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Last week Culver City high school conducted their annual year ending athletic banquet. Unfortunately for these outstanding athletes the event was held on line (Zoom) due to the coronavirus pandemic. Regardless, the student athletes were still able to hear their names called and be recognized as being some of the best students on the field, on the court and in the classroom. Although many athletes were honored the top honors went to Female Athlete of the Year, Sierra Chabola and Male Athlete of...
The UCLA Bruins have decided on the next Athletic Director to lead the university into the future, selecting Martin Jarmond from Boston College as the ninth Athletic Director in Bruin athletic history. Jarmond has been the Athletic Director at Boston College for the past three years, where he was the youngest AD at a power conference school. Jarmond will be the first African American athletic director in UCLA history. Prior to his three years at Boston College, Jarmond was a deputy director of...
When you drive by Culver City's high school athletic field the first thing you notice is the Jerry Chabola football stadium. You see kids playing soccer, running track and playing football. Then you see a lot of kids carrying lacrosse equipment. Kids of all ages get out of their cars and head to the lacrosse field. "My dad (Jerry) and I started the lacrosse program 20 years ago with the help of Dave Hoffman (former Culver City Mayor)," said Culver City varsity lacrosse coach Casey Chabola....
By David Ganezer 14 year old Mikey Strauss found a way to use his three dimensional printer, in order to help first responders working in the Coronavirus age: Making plastic face shields for them. "My 14 year old has a 3-D printer, and weeks ago he was one of the first to start making these facial shields," said Krista Strauss, Mikey's Mom. "Mikey delivered over 100 to St. Johns and 50 to 3 other hospitals in Louisiana, and in St. Louis. In doing so, he became an inspiration to me." "He just...
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Just when the Culver City boys' volleyball team started to improve, the coronavirus spike the ball over the net and block their road to a successful season. The team, according to head coach Joe Manzo was primed and ready to make a positive move. "We were young but we got better from last year," said Manzo in a telephone interview last Monday. "We definitely improved from last year. We had good chemistry. I think we had a chance to win a CIF championship if we were placed in the right...
May Candler March 28, 1932 – April 1, 2020 In loving memory May, "Mayzie", Mom, Grammy, GeeGee Candler, 88 years young, passed away with her Eddie by her side on April 1st, 2020. May was born on March 28th, 1932 in Wheat Ridge (Denver), Colorado to William Earl and Josephine Jackson. It was in Junior High, 7th grade, where two life paths crossed. Ed and May became fast friends and as the years grew, so did their love for each other. They married at 18, in their Senior Year of High School, on J...
The coronavirus can stop the Centaurs on the fields and courts but Culver City athletes continue to score points away from the spot lights. During the past few years the Centaurs have had a record number of gifted athletes receive college scholarships. Receiving an athletic scholarship takes a lot of hard work on and off the field or court. You have to have a ball in one hand and book in the other hand. Simply put you have to be a well-rounded student-athlete who has a great support group. It...
The Pac-12 Conference has been known as the conference of champions and for the most part, has lived up to the nickname. Well, except in football and basketball, where the conference has struggled in the past decade. But some recent developments in the Pac-12 have given supporters of Pac-12 basketball some hope that the conference may have turned the corner. The 2019-2020 Pac-12 basketball season was a success for the Pac-12, even though the conference was unable to finish the season due to the...
It is not often that a football team can find their future offensive leader and their future defensive leader in the same draft. The Los Angeles Chargers hope that they just accomplished that in the 2020 NFL Draft. The Chargers used two 1st round picks to acquire their quarterback of the future on offense and the quarterback of the future on their defense. Here is a synopsis of all six Charger draft picks from the 2020 NFL draft held on April 23rd through April 25th: Round 1A – Justin H...
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Along with many other seniors, my highly touted golden years seem to be transforming into iron pyrite (fool’s gold), thanks to COVID-19. True Story. I was in the market a few days ago and saw two women fighting over a couple bars of soap. Shades of that old Jack Benny “Your Money or Your Life” skit! Forget about money, it’s now soap, sanitizer, toilet paper, and similar hard won acquisitions. I got out of that aisle fast, yearning for the days when civility was more prevalent and the shelves...
J. Cynthia McDermott, Ed.D. Regional Director of Antioch University California When Captain Picard from the Stat Trek television frnachise said, “Engage” we all knew what he meant; Move this ship forward to create change. Today we are in an interesting time when engagement might have different meanings. We have to stay at home and engage with our social community mostly on line. Our children are divorced from their friends and are being asked to “engage” in very different ways. As parents we are learning new ways as well. At the same time as...
The USC women’s volleyball team has added transfer setter Sarah Nelson (Los Gatos, Calif./Los Gatos HS) from Duke for the 2020 season, first-year head coach Brad Keller announced on Tuesday, March 31. “We are excited for the addition of Sarah to our roster,” said Keller. “Acquiring a player with her experience and skill set will be a great addition for us both on and off the court moving forward.” Nelson was a three-time Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Honor Roll selection and graduated from Duke with a degree in economics and a minor in...
During the early signing period for NCAA football, Culver City High School had two outstanding athletes sign with Division 1 programs. Corner and slot receiver Khary Crump signed with the University of Arizona, and wide receiver and defensive back Chris Miller signed with Sacramento State. In the more recent late signing period, wide receiver Tanner Duve was offered a grant-in-aid to the University of Pennsylvania of the Ivy League, and offensive lineman Blake Kneebone was offered a scholarship...
Toscana Finke, of Culver City , recently performed in the Hamilton College Dance and Movement Studies Department's annual spring dance concert. The performance was choreographed by Hamilton faculty Elaine Heekin, Sandra Stanton-Cotter, Bruce Walczyk, and Paris Wilcox, along with guest choreographer Ashely McQueen of Smashworks Dance in New York. Music featured included pieces by Martin Kohlstedt, Werner Niedermeier and Gareth Whitehead, v e n n, Codex Festivus, the London Symphony Chorus, and others. Finke, a sophomore majoring in dance and...
The coronavirus has turned the world upside down and the sports world in America was thrown a breaking curve ball that has put fans at the edge of their seats, even if those seats are at home and not inside a stadium. At Culver City High School spring sports was blossoming into a beautiful flower that turned into a coronavirus cactus. Here are the records for some the spring teams before their seasons were put on hold. The baseball team was 9-4 overall and 2-1 in Ocean league play. Girls'...
Everyone in Southern California knows Culver City High School has one of the most efficacious sports programs in the state but what they may not know is they are very successful in the classroom. According to the latest statistics released by the school the 2019-2020 school year produced some very impressive grade point averages in 23 sports and that includes cheerleading which is classified as a sports by the CIF Southern Section. Here is a list of the sports and the GPA’s. FALL 1. 3.67 G...
Although high school sports has been put on hold due to the Coronavirus Pandemic the Culver City varsity football team, the girls soccer team and the boys soccer team placed eight players on the All-CIF fall and winter teams it was announced last week by the CIF Southern Section office. Making the All-CIF teams is a prestigious honor that not only recognizes the individual accomplishments of the players but it also in many cases signifies that the team they played for was also successful. Five...
Toscana Finke, of Culver City , recently performed in the Hamilton College Dance and Movement Studies Department's annual spring dance concert. The performance was choreographed by Hamilton faculty Elaine Heekin, Sandra Stanton-Cotter, Bruce Walczyk, and Paris Wilcox, along with guest choreographer Ashely McQueen of Smashworks Dance in New York. Music featured included pieces by Martin Kohlstedt, Werner Niedermeier and Gareth Whitehead, v e n n, Codex Festivus, the London Symphony Chorus, and others. Finke, a sophomore majoring in dance and...
Everyone in Southern California knows Culver City High School has one of the most efficacious sports programs in the state but what they may not know is they are very successful in the classroom. According to the latest statistics released by the school the 2019-2020 school year produced some very impressive grade point averages in 23 sports and that includes cheerleading which is classified as a sports by the CIF Southern Section. Here is a list of the sports and the GPA’s. FALL 1. 3.67 G...
The coronavirus has turned the world upside down and the sports world in America was thrown a breaking curve ball that has put fans at the edge of their seats, even if those seats are at home and not inside a stadium. At Culver City High School spring sports was blossoming into a beautiful flower that turned into a coronavirus cactus. Here are the records for some the spring teams before their seasons were put on hold. The baseball team was 9-4 overall and 2-1 in Ocean league play. Girls'...
Dreams can indeed come true, especially when that dream is, per the STAR Prep Academy's mission statement, "to unlock student strengths and nurture our students' natural gifts and talents to develop multi-skilled, high achieving, adaptive individuals, preparing them for a future of limitless possibilities." In the fall of 2019, STAR Prep, a college prep WASC accredited school since 2003, moved to the campus of West Los Angeles College (WLAC) at 9000 Overland Ave., Culver City, having determined...
