SMMUSD HDQTRS — In a city where almost 63 percent of the population has at least a bachelor’s degree, the words “vocational training” can take on a distasteful patina.
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.
SAMOHI — The game may have been delayed 90 minutes, but it didn’t seem to matter to the boys from Santa Monica. Samohi’s baseball team shrugged off the delay to power past Eastern High School, 7-2, on Tuesday at home.
Former Samohi standout Tyler Skaggs will begin the season at AA Mobile, the Arizona Diamondbacks announced this week. Skaggs, who was originally selected by the Los Angeles Angels with the 40th pick in the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft out of Santa Monica High School, was in major league camp for
SAMOHI — Santa Monica’s boys’ volleyball team may have slipped a bit since opening the season ranked No. 1 in CIF-Southern Section Division 4, but they haven’t tumbled too far.
Santa Monica High School freshman Denise Reynoso attempts to score as Beverly Hills’ Shyra Costas makes the tag on Wednesday at Beverly HIlls. Samohi would win the game 12-0, improving its record to 3-0 in Ocean League play.
SAMOHI — It was just one game, but it looks like Samohi baseball is ready for the Ocean League. The defending league champs got a gem of an outing from starting pitcher Adam Padilla and an offensive explosion in the fourth inning to dispatch Hawthorne, 9-0, at home.
Samohi catcher Lino Lares tags out Peninsula’s Beau Steinhauer on Thursday on campus. Samohi went on to lose the game, 9-6. The loss sends Samohi to 3-8 on the season.
SAMOHI — Head Coach James Hecht isn’t the only person who thinks Jordan Mathews is a heck of a basketball player. Apparently, the CIF-Southern Section’s coaches believe Santa Monica High School’s junior shooting guard is pretty special, too.
