CITYWIDE — This season has been kind to area sports teams. Santa Monica High School, Crossroads School, Pacifica Christian High School and St. Monica all will be heavily represented in the California Interscholastic Federation playoffs in soccer, basketball and girls water polo this year.
SAMOHI — If the boys soccer team is going to repeat as state champs, the ride will be wild. Having finished third in the Ocean League, the defending champs will have to win a play-in wild card game against Covina’s Gladstone High School (11-11-1 overall, 6-6 in Montview League play) today at John Ad
SAMOHI — Nobody ever said that defending a state title was easy. Santa Monica High School’s boys soccer team manhandled the competition last season on the road to a California Interscholastic Federation championship over San Diego’s Poway High School.
SAMOHI — If Athletic Director Norm Lacy had his way, a new league would be in his program’s future. The problem is, not every school that would be affected by the changes sees it the way Lacy does.
SAMOHI — The new head coach of the Vikings knows a thing or two about winning and Santa Monica. Travis Clark, who was named the new head football coach late last week, not only played for Santa Monica High School, but he also helped the school win a California Interscholastic Federation championship
SAMOHI — Santa Monica High School boys basketball coach James Hecht is searching for answers. His Vikings were 13-2 entering Ocean League play and ranked in the top 20 in the state by MaxPreps.
SAMOHI The girls water polo team has finals on their minds, but they would never admit it. As the entire campus is knee-deep in exams, Vikings players are busy preparing for a different kind of finals.
PACIFICA CHRISTIAN Some high schools have the benefit of making cuts. With prospective student athletes often times coming out in droves, most athletic programs can pick and choose when it comes to players to fill the many teams available.
CIVIC CENTER The Santa Monica High School Wrestling Team continued its winning ways again this past weekend at the South Bay Dual Meet tournament at El Camino College, earning a second place finish when the Pioneer and Ocean Leagues took on invited standout teams from the southland.
SAMOHI Starting the season with four straight road games wasn’t easy for the Vikings, but somehow the team prospered away from home. The Santa Monica High School football team improved to 4-0 on the season with a win last week against Long Beach Jordan High School (21-13), but head coach Zach Cuda i
LANCASTER A 1-3 record doesn’t sound like much, but in the Western Division of the American Conference its good enough to remain in the hunt for a league title.
LONG BEACH When two undefeated football teams clash, something has to give. Santa Monica High School has sprinted to a 3-0 record on the strength of a running game that has somehow been able to remain dominate despite the loss of one of its two star running backs and minor injuries to the other.
