DOWNTOWN — Santa Monica High School’s Adam Padilla is using his summer vacation wisely. Padilla, the varsity baseball team’s lone freshman last season, recently set the 16 and Under Junior Olympics on fire with a pair of no-hitters.
SAMOHI — The first game of the season may be nearly five months away, but the Vikings’ girls basketball team isn’t taking the summer off. The squad from Santa Monica High School is proving that last season’s trip to the semifinals of the California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section Divisio
SAMOHI — Leave it to Athletic Director Norm Lacy to keep his choice for the new baseball coach close to home. Lacy, who himself enjoys a long history in Santa Monica sports, didn’t have to look much further than alumni to select the next baseball coach at Santa Monica High School.
WEST L.A. — Connections are everything when it comes to recruiting ball players. West Los Angeles College’s Assistant Coach Kevin Brockway appears to have worked his connections to local baseball talent to perfection as he’s helped successfully recruit a bevy of Santa Monica High School players to p
SAMOHI — Winning a league title has paid off for the Vikings’ softball team. The primary pitcher-catcher battery from Santa Monica High School’s Ocean League winning team earned the league’s top honors.
SAMOHI — This has been a banner week for Viking baseball. Santa Monica High School senior Tyler Skaggs was taken by the Los Angeles Angels in the compensation round with the 40th pick in the Major League Draft on Tuesday and former Viking and UCLA Bruin Cody Decker was taken in the 22nd round by the
Malibu High School’s run at a national surfing title came to an end in San Clemente over the weekend. The team, one of eight taking part in the Red Bull Riders Cup National Championship, made it as far as the semi-finals before being eliminated by eventual runner-up San Dieguito Academy on Sunday.
Santa Monica High School’s Tyler Skaggs was selected by the Los Angeles Angels with the 40th pick in the Major League Baseball Draft on Tuesday. The standout pitcher was rumored to be headed to the Angels by a number of experts.
UCLA — Cody Decker finally has a reason to smile. The UCLA senior first baseman and power hitter just finished his final season with the Bruins with a disappointing 27-29 record, and without a playoff berth, but Decker, who led the Pac-10 in home runs with 21 on the season, is expected to be drafted
TRESTLES — Malibu High School’s surf team has secret weapons. As Malibu prepares to participate in the Red Bull Riders Cup National Championship at Trestles in San Clemente against high schools from across the country, Head Coach Rich Lawson has a feeling that opposing squads may not take his team s
SAMOHI — High school sports can be a cruel mistress for coaches. When teams are losing everything is their fault and ironically winning doesn’t cure every ill.
PALOMA VALLEY — Once again, the quarter finals of the California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section playoffs proved to be the Vikings’ undoing.
