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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'...
There's one game remaining in Culver City High's undefeated 2019 football season before the team starts focusing on the CIF Playoffs beginning the following weekend. The Centaurs will host Beverly Hills High for Senior Night this Friday, November 1, at Jerry Chabola Stadium. Last Friday night the Centaurs extended their season winning streak to 9-0 as they summarily dismissed the Hawthorne High Cougars, 55-8, before a sold out Homecoming crowd celebrating throughout the evening. Quarterback...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The beautiful South Bay hills in the Palos Verdes Peninsula has some terrific views of Los Angeles. In this semi-rural setting, it almost seems like the last place you would look to find a football game between two 2018 playoff schools. But that was the setting when the Culver City Centaurs brought their offensive juggernaut to Palos Verdes Peninsula High School. On Friday afternoon, Zevi Eckhaus completed 23 of 27 passes for 474 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Culver City Centaurs to an...
This Friday night the undefeated Culver City High football team take on the Warren High Bears of Downey in a road game for the highly anticipated rematch from last year's thrilling barnburner. The Centaurs scored in the last seconds on a game-ending bomb from quarterback Zevi Eckhaus to Kevin McGuire for a 34-28 heart-stopping win. Warren High came from behind in the seesaw battle to take a 28-27 lead and the unexpected upset win with 26 seconds remaining on the clock. Pre-amping the level of...
Late August means one thing at Culver City High School... Centaur football is back. Last season's CIF Division 7 Champions began the 2019 season with a 56-36 road win at West High in Torrance last Friday night, Aug. 30. This Friday, they venture a few miles further south to Rolling Hills Estates to take on the Peninsula High Panthers. The Centaurs have had success against Peninsula over the past decade, winning eight of nine games while scoring over 40 points in every single contest except for...
The Culver City Centaurs travel to open the season at West Torrance this Friday night at 7 o'clock. Last year Culver opened up with a big win over West 62-20 at home. Last season West went 6-5 and was second place in the Pioneer league. The Warriors only lost one game to North in league and went to the CIF playoffs and lost 46-22 in the first round to Garden Grove. In the league, West rolled through the competition except for a close loss to North. West is looking to win their first league title...
Defending CIF Division 7 Football Champion Culver City High is currently preparing for the 2019 season, beginning next Friday, August 30. They romped to their second title last November, beating San Jacinto High on the road, 61-21. With many of the players returning under 10-year head coach Jahmal Wright, the Centaurs eagerly look for a repeat performance this season. Culver City will play five non-league games before they settle into Ocean League action for their last five of the regular season...
In 2011, former Culver City High quarterback Lukas O'Connor lead the Centaurs to the CIF championship game. It was the first time in over 30 years that the Centaurs played in the championship game. Culver City lost the game, but O' Connor carried on with his football career. But it's been a roller-coaster ride for the 6-foot-4 quarterback. After turning down several Division 1-AA schools, O'Connor packed his bags to attend a prep school on the East Coast. When that didn't work out, O'Connor...
The defending CIF champion Culver City varsity football team kicks off the 2019 season in five weeks against West Torrance on the road. This year the Centaurs will continue to have a balance attack running and throwing the ball. When they put the pigskin in the air junior quarterback Zevi Eckhaus will have plenty of weapons to throw to. Senior wide receivers Khari Crump and Chris Miller are just two of the many talented wide outs on the 2019 team. Add running back Mekhi Evans-Bey to the mix and...
Going into last year Culver City High realized that with the talent they possessed, all they needed was a good, solid performance from their new starting quarterback, Zevi Eckhaus, to have a big shot at winning the 2018 CIF crown. Eckhaus was replacing only the second three-year starting quarterback at Culver City High since 2002 in Jonathan Martin, the second all time passing yardage leader in school history (over 8,000 yards). The other three-year starter was arguably the best quarterback in C...
Culver Sets Record - Wins Passing Tourney Title Third Year in a Row This past Saturday, Culver City traveled to the San Gabrielle Valley to Pico Rivera to play in the El Rancho 7 on 7 passing tournament. Culver won this tournament in both 2017 and 2018, and they were hoping for the 3-peat. The games started at 8:00 a.m. under a forgiving June-gloom sky keeping the temperature down until 1:00 p.m. This was very favorable for the Centaurs due to a shortage of personnel, with their potential...
The 2018-19 school year was a banner season for Culver City High athletics. The 22 student athletic programs combined to win seven league titles, a new record for the school. The previous best was six titles set just last season. The record was capped off with the football program's CIF Division 7 Championship run last November. "I'm so proud of all the coaches, the players and their hard work and effort," said Culver City High athletic director Tom Salter. "I couldn't be happier about the kind...
Culver City High celebrated one of its most successful athletic seasons in school history by honoring the senior students at the 2018-19 Athlete of the Year Awards on Wednesday, May 15. The ceremony honored the school's student athletes that excelled scholastically as well as exemplified responsibility, respect, trustworthiness, and character. There were four Athlete of the Year Award recipients: Kayla Barnes, who starred in girls track and signed to attend Fresno State University later this...
There was plenty of gold awaiting Culver City High track and field. But the big surprise of the 2019 Ocean League Finals was the Centaur varsity girls upset loss to El Segundo High by a single point, 144-143. Yet not to be denied, the Culver City boys varsity and girls frosh/soph teams defended their respective league titles. The Culver varsity girls dominated in the sprints, hurdles and relays but failed to win the League Championship for the first time in five years. El Segundo excelled in...
There are less than two months remaining in Culver City High athletics for the 2019 academic year. Currently seven programs are winding down the regular season in preparation for the CIF postseason in the coming weeks: girls and boys track and field, girls and boys lacrosse, boys tennis, softball and baseball. Both Centaur track and field teams continued to enjoy success in Ocean League, invitational and regional meets this season. Culver City will host the Ocean League track and field Prelims...
The only thing missing was a fireworks show to end the action-packed performance. 2017 Culver City High football got off to an explosive start as the Centaurs' offensive machine dominated visiting West High of Torrance 58-27 before a very spirited and satisfied home crowd on Friday, September 1 at Jerry Chabola Stadium. The defending Ocean League champions continued right where they left off last season in terms of a high-flying offense when the Centaurs averaged more than 42 points per game....
By Fred Altieri Sports Reporter Graduating student athletes were honored last week at the 2016-17 Culver City High Senior Athlete of the Year Banquet. More than 50 seniors received the prestigious Dave Sanchez Award for excellence in the classroom. In addition, eight senior student athletes were also recognized for receiving scholarships to colleges and universities. "To receive the Dave Sanchez Award each athlete had a 3.5 GPA or higher for all four years attending Culver City High School....
The 2016-17 Culver City High student athletes culminated another successful school year on and off the field. The highlight of the season started in the Fall 2016 when the girls volleyball team won the CIF Division 5 Championship at Cerritos College in November. It was the seventh CIF Championship for Culver High and the first since the girls basketball team won the 2013-14 CIF basketball crown. The girls beat La Reina High in four sets: 25-22, 25-18, 25-20 and 26-24 to win their first CIF...
The Culver City High 2017 varsity baseball season finally came to an end roughly 170 miles up the scenic Pacific Coast Highway on Thursday, May 18, in Santa Maria, located in northwest Santa Barbara County. The Centaurs lost 2-1 to the highly ranked Righetti High Warriors in a CIF Division 3 Playoff game. Culver rallied for one run in the seventh inning but came up short against Warrior ace Matt Sauer. Righetti scored both of its runs in the second inning off of Centaur starter Eli Saucedo who...
It was encore performance for the team, the seniors and the school. With a burst of unbridled energy the entire Culver City High baseball team raced from the dugout and engulfed teammate Jason Zeidman in a mass celebration just beyond first base and into right field. The Centaurs had just defeated visiting Oxnard High 3-2 in the 11th inning in the 2017 CIF Playoff play-in game on Tuesday, May 16. For the solid fan base it was nervous time from the first to the very last pitch. For the players...
