Santa Monica High School’s Jordan Mathews goes up for a layup as Culver City’s Rufus Humphrey tries to defend Friday on campus. Culver City won the Ocean League game, 62-54.
INGLEWOOD — A seesaw battle was won at the buzzer by Kristina "KJ" Johnson as Santa Monica High School’s girl’s basketball team eked out a 47-45 win over Inglewood in the Ocean League opener on Wednesday night.
PLAY DEL REY — St. Monica’s girls’ basketball team’s record may be a sub-par 6-11 this season, but that doesn’t concern first-year head coach John Skinner.
Samohi’s Julia Glanz (right) battles Inglewood’s Erika Alvaredo for a ball on Wednesday at John Adams Middle School. Samohi won the Ocean League game, 9-0.
CITYWIDE — The boys’ basketball teams from Santa Monica-based St. Monica and Crossroads held on to their top-10 rankings, according to the latest California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section Division 5AA poll released Monday.
SANTA ANA — There’s one thing for certain about the girls from Santa Monica: they are battle tested. The latest action came Saturday at national powerhouse Mater Dei.
Crossroads’ Luke Shmuger puts up the game-winning 3-point shot with six seconds remaining on the clock against Brentwood on Friday on campus. Crossroads won the game, 55-54.
Santa Monica High School defenders Lidla Chirstina Battaglia (left) and Mikka Alemania (right) chase West’s Megan Yapelli on Friday at John Adams Middle School.
NCAA FOOTBALL GLENDALE, Ariz. — For a guy who never played center before, Oregon’s Max Forer seems to have picked up the position like he was born to play it.
