SAMOHI — Samohi’s Connor Greene wasn’t in a giving mood on Thursday against Ocean League rival Beverly Hills. The junior pitcher allowed just two hits during a complete game shutout that improved Samohi to 8-0 in league, placing the Vikings in the driver’s seat for a second consecutive championship.
SAMOHI — A second-half awakening continues for Santa Monica in softball. After beginning the season 2-8, it seems that the Samohi Vikings have found their form.
Santa Monica’s Adam Padilla delivers a pitch against Ocean League rival Beverly Hills on Tuesday at La Cienega Park. Samohi won the game, 6-1. Samohi is now 7-0 in league.
It’s not easy growing old. Aching knees, blurred vision and slower reflexes are just part of it. Oftentimes it is the mental more than the physical that brings difficulty dealing with the transition.
Samohi’s Ethan Kahan leaps to block a spike attempt by Culver City’s Daniel Feifer on Thursday on campus. Samohi won the match in three straight games 25-19, 25-12, 26-24.
MEMORIAL PARK — Somebody should have told Culver City it was Kelly Ricard’s birthday. On the same day Samohi’s Ricard was celebrating her 18th year, her softball team celebrated a 9-1 win over rival Culver City at Memorial Park on Tuesday.
Samohi’s Nobu Suzuki prepares to field a ground ball against Torrance on Monday at home. Samohi would lose, 1-0, in the fourth place game of the Babe Herman Tournament.
DOWNTOWN — New Roads baseball has earned the unique distinction of being the sole Santa Monica-based team in the latest CIF-Southern Section rankings, it was released on Monday.
SAMOHI — Longtime Santa Monica High School coach and athletic director Michael Griswold passed away in his sleep on April 15 while visiting Guatemala with his wife, Cynthia.
SAMOHI — Through four innings, the Santa Monica Vikings were cruising. Then came the top of the fifth. Inglewood entered the frame down 8-1 and a Samohi Ocean League victory seemed imminent on Tuesday at home.
CITYWIDE — Now that spring break has broke, local teams return to full slates of games this week. The baseball and boys’ volleyball squads at Santa Monica High School return to Ocean League play today with baseball hosting Inglewood and volleyball traveling to rival Culver City.
BROADWAY — As a teenager, Liz Crosson contrasted her suburban lifestyle in Northern California with back country adventures in the wilderness. She still remembers her first backpacking trip to the Central Coast of California during her time as an undergraduate at UC Berkeley.
