• St. Monica High School’s boys basketball defeated Milken Community 51-46 in a Division V-AA first round playoff game on Wednesday evening. The Mariners will advance to play Notre Dame in a second round matchup at St.
SAMOHI — Coach James Hecht likes flying under the radar. His Santa Monica High School boys basketball team came into the season as the hip pick to win the Ocean League.
SAMOHI — A pair of third-round playoff defeats in a row has junior point guard Thea Lemberger frustrated. In her third year on varsity, she would love nothing more than to make it to the quarter finals of the Division I-AA California Interscholastic Federation’s playoffs — and perhaps even further.
• St. Monica, the no. 9 seed in the Division V-AA girls basketball playoffs, will play host Ontario Christian at 7:30 p.m. The Mariners finished the season as the third place team in the Camino Real League.
CITYWIDE — This season has been kind to area sports teams. Santa Monica High School, Crossroads School, Pacifica Christian High School and St. Monica all will be heavily represented in the California Interscholastic Federation playoffs in soccer, basketball and girls water polo this year.
SAMOHI — If the boys soccer team is going to repeat as state champs, the ride will be wild. Having finished third in the Ocean League, the defending champs will have to win a play-in wild card game against Covina’s Gladstone High School (11-11-1 overall, 6-6 in Montview League play) today at John Ad
SAMOHI — Nobody ever said that defending a state title was easy. Santa Monica High School’s boys soccer team manhandled the competition last season on the road to a California Interscholastic Federation championship over San Diego’s Poway High School.
SAMOHI — If Athletic Director Norm Lacy had his way, a new league would be in his program’s future. The problem is, not every school that would be affected by the changes sees it the way Lacy does.
SAMOHI — The new head coach of the Vikings knows a thing or two about winning and Santa Monica. Travis Clark, who was named the new head football coach late last week, not only played for Santa Monica High School, but he also helped the school win a California Interscholastic Federation championship
SAMOHI — Santa Monica High School boys basketball coach James Hecht is searching for answers. His Vikings were 13-2 entering Ocean League play and ranked in the top 20 in the state by MaxPreps.
SAMOHI The girls water polo team has finals on their minds, but they would never admit it. As the entire campus is knee-deep in exams, Vikings players are busy preparing for a different kind of finals.
PACIFICA CHRISTIAN Some high schools have the benefit of making cuts. With prospective student athletes often times coming out in droves, most athletic programs can pick and choose when it comes to players to fill the many teams available.
