MARINE PARK — The title drought is over for St. Monica’s baseball team. For the first time in six seasons the Mariners can call themselves league champs.
SAMOHI — Just days removed from giving up the first run to an Ocean League opponent in 23 games, a streak that spanned parts of three seasons, it appears that the Vikings have recovered.
SAMOHI — Students from Santa Monica High School will be representing their school and their community in the Metropolitan Water District’s 2009 Solar Cup, competing in sprint and endurance races in their 16-foot, solar-powered boat, “RETHINK.
There’s a big push for a city library branch in the Pico Neighborhood. The Fairview Branch in Sunset Park, two blocks south of Pico Boulevard on Ocean Park Boulevard at 21st Street, currently serves the Pico Neighborhood.
We are writing to underscore our support for the Civic Center Joint Use Project and to emphasize the unique opportunity it represents for our community.
SAMOHI — Garrett Frick has decided to aim high. The senior forward who helped lead Santa Monica High School’s boys basketball team to the semifinals of the CIF-SS playoffs in February has committed to play ball for the Air Force Academy.
SAMOHI — Tossing eight innings of two-hit ball is usually enough to notch a victory. Santa Monica High School’s Logan Whitchurch (3-2, 1.87 ERA) just so happened to be on the wrong side as the Vikings lost an extra inning Ocean League game to Beverly Hills, 2-1, on Tuesday.
SAMOHI — For six innings, the Vikings had Palos Verdes’ number. The problem is high school baseball games are scheduled to go seven and in the case of Saturday’s contest they sometimes go into extra frames where Palos Verdes was able to steal a 7-5 victory in 10 innings.
SAMOHI — Every Wednesday morning while his peers are still rolling out of bed and rubbing the crust from their eyes, Raphael Mawrence is at the beach, not hitting the waves, but rather learning about the marine environment.
SAMOHI — After losing to the Vikings on Tuesday, the last thing Morningside wanted to deal with was Tyler Skaggs. Luckily for the Monarchs, Skaggs, who has been nursing a sprained ankle since his no-hitter against Lompoc on April 13, was limited to just three innings.
MID-CITY — There’s no chance a first-year team could make the playoffs, right? Apparently, that line of thinking is lost on Pacifica Christian High School’s baseball team, which has defied the odds by posting an 8-2 record and even more impressive 7-1 mark in Mulholland League play.
