OCEAN AVE — The sun sat in a picture-perfect blue sky over the finish line of the Honda L.A. Marathon Sunday for the approximately 23,000 participants that pushed through physical limits to conquer the 26.
OCEAN AVE — Fatuma Sado of Ethiopia has won the Los Angeles Marathon women’s race, breaking her personal best by more than 2 minutes and earning a $100,000 gender challenge bonus.
Pacifica Christian’s Keenan Pierandozzi-Howes delivers a pitch against Beverly Hills on Thursday. Pacifica hung close, but Beverly Hills won, 4-3. The Seawolves’ record falls to 2-2.
SMC — It seems that soccer is a popular sport at Santa Monica College these days. The school has resurrected its men’s soccer program after nearly 20 years of not taking the pitch.
OCEAN AVE — The Honda L.A. Marathon will descend on Santa Monica again this weekend, and with it a deluge of people, road closures and cold, rainy conditions.
SAMOHI — The soccer pitch became a blood bath Wednesday when the faculty and staff from Santa Monica College stomped on a team fielded by the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District in the third district-on-district match.
Santa Monica High School’s Dane Keckin (center) spikes the ball past a pair of Torrance defenders during a 3-1 win at home on Tuesday. The win improves Samohi’s record to 5-8.
Add Oklahoma to the long list of suitors for Santa Monica High School junior wide receiver Sebastian LaRue. LaRue received the offer last week, adding Oklahoma to a group that includes Michigan, UCLA, Boise State and Arizona State.
XRDS — Crossroads’ remarkable run from being a wild card team in the CIF-Southern Section boys’ soccer playoffs to today’s appearance in the CIF Regional Division 3 title game has the makings of being historic.
