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Centaurs Flub Chances In Defeat In only its second matchup against a team from the CIF-Southern Section’s highest division, the Culver City High football team had every opportunity to pull off a big upset. Instead, the Centaurs beat themselves as much as —or maybe even more than — Bishop Amat did. The Centaurs certainly had their chances last Friday against the Pac-5 Division Lancers, but despite having the football inside the Bishop Amat 20-yard line the first three times they had the ball, they came away with zero points. Eventually the m...
Aug. 31- West Torrance 30, Culver 25 Sept. 7 - Culver 41, Peninsula 15 Sept. 14 – Culver 32, Redondo 27 Sept. 21 - Culver 51, West Adams 0 Sept. 28 – Bishop Amat 31, Culver 7 Oct 7=WIN Culver City 21 Palos Verdes 18 Oct. 5 – home vs. Hawthorne Oct. 12 – at Inglewood Oct. 19 – at Santa Monica Oct. 26 – at Morningside Nov. 2 – home vs. Beverly Hills...
They Warm Up With a 51-0 Win The only thing that West Adams Prep provided the Culver City High football team with last Friday was a chance to have a glorified practice before the real test. Playing against a clearly overmatched team, the Centaurs won 51-0 to improve to 3-1. But the real barometer of how good Culver City is comes this Friday against Pac-5 Division powerhouse Bishop Amat. The Centaurs will travel to La Puente to take on the Lancers, ranked No. 15 in Southern California by the Los Angeles Times. Bishop Amat is 4-0-1 and one of...
Aug. 31- West Torrance 30, Culver 25 Sept. 7 - Culver 41, Peninsula 15 Sept. 14 – Culver 32, Redondo 27 Sept. 21 - Culver 51, West Adams 0 Sept. 28 – at Bishop Amat Oct. 5 – home vs. Hawthorne Oct. 12 – at Inglewood Oct. 19 – at Santa Monica Oct. 26 – at Morningside Nov. 2 – home vs. Beverly Hills...
Backups Stumble But Culver Wins Last Friday’s game against Redondo almost seemed like three games in one for the Culver City High football team. There was the first quarter, when the Centaurs fell behind 6-0 and did little offensively. Then there was the next 2 ½ quarters, when Culver City dominated and took a 32-13 lead. And then there was the final four minutes, when Coach Jahmal Wright put in the backups with a seemingly safe lead and almost lived to regret it. But the Centaurs held off a late Redondo rally and held on to beat the Sea Ha...
First Time In Nine Years It was an unusual beginning to the 2012 season for the Culver City High football team. And that’s a big reason why the Centaurs’ first game ended with such an unfamiliar feeling. Culver City rallied from deficits of 14-0 and 24-13 to take the lead late in the fourth quarter last Friday night against West Torrance, but the Centaurs’ kicking game and defense let them down at the end, and they walked off the field with a 30-25 loss to the Warriors. It was the first season-opening loss for Culver City since 2003, accor...
Many Reasons For Optimism Last year the Culver City Centaurs made a dramatic run through the CIF football playoffs, made it to the finals against Arroyo Grande and played them tough through three quarters. Unfortunately, the dream was not to be but the Cents did something no other Centaur team has done in the last 33 years, which was to make it to a conference final. Last year’s senior-laden squad was easily the deepest class in Culver City history because there was at least over 20 players who could go on and play college football. Culver City...
The Culver City High football team has concluded its summer passing league tournaments, but preparation for the coming season continues. The Centaurs won the consolation bracket championship in the Claremont Tournament last week with a 22-8 victory over Alhambra. The Centaurs will play two more games, hosting Bishop Amat Thursday on Helm’s Field and traveling to Serra on Monday. “I’m pleased with the progress we’ve made this summer,” said Coach Jahmal Wright. Culver lost its opening game in t...
Aug. 31—at West Torrance Sept. 7 - home vs. Peninsula Sept. 14 –at Redondo Sept. 21—home vs. West Adams Sept. 28 – at Bishop Amat Oct. 5 –home vs. Hawthorne Oct. 12 – at Inglewood Oct. 19 – at Santa Monica Oct. 26 – at Morningside Nov. 2 – home vs. Beverly Hills...
The Culver City High football alumni defeated the varsity on Saturday in the annual game on Helm’s Field. An exact score was not kept. Former Centaur quarterbacks Darius Banks and Lukas O’Conner directed the alumni. “We had about 30 former players here and I appreciate their interest,” said Centaur coach Jahmal Wright. “Our players received good experience as they played against primarily college players.” Banks, who excelled in two years at Fullerton College, is now at Central Washington,...
Culver City High students interested in playing football for the Centaurs this season can sign up. They can contact Coach Jahmal Wright at the football office or call assistant coach Greg Goodyear at 310-508-8081. Freshmen are welcome....
Judging by summer passing league play, newcomer Xan Cuevas is making a strong bid to be Culver City High’s quarterback this season. Cuevas is a senior who has transferred from Mira Costa High in Manhattan Beach. in last week’s passing league tournament at USC Cuevas directed Culver’s offense most of the time. The Centaurs won three early games to earn a No. 3 seed for the playoff round, won another game, then were eliminated in the semi-finals by Rancho Verde High of Temecula, a defending CIF ch...
Kerry Kendall, a former star Culver City High football lineman, died on Saturday, June 23 at the age of 60. Kendall, known for his strength, was a premier tackle and linebacker on the 1970 Centaur squad. He was the half brother of former Culver baseball star Deron Jackson, who progressed to the Chicago White Sox and is currently a White Sox announcer....
Culver City High’s football season will begin on Aug. 31 with a game at West Torrance. The Centaurs, coached by Jahmal Wright, have been successful in recent years and will play a challenging non-league schedule to prepare for Ocean League competition. The home opener will be Sept. 7 against Peninsula. On the following Friday night, Sept. 14, Culver will play at Redondo. The Centaurs should have a pretty good idea of what to expect in that game because Redondo will have played a game against S...
The Culver City High football team annually prepares for its upcoming season by participating in summer passing tournaments. Although tackling isn’t permitted, coaches learn about their players, particularly passers and receivers who are getting their timing together in the seven against seven competition. In the Pierce College Tournament Culver City defeated Oaks Christian, 34-18 as sophomore Steve Funches threw two touchdown passes to Julio Wilson and Tahj Mines had an interception. Culver then defeated Grant, 44-28 as Funches threw six t...
It’s quite a compliment to the Culver City High football program that three players have signed letters of intent to play in the Pac-12 Conference. On national signing day Wednesday linebacker Khalil Pettaway and receiver Alex Jackson chose (Washington State) and safety Yamen Sanders Arizona. Two others announced their decisions -- Kevin Porsche (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo) and Michael Horchin (Western New Mexico)....
NICE TRY CULVER CITY Centaurs Lose In CIF Finals The remarkable playoff run put together by the Culver City High football team didn't have the happy ending the Centaurs were hoping for. After stunning No. 1 seed Serra on the road in its playoff opener, then rolling past Righetti and Santa Monica at home to reach the CIF-Southern Section Western Division championship game, the Centaurs ran into a determined Arroyo Grande team on the road last Friday night, and while Culver City hung tough for a little more than a half, Arroyo Grande proved to...
Culver To Play At Arroyo Grande Five weeks ago, when the Culver City High football team was beaten by Santa Monica on its home field, the Centaurs’ season was hanging by a thread. But since then, the Centaurs have stitched together an improbable CIF-Southern Section playoff run that now has Culver City one victory away from a championship. Avenging that loss to the Vikings, the Centaurs (10-3) routed Santa Monica in a rematch 37-6 last week in a Western Division semifinal game, and advance to Friday’s championship game against Arroyo Gra...
The Culver City High football team’s CIF-Southern Section playoff run might be a surprise to some, but if you listen to Centaurs coach Jahmal Wright explain, it makes perfect sense. “At the time of year the playoffs start, a lot of teams are banged up,” he said. “But we suffered so many injuries early in the season, by the time the playoffs rolled around those guys were getting healthy, and we started to hit our stride.” Culver City, which lost several key offensive players during different parts of the regular season, has regained its healt...
Culver Eliminates Top-Seeded Serra It didn’t seem like this was possible. Not with the Culver City High football team facing the No. 1 seed in the CIF-Southern Section Western Division playoffs, on the road. Not with the Centaurs facing a Serra team that had gone 50-4 and won two CIF titles since the start of the 2008 season. And certainly not facing a 14-0 first-quarter deficit in front of a hostile crowd. But in a season that has gone anything but according to plan, Culver City got up off the deck after being flattened early and delivered a...
Inglewood Takes Advantage, 30-10 The Culver City High football team was already hurting before last Friday’s game against Inglewood, with several key players hampered by injuries. The pain only got worse during the game. Much of it was due to seven turnovers committed by the Centaurs in an ugly 30-10 Ocean League loss to the Sentinels that put a speed bump in front of Culver City’s hopes of reclaiming the league title. The Centaurs fumbled the opening kickoff, and it only went downhill from there, and even though Culver City’s defense kept...
Ocean League Games Begin Friday The things that the Culver City High football team was able to get away with in their first four games were the things that cost them against Narbonne last Friday night. The occasional offensive sputtering, the untimely penalties, the damaging turnovers, the defensive breakdowns that sometimes held the Centaurs back but didn’t break them were too much to overcome against the Gauchos, the best team Culver City has played this season and a team that you can’t be...
Narbonne To Visit Friday Night So far, Culver City High football coach Jahmal Wright likes what he sees from his team. The Centaurs are 4-0 this season after a 52-0 rout of Leuzinger last week, and they are averaging more than 40 points a game while allowing an average of just under 15. But Wright admits that Culver City’s toughest test so far is yet to come. After an easy win last week over the Olympians, this Friday the Centaurs host city power Narbonne (2-2), which is coming off a 26-20 v...
Mistakes Eliminated In Second Half For the first two quarters of the Culver City High football team’s 2011 opener against West Torrance last Friday, the Centaurs looked a little shaky, even though they led by a touchdown at halftime. Culver City’s offense scored 35 points in the first half, but the Centaurs had relied mostly on big plays, as they struggled with penalties and other miscues. And the defense allowed 28 points in the first half, as West Torrance took advantage of the Cen...
After a solid performance in the West LA College Passing Tournament, the Culver High football team traveled to the city of LaVerne for the Bonita Air Assault Passing Tournament last weekend. Culver City generally does very well in this tournament, except for the summer of 2010. It was in 2010 that the Centaurs lost their opening game in tournament play, falling into the loser’s bracket. The Centaurs began play in the 2011 edition of the Air Assault Passing Tournament against Crescenta Valley. Starters Reggie House and Julius Wilson were u...
