SAMOHI — The Vikings reward for beating a scrappy Cleveland team 60-47 on Monday is a matchup with the vaunted boys’ basketball team from Fairfax. Santa Monica’s win over Cleveland in the first round of the second annual “The Tournament” was a sound victory — on paper.
VALENCIA — Samohi’s girls’ basketball team finished fifth at the Valencia High Five Classic over the weekend. The 47-43 win over a favored Saugus team gave the Vikings a 3-1 record during the 12-team tournament.
CULVER CITY — Samohi’s quest to capture its first CIF-Southern Section title in a decade came to an end on a cold night in Culver City on Friday.
VALENCIA — Santa Monica High School’s girls’ basketball team won its season opener, 53-42, against Palmdale Knight on Wednesday as part of the Valencia High Five Classic.
CULVER CITY — Minutes after Samohi beat Culver City to win the Ocean League title earlier this season Head Coach Travis Clark must have had a premonition.
CORVALLIS, Ore. — Having been supplanted as Oregon State’s starting quarterback early this season, former Santa Monica High School standout Ryan Katz has been granted a request to be released from his scholarship so he can pursue a transfer.
CORSAIR FIELD — Santa Monica beat back a late Ventura rally to advance to the semifinals of the CIF-Southern Section Western Division playoffs with a 29-24 win at Santa Monica College on Friday.
XRDS — Crossroads’ boys’ basketball team opened the season with “a good old fashioned butt whooping” by Brentwood Tuesday, to hear Head Coach Kevin Jackson tell it.
CORSAIR FIELD — For two teams sporting gaudy records, it seems that each head coach is looking for a little respect. The second round CIF-Southern Section Western Division matchup between Santa Monica and Ventura high schools on Friday features the teams with the best records in the field, but to he
MOOSE LODGE — It’s not often that a high school baseball fundraiser draws a crowd of paparazzi, but the presence of Charlie Sheen has the ability to do that.
CORSAIR FIELD — It was that kind of night for Samohi’s Sebastian LaRue. The junior wide receiver scored all four of Santa Monica High School’s touchdowns en route to a 28-20 win over Channel Islands on Friday at Santa Monica College to advance to the second round of the CIF-Southern Section Western
CALIFORNIA CITY — St. Monica’s playoff berth is keeping Head Coach Adam Guerra up nights. Since hearing that the Mariners’ football team (7-3 overall, 3-1 in the Santa Fe League) earned a second consecutive spot in the CIF-Southern Section Northeast Division Playoffs, Guerra has been feverishly revi