ST. MONICA — The beginning of football season is months away, but the Mariners already have football on the mind. St. Monica, a team that improved last season to 3-6 overall following a couple of years of hard times, advances to the beginning of the season with at least one side of the ball in order
CITYWIDE — The familiar “ping” sound of a ball springing off an aluminum bat has long been associated with high school baseball. In Santa Monica and the rest of California, that sound may soon be a thing of the past — at least if a bill proposed by Assemblyman Jared Huffman goes into effect.
SAMOHI — Nobody ever said that replacing the late Norm Lacy as Santa Monica High School’s athletic director was going to be easy. Yet, Daniel Escalera and his supporters think he has as good a shot as any.
SAMOHI — The hits just keep coming for the Vikings’ softball team. Santa Monica High School, coming off the first California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section softball title in school history, has placed a number of players on the All CIF-SS Division 4 team with senior pitcher Celisha Walk
SAMOHI — Already fielding a youth-laden roster, Santa Monica’s boys’ basketball team just got even younger. Jordan Mathews, a sophomore guard and son of new UCLA assistant men’s basketball coach Phil Mathews, has transferred to Samohi from Riverside North.
DOWNTOWN — Pacifica Christian’s baseball team may be young, but after a rash of awards and the Seawolves’ recent run through the CIF-SS Division 7 playoffs, don’t call them inexperienced.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Tyler Skaggs has gone from the baseball diamond at Santa Monica High School to being a minor league all-star. In his second season of professional ball, Skaggs, a starting pitcher, has been named to the Midwest League All Star team, it was announced last week.
ST. MONICA — St. Monica’s baseball team’s reward for a successful two-season run in the Camino Real is a move to a more difficult league. The Mariners completed this season second in league and won the Camino Real crown last season, which, by league rules, forces St.
SAMOHI — With a great season comes great reward. Days removed from winning its first California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section title in softball, Santa Monica High School has been named the state Division 3 team of the year by Cal Hi Sports.
CLOVIS — Going against some of the top athletes in the state, senior shot putter Joe Daou proved to be his own worst enemy. One week after taking first at the California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section Masters Meet — and breaking his own Santa Monica High School record in the process — D
IRVINE — In a game with so many subplots, there is one thing that is certain: Samohi’s softball team is a CIF champion. Santa Monica High School won its first-ever California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section title in the sport on Saturday during a 11-3 rout of the North Torrance Saxons in
