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  • Culver City football starts the CIF playoffs on the road again

    Steve Finley, Sports Editor|Nov 4, 2021

    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...

  • Culver City looks forward to playoff action in the desert

    Fred Altieri, Sports Reporter|Nov 4, 2021

    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...

  • Culver City football travels to Santa Monica on Friday night

    Steve Finley|Oct 28, 2021

    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...

  • Centaurs have to settle for second place after loss to Sea Kings

    Fred Altieri, Sports Reporter|Oct 28, 2021

    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...

  • Bay League Elite teams face off on Friday

    Fred Altieri, Sports Reporter|Oct 21, 2021

    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...

  • Centaurs battle Peninsula for first place on Friday

    Fred Altieri, Sports Reporter|Oct 14, 2021

    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...

  • Centaurs defense corrals Mustangs in important Bay League win

    Steve Finley|Oct 7, 2021

    Coaches say offense wins games but defense wins championships. If that's the case Culver City's 16-9 victory over a good Mira Costa team last Friday night at Culver City maybe their stepping stone to another league championship. It's still early in league play to talk about championships but the Centaurs took a big step towards accomplishing their goal with their win over Mira Costa on Homecoming night. Sports creates funny situations. Two weeks ago, the Centaurs played one of their worst games...

  • Culver City football delights homecoming crowd

    Fred Altieri, Sports Reporter|Oct 7, 2021

    Friday Night Football at Culver City High School delivered another exciting conclusion to begin the month of October. The Centaurs held off favored Mira Costa High, 16-9, with seven seconds remaining in the game at Jerry Chabola Stadium to successfully open the 2021 Bay League season in front of a large homecoming crowd. Delayed by pandemic policies until early this year, Culver City won the 2020 Bay League Championship going undefeated with four wins this past spring. The Centaurs are currently...

  • Centaurs host Mustangs in huge Bay league game Friday

    Fred Altieri, Sports Reporter|Sep 30, 2021

    Unexpectedly, the Centaurs took one on the chin last Friday night at home as they committed four turnovers to lose to a well-prepared La Serna High football team, 35-15. Culver City High finished the 2021 pre-league schedule with a 2-2 record and will now host their Bay League season opener against a forging Mira Costa squad. This is also a Homecoming Game for the Centaurs. The Mustangs from Manhattan Beach also bring a deceptively 2-3 pre-league record to this Friday nights' game starting 7:00...

  • Centaurs battle La Serna after unexpected bye week

    Steve Finley, Sports Editor|Sep 23, 2021

    Sports all over the world are finding out that there is a secret and quiet opponent hiding just around the corner. That opponent is the coronavirus. The virus stopped Culver City high school's varsity football team from playing its biggest and most attractive home game of the year when Warren high school called Culver City at the last-minute last Friday to say someone on their team tested positive. The game had to be cancelled and it was a shock and disappointment to the coaches, players and...

  • Culver City football faces another top-rated team in Warren

    Steve Finley and George Laase, Sports Editor|Sep 16, 2021

    One thing you can say about Culver City's fall 2021 varsity football team is they are not afraid of competition. For the third week in a row the 2-1 Centaurs will face a top ranked team. This week it's 4-0 Warren of Downey on Friday. Kick off is set for 7 p.m. inside the Jerry Chabola Stadium on the Culver City high school campus. "Each game is going to be tough," said long time Culver City assistant coach Cornell Myles after they beat Pasadena last Friday at home 43-34. "I am glad we are playin...

  • Culver City high school continues to shine in the sports spotlight

    Steve Finley, Sports Editor|Sep 16, 2021

    Culver City high school has been involved in some of the biggest sports stories in Southern California in the last two weeks. Last week former Lakers star Michael Cooper was hired to coach the boys' basketball team and this week former Centaur football player Donte Williams was named the interim coach of the USC football team. Cooper, who is one of the best defensive players in NBA history will take over a team that won the Bay league last season. In his NBA career he made eight All-Defensive...

  • Centaurs win an exciting game against Pasadena

    Fred Altieri, Sports Reporter|Sep 16, 2021

    Friday night football at Cuvler City High is always showtime and the 2021 season home opener was no different. The Centaurs spotted visiting Pasadena High a 28-17 lead going into halftime. Undaunted, they proceeded to blitz the Bulldog defense with four touchdowns in the second half to win 43-34, with the Centaurs defense yielding one lone score late in the fourth quarter. "It was a great win," said head coach Jahmal Wright. "I thought we made it a little tougher than it should have been. But...

  • Centaurs lose to Cubs, battle Bulldogs Friday night

    Steve Finley and George Laase|Sep 9, 2021

    The 1-1 Culver City varsity football team will face another tough non-league game Friday when they take on the Pasadena High School Bulldogs at 7 p.m. This will be the Centaurs first home game of the year after two games on the road against West Torrance and Loyola of Los Angeles. They beat West Torrance and lost to Loyola last Friday night. Now the Centaurs are looking to get back on the winning track against the Bulldogs after getting dominated by Loyola. The final score was 62-21. "We have so...

  • Centaurs hope to learn after losing to Loyola

    Fred Altieri, Sports Reporter|Sep 9, 2021

    Teams can learn a lot from a loss and Culver City's varsity football team is hoping correcting some of those mistakes will help them starting Friday night against Pasadena. "We definitely want to schedule opponents that expose us so that we see what our weaknesses are. So, when we get to the playoffs, we have high aspirations keeping this program, this train rolling. So, that's our goal to stay at that level. And the only way to stay at that level is to play teams that approach you to that...

  • Culver City blanks West Torrance with new players

    Fred Altieri, Sports Reporter|Sep 2, 2021

    The Culver City Centaurs successfully kicked off the 2021 varsity football season on the road with a 31-0 shutout over West Torrance High at Fred Peterson Stadium last Friday night. The tide has definitely turned between the two schools in the past decade. It was Culver City High's fourth consecutive win over the Warriors after having lost the previous five meetings in the series. The game also marked a new quarterback chapter in Culver City Football history as freshman quarterback Alonzo...

  • Culver City football travels to West Torrance for season opener

    Steve Finley, Sports Editor|Aug 26, 2021

    It 's that time of the year. Fall is fast approaching and the leaves on the trees will be turning brown and brown is the same color of a football. Football is back in the fall after missing the 2020 fall season due to the pandemic. Culver City high school kicks off their 10-game regular season this Friday against the West Torrance Warriors on the road at 7 p.m. The Centaurs have a lot of shoes to fill, and they are hoping some of the younger players can step in and replace two All-State players...

  • Culver City football teams face a tough 2021 schedule

    Aug 19, 2021

    The Centaurs open the regular season against West Torrance on the road on Friday, August 27, at 7 p.m. Their next game is Friday, September 3, at home against always strong, Loyola of Los Angeles at 7 p.m. Their third game of the season will be against the Red and White Pasadena Bulldogs at home on September 10, at 7 p.m. The following week they battle another tough opponent, Warren from Downey on Friday at 7 p.m. on September 17. On September 24, the Centaurs take on La Serna from Whittier on...

  • Culver City football works in new players in passing leagues

    Greg Goodyear|Aug 12, 2021

    Culver City's varsity football team is using passing league tournaments this summer to integrate some new players in their system after losing several key players to graduation last June. Some of the players that they need to replace are All-State quarterback Zevi Eckhaus, All-State wide receiver Amari Pait, All-League running back Ayinde Bankol, All-League linemen Dylan Nichols and Adrian Simon and All-League receiver Legend Waring. Those are just some of many talented seniors that graduated....

  • Eckhaus and Pait make the Los Angeles Times first team

    Steve Finley, Sports Editor|May 13, 2021

    For the first time in school history two Culver City football players made the Los Angeles Times Southern California first team. Quarterback Zevi Eckhaus and receiver Emari Pait. Eckhaus was also named Back of the Year. Both players are seniors. Normally these awards are given to the top Division 1 schools that are nationally ranked like Mater Dei and St. John Bosco so to have two Culver City players on the first team is really special. Eckhaus, who will be playing in the fall for Bryant...

  • Coach Hooper does double duty in the weight room and on the field

    Steve Finley, Sports Editor|May 6, 2021

    Culver City high school football team has some of the best coaches in Southern California and one of them is their strength and conditioning and wide receiver coach Michael Hooper. Hooper is a former Culver City star football player who was a three starter at defensive back from 2000-2002. After making the ALL-CIF team as a senior he played college football for San Jose State and after graduating from San Jose he played in the Arena Football League for the Stockton Lighting. Having a...

  • Culver City's Greatest of All-Time

    Steve Finley, Sports Editor|Apr 29, 2021

    The entertainment world had Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson. The sports world has Tom Brady and Michael Jordan, and Culver City high school has Zevi Eckhaus. Obviously is not logical to compare a Culver City a high school athlete to some of the world's greatest but greatness is greatness at any level. For those of us who have witnessed his extraordinary talents the last three years we saw a junior Drew Brees. During this past season that ended a few weeks ago Eckhaus broke the school career...

  • Apple Valley puts a dent in Culver City's great season

    Fred Altieri, Sports Reporter|Apr 22, 2021

    Without question, it was another highly dramatic, competitive and entertaining Friday Night Football game last week at Culver City High School to end the season. Unfortunately, the Centaurs came up just short of a perfect record, losing 49-42, as visiting Apple Valley High withstood a second-half comeback at Jerry Chabola Stadium on the Culver City campus. The Sun Devils clinched the thriller by recovering a Centaur onside kick attempt in the last minute. "It was a back-and-forth game," said...

  • Culver City football wins Bay League championship

    Fred Altieri, Sports Reporter|Apr 15, 2021

    Showtime Centaurs! Bay League Champions! For the first time in a decade Bay League Football has a new champion as Culver City High rallied to beat perennial power Palos Verdes High, 42-28, last Friday, April 9, on Senior Night at Jerry Chabola Stadium. The Centaurs won the physical thriller over the now-former nine-time defending Champion Sea Kings, an instant classic that was decided in the final minutes. The Centaurs will finish their season this coming Friday, April 16, when they host the...

  • Apple Valley to battle Culver City in final game of the season

    Bill Seals, Sports Reporter|Apr 15, 2021

    Quarterback Zevi Eckhaus threw for 364 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Culver City Centaurs to come from behind 42-28 victory over the Palos Verde Sea Kings in a Bay League high school football game last Friday. The victory clinched the Bay league Championship for the Centaurs in their first season in the Bay League. For the Sea Kings, the loss ended a streak of nine consecutive Bay League titles in football. Eckhaus, who also scored a touchdown on a one-yard dive into the endzone, had a l...

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