• St. Monica, the no. 9 seed in the Division V-AA girls basketball playoffs, will play host Ontario Christian at 7:30 p.m. The Mariners finished the season as the third place team in the Camino Real League.
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
CITY HALL — As City Hall prepares to tackle an especially daunting budget cycle, parents with the local school district are hoping that officials don’t forget that there’s another organization facing its own set of challenges from the state.
SMMUSD HDQTRS — Through the years of budget headaches and funding cuts from the state to public education, threatening the continuation of certain services, at least one district program has continued to shine in the face of it all — the arts.
OLYMPIC BLVD — Chianti Morgan believes that she is one of the lucky kids, blessed with loving siblings, supportive friends and good health. It’s hard to believe that the ever-so-positive 18-year-old is experiencing her senior year at Santa Monica High School without the presence of her father or a s
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
SM LIBRARY — The good news is Santa Monica and Malibu students continue to excel in the classroom, posting high marks on state tests and winning national academic awards.
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.
