PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP BORON — Pacifica Christian’s girls volleyball team is one step closer to a championship. The Seawolves defeated Boron High School on Saturday in three sets to advance to the semi-finals of the California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section Division 5AA playoffs.
HAWTHORNE — When the Samohi Vikings traveled to Hawthorne on Friday, they had prepared for a do-or-die situation. The Vikings needed a win over the Cougars in order to secure the third and final seed in the playoffs from the Ocean League.
SAMOHI — The girls on Santa Monica’s basketball team will get an opportunity to take it to their teachers next week. Head Coach Marty Verdugo has organized an exhibition against the school’s faculty as a warm-up to the season, which begins late this month.
HAWTHORNE — A spot in the playoffs has come down to this one simple fact for the Vikings: Win against Hawthorne on the road tonight and they’re in. After starting the season 1-4, it looked like Santa Monica had little chance of making the playoffs.
UPLAND — The St. Monica Mariners will close its season tonight on the road against Western Christian. Heading into the game 2-6 overall and 0-4 in Santa Fe League play, St.
SAMOHI — This year’s Vikings softball team will have the feel of a big-time college squad. Santa Monica High School will be flush with future Division I college players when they take the field in February.
CORSAIR FIELD — The Santa Monica Vikings had to shake things up if they wanted to have a shot against Inglewood on Friday. In what was expected to be a heated fight between two teams of equal conference records, each running 2-1 in Ocean League play prior to the game, the pressure was on for the Vik
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL CORSAIR FIELD — A year removed from a 21-7 loss to St. Anthony, the St. Monica Mariners look like a totally different team to the coach patrolling the opposing sideline.
CORSAIR FIELD — The game of football can get personal at times. Tonight’s Santa Monica High School homecoming game against Inglewood has playoff implications, but it also holds a deeper meaning for those involved.
Santa Monica Daily Press Staff Photographer Morgan Genser has joined in the ongoing efforts to raise funds for injured Samohi football player Cody Williams.
SAMOHI — Looks like the Vikings baseball team is calling in favors from friends in high places. To raise money for the upcoming season, Santa Monica High School’s new head baseball coach Sheldon Phillip-Guide and a newly formed booster club calling itself the Santa Monica Diamond Club have organized
SMC — A special service honoring long-time football coach Robert Taylor has been set for this week, college officials said. Taylor, who passed away late last month was head football coach at Santa Monica College from 1994 until early this season.
