PLAYA DEL REY — When Marty Verdugo retired from teaching and coaching this year it wasn’t to take it easy. The former Santa Monica High School girls’ basketball coach decided to give up the life of chasing championships and do something a little different.
CITYWIDE — After reaching the final of the CIF-Southern Section Division 4 playoffs for a second straight year, Santa Monica’s boys’ volleyball team continues to draw attention.
GOLETA, Calif. — Santa Monica softball came to the end of its playoff road in the second round on Tuesday after a 1-0 loss to defending champs Dos Pueblos on the road.
CYPRESS COLLEGE — Santa Monica’s boys’ volleyball team rallied form a two set deficit to take Cathedral to five games, but couldn’t complete the comeback as the Vikings fell in the CIF-Southern Section Division 4 title game on Tuesday.
MEMORIAL PARK — Santa Monica’s perennial trip to the softball playoffs began Thursday with vigor during a 21-1 rout over Orange County’s La Quinta at Memorial Park.
VENICE — Pacifica Christian blew past Newbury Park Adventist, 30-0, Wednesday in the wild card round of the CIF-Southern Section Division 7 baseball playoffs at North Venice Little League.
A construction crew working on the Palisades Garden Walk park on Wednesday at noon struck underground power lines causing an outage that affected just over 3,000 customers, a spokesperson with Southern California Edison said.
SAN ANTONIO — Cody Decker’s tear through the Texas League has netted the former Santa Monica High School slugger a second straight Player of the Week award, it was announced on Monday.
CITYWIDE — The fields of this year’s CIF-Southern Section softball and baseball playoffs include five Santa Monica-based squads, it was announced on Monday.
SAMOHI — Santa Monica’s boys’ volleyball team made short work of Mark Keppel on Tuesday to advance to the second round of the CIF-Southern Section Division 4 playoffs.
SAMOHI — The good news is that Santa Monica will have another shot at a chance for an Ocean League baseball crown. The bad news is that they missed out on the opportunity to clinch at least a share with a 7-6 loss to rival Culver City on Tuesday at home.
SAMOHI — At this time last year, the boys’ volleyball team at Santa Monica was beginning its trek to a CIF-Southern Section Division 4 title in the sport.
