All-American during a virtual jersey presentation as part of the eighth episode of the Road to the Dome digital series. The episode was released tonight at 8 p.m. ET on the NBC Sports YouTube channel. Additional All-Americans featured in the episode include Taariq Al-Uqdah, George Fitzpatrick, Elijah Pritchett, Griffin Scr...
STAMFORD, Conn. – November 3, 2021 – Linebacker Taariq Al-Uqdah (Inglewood, California/ Inglewood H.S.), the Washington State University commit, was officially honored today as a 2022 All-American during a virtual jersey presentation as part of the eighth episode of the Road to the Dome digital series. The episode was released tonight at 8 p.m. ET on the NBC Sports YouTube channel. Additional All-Americans featured in the episode include George Fitzpatrick, Rayshon Luke, Elijah Pritchett, Gri...
The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District will present the findings of the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Malibu Middle and High School (MMHS) specific plan project at a virtual and in-person community meeting next Tuesday, Nov. 2. The meeting will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. in the multipurpose room at the former Juan Cabrillo Elementary School (JCES) campus, located at 30237 Morning View Drive in Malibu. The proposed project will redevelop and modernize the former JCES and the existing MMHS campus with the goal of creating...
The Culver City varsity football team will try to stay focused this Friday night when they take on the last place team in the Bay league. The Santa Monica Vikings are 1-6 overall and 0-2 in league play. The Centaurs are 5-3 overall and 3-1 in the Bay league, which puts them in second place behind 4-0 Palos Verdes. The game against Santa Monica will be played at Santa Monica Community College at 7 p.m. Last Friday the Centaurs loss 36-17 to Palos Verdes on the road. Mistakes and turnovers once ag...
Almost 30,000 booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine were administered across L.A. County over the weekend between Friday, October 22 and Sunday, October 24. As of October 24, nearly 425,000 additional or booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to Los Angeles County residents. With millions of unvaccinated residents and the highly transmissible Delta variant circulating, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) encourages everyone not yet vaccinated to get...
Culver City High's quest to repeat as Bay League Football Champions fell by the wayside at Palos Verdes High last Friday afternoon. The Centaurs dug themselves several holes they couldn't get out of as the Sea Kings enjoyed a satisfying 36-17 victory to recapture the league title they held for the previous nine seasons ending in 2019. Culver City will wrap up the regular season schedule this Friday night, 7:00 p.m. October 29, against Santa Monica High, at Santa Monica College. The Centaurs are...
After having clearly put the hype between traded quarterbacks Matthew Stafford of the Rams and Jared Goff of the Detroit Lions in their rearview mirror with an unexpectedly tight 28-19 victory last Sunday at Sofi Stadium, the Los Angeles Rams turn their focus on the road against another very-challenged team this Sunday, the Houston Texans. It will be the third consecutive "trap" game for the Rams, and like their two previous opponents, the dysfunctional Texans are in the running for the worst...
The UCLA Bruins will be on the road this Saturday when they face Utah at 7 p.m. in a must win game for both teams if they expect to stay in race for first place in the Pac-12 South. The Bruins are in third place with a record South conference record of 3-2 behind first place Arizona State (3-1) and second place third place Utah (3-1). UCLA is 5-3 overall and once again they will face a very athletic quarterback in Utah's Cameron Rising. The 6-2, sophomore Ventura, California has completed 99 pas...
Culver City – The anticipated, pre-season, coaching debut of legendary player and coach, Michael Cooper, took place this past weekend in Garden Grove. Coach Cooper led the Centaurs to a 4-0 record and a championship at the Aloha Challenge. Coach Cooper introduced his brand of fast paced, yet, controlled basketball with a heavy emphasis on defensive pressure/intensity and offensive focus on appreciating each possession by creating quality opportunities to score with ball movement. Although, it i...
Every weekend college football has big games that have playoff implications and for the UCLA Bruins and the USC Trojans this weekend is huge. UCLA plays No. 10 Oregon at the Rose Bowl at 12:30 p.m. on Channel 7, and USC battles No. 13, Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana at 4:30 p.m. Oregon is currently the only Pac-12 school in the top 25 in the college football rankings so a win over the Ducks in the nationally televised game will go along way in in helping the Bruins establish themselves as a...
Centaurs and Sea Kings, oh my! This Friday afternoon, the Bay League Football Championship will once again be on the line between visiting Culver City High, the defending Champions, and home-crowd favored Palos Verdes High, the Bay League title holder the previous nine seasons. Last season's thrilling 42-28 Centaur victory was decided in the final minutes of the game. Both programs have quickly turned this series into must-see CIF football. "Our last couple of games we've had against Palos...
For the second week in a row Culver City will play a team from the Palos Verdes area. Last week it was Peninsula at home this Friday the Centaurs travel to Palos Verdes high school to battle the Sea Kings in a rare 3 p.m. daytime game. The Centaurs go into this important Bay league game with a record of 5-2 overall and 3-0 in the league. Palos Verdes is 3-4 and 2-0. It’s a Bay league championship game and the Sea Kings will be looking to avenge a loss to Culver City last season. That loss was th...
Culver City High Football, fresh off a 42-13 Bay League win over Redondo Union will be celebrating Senior Night this Friday night, October 17, at the Jerry Chabola Stadium while battling it out for first place with Peninsula High. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. The Centaurs and Panthers are both currently undefeated in the Bay League at 2-0. Palos Verdes High is also in a virtual tie for first place with a 1-0 record. "We want to honor our seniors and hopefully play a good game, and send those guys...
