OCEAN AVE — Fatuma Sado of Ethiopia has won the Los Angeles Marathon women’s race, breaking her personal best by more than 2 minutes and earning a $100,000 gender challenge bonus.
Pacifica Christian’s Keenan Pierandozzi-Howes delivers a pitch against Beverly Hills on Thursday. Pacifica hung close, but Beverly Hills won, 4-3. The Seawolves’ record falls to 2-2.
SMC — It seems that soccer is a popular sport at Santa Monica College these days. The school has resurrected its men’s soccer program after nearly 20 years of not taking the pitch.
OCEAN AVE — The Honda L.A. Marathon will descend on Santa Monica again this weekend, and with it a deluge of people, road closures and cold, rainy conditions.
SAMOHI — The soccer pitch became a blood bath Wednesday when the faculty and staff from Santa Monica College stomped on a team fielded by the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District in the third district-on-district match.
Santa Monica High School’s Dane Keckin (center) spikes the ball past a pair of Torrance defenders during a 3-1 win at home on Tuesday. The win improves Samohi’s record to 5-8.
Add Oklahoma to the long list of suitors for Santa Monica High School junior wide receiver Sebastian LaRue. LaRue received the offer last week, adding Oklahoma to a group that includes Michigan, UCLA, Boise State and Arizona State.
XRDS — Crossroads’ remarkable run from being a wild card team in the CIF-Southern Section boys’ soccer playoffs to today’s appearance in the CIF Regional Division 3 title game has the makings of being historic.
DOWNTOWN — St. Monica’s strong season in girls’ basketball didn’t go unnoticed. The Mariners placed five players on the All-Camino Real League team, it was announced on Monday.
Crossroads’ Nate Merchant (left) has his shot attempt blocked by Desert Mirage’s David Acosta on Saturday at Warren High School. Crossroads lost the final of the CIF-Southern Section Division 6 boys’ soccer playoffs, 2-1.
