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.
SAMOHI — When most seniors were leaving Grad Nite after a full night of fun, incoming seniors Megan Kilroy, Celina Stilphen and three other Samohi students came to school at 5 a.
SAMOHI — Far away from the Los Angeles Coliseum and the confetti, there was a dimly lit classroom in Santa Monica that played home to a very different kind of Lakers celebration on Wednesday.
AERO THEATRE — Whoever says Latin is dead has not heard of “Pacifica,” a resucitation of sorts from Santa Monica High School’s Latin department in the form of a teen drama.
WEST L.A. — Connections are everything when it comes to recruiting ball players. West Los Angeles College’s Assistant Coach Kevin Brockway appears to have worked his connections to local baseball talent to perfection as he’s helped successfully recruit a bevy of Santa Monica High School players to p
CITY HALL — The days of paparazzi crowding sidewalks, standing on top of cars and swarming near a local preschool to get candid shots of celebrities with their children could be numbered.
SAMOHI — Winning a league title has paid off for the Vikings’ softball team. The primary pitcher-catcher battery from Santa Monica High School’s Ocean League winning team earned the league’s top honors.
The final performance at The Jazz Bakery was a smash. The concert, which was held as a benefit to raise money for the Santa Monica High School Jazz Band, was so well attended that additional seats had to be added.
SAMOHI — This has been a banner week for Viking baseball. Santa Monica High School senior Tyler Skaggs was taken by the Los Angeles Angels in the compensation round with the 40th pick in the Major League Draft on Tuesday and former Viking and UCLA Bruin Cody Decker was taken in the 22nd round by the
Santa Monica High School’s Tyler Skaggs was selected by the Los Angeles Angels with the 40th pick in the Major League Baseball Draft on Tuesday. The standout pitcher was rumored to be headed to the Angels by a number of experts.
UCLA — Cody Decker finally has a reason to smile. The UCLA senior first baseman and power hitter just finished his final season with the Bruins with a disappointing 27-29 record, and without a playoff berth, but Decker, who led the Pac-10 in home runs with 21 on the season, is expected to be drafted
