SAMOHI — Samohi’s Connor Greene wasn’t in a giving mood on Thursday against Ocean League rival Beverly Hills. The junior pitcher allowed just two hits during a complete game shutout that improved Samohi to 8-0 in league, placing the Vikings in the driver’s seat for a second consecutive championship.
SAMOHI — A second-half awakening continues for Santa Monica in softball. After beginning the season 2-8, it seems that the Samohi Vikings have found their form.
MEMORIAL PARK — Somebody should have told Culver City it was Kelly Ricard’s birthday. On the same day Samohi’s Ricard was celebrating her 18th year, her softball team celebrated a 9-1 win over rival Culver City at Memorial Park on Tuesday.
DOWNTOWN — New Roads baseball has earned the unique distinction of being the sole Santa Monica-based team in the latest CIF-Southern Section rankings, it was released on Monday.
SAMOHI — Longtime Santa Monica High School coach and athletic director Michael Griswold passed away in his sleep on April 15 while visiting Guatemala with his wife, Cynthia.
SAMOHI — Through four innings, the Santa Monica Vikings were cruising. Then came the top of the fifth. Inglewood entered the frame down 8-1 and a Samohi Ocean League victory seemed imminent on Tuesday at home.
CITYWIDE — Now that spring break has broke, local teams return to full slates of games this week. The baseball and boys’ volleyball squads at Santa Monica High School return to Ocean League play today with baseball hosting Inglewood and volleyball traveling to rival Culver City.
Dear EarthTalk: What is “pesticide drift” and should I be worried about it? — Nicole Kehoe, Burlington, VT If you live near a big farm or an otherwise frequently manicured landscape, “pesticide drift” — drifting spray and dust from pesticide applications — could be an issue for you and yours.
BROADWAY — What’s so funny about a grocery store? For most stores, nothing. There’s fresh produce, hopefully a few sale items and plenty of canned goods, but not much humor.
SAMOHI — The game may have been delayed 90 minutes, but it didn’t seem to matter to the boys from Santa Monica. Samohi’s baseball team shrugged off the delay to power past Eastern High School, 7-2, on Tuesday at home.
WESTWOOD — When UCLA hosts Oregon during a three-game set at Jackie Robinson Stadium beginning today, a pair of brothers with ties to Santa Monica Little League will face off in a sibling rivalry.
Former Samohi standout Tyler Skaggs will begin the season at AA Mobile, the Arizona Diamondbacks announced this week. Skaggs, who was originally selected by the Los Angeles Angels with the 40th pick in the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft out of Santa Monica High School, was in major league camp for
