SAMOHI — What a way for a new coach to begin his first season. Hoping to transition smoothly into his new job as head coach of the Santa Monica High School football team, Travis Clark never envisioned his first game to be threatened by a fierce illness that has infected up to 20 players on his team.
PEORIA, Ariz. — When Cody Decker isn’t growing a boss mustache or playing pranks on his teammates and bragging about it on Facebook he apparently is making a name for himself in professional baseball.
SAMOHI — It was hard to take yoga seriously at first. When quarterbacks coach Jason Battung first introduced yoga to the Santa Monica High School football team he knew that more than a few players might think it strange.
ANAHEIM — It took months to get done, but former Santa Monica High pitcher Tyler Skaggs is officially a part of the Los Angeles Angels organization. The star hurler who was taken with the 40th pick in June’s Major League Baseball Draft came to terms with the Angels on Friday setting the stage for hi
NEW HAMPSHIRE — The cell phone crackles as the bus makes its way down a New England road, but it isn’t the poor reception that’s on James Cooper’s mind.
LAS VEGAS — Former Venice High School quarterback J.P. Losman signed Tuesday with the Las Vegas franchise in the United Football League, which kicks off its first season in October.
ANAHEIM — Trading their hoses and protective jackets for an orange ball and athletic uniforms, the Santa Monica Fire Department gave it their all, bringing home the gold in basketball during the California Firefighter Olympics, held in Anaheim last week.
ST. MONICA — The orange juice, sports drinks and donuts were laid out, an athletic apparel company sent sales reps with samples of the latest in uniforms and shoes, and two dozen football coaches unfamiliar with the term “off-season” were assembling for insight and instruction.
PEORIA, Ariz. — Cody Decker can still rake. The former Santa Monica High School and UCLA star has wasted little time acclimating himself to the pros since being drafted in the 22nd round of the June Major League Baseball draft.
DOWNTOWN — Santa Monica High School’s Adam Padilla is using his summer vacation wisely. Padilla, the varsity baseball team’s lone freshman last season, recently set the 16 and Under Junior Olympics on fire with a pair of no-hitters.
SAMOHI — The first game of the season may be nearly five months away, but the Vikings’ girls basketball team isn’t taking the summer off. The squad from Santa Monica High School is proving that last season’s trip to the semifinals of the California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section Divisio
SAMOHI — Leave it to Athletic Director Norm Lacy to keep his choice for the new baseball coach close to home. Lacy, who himself enjoys a long history in Santa Monica sports, didn’t have to look much further than alumni to select the next baseball coach at Santa Monica High School.
