The boys’ lacrosse team made history last week when it won its first Ocean League Championship by beating Downey and finishing the regular season 11-7 overall and a perfect 8-0 league record. They team, coached by Casey Chabola, began the CIF playoffs this week with a game against a powerful Loyola High School team on Tuesday, May 6.
Also making history was the 8-0 Culver City boys’ volleyball team when it defeated Inglewood High School on Tuesday to win its first league championship in 15 years. Coach Joe Manzo hopes the team is ready to make a deep run in the CIF playoffs. The Centaurs are led by Wesley Dixon, Ryan Allison and Ryan Armstrong. The other players on the team are Ben Arena, Chandler Atterberry, Alex Davis, Eric Hernandez, Kyle Johnson, Sean Lee, Tyler Nakamoto, Jake Newman, Josh Ocana, Mahari Teclezghi and Dylan Weiss.
The boys’ baseball team, currently 16-7 overall and 6-1 in the Ocean League, will travel to Morningside today for a 3:15 p.m. game against the Monarchs. The Centaurs will battle Santa Monica, 21-4 and 6-0, for first place next week.
Also traveling to Morningside High will be the Centaurs’ girls’ softball team, which is currently 10-8 overall and 3-3 in Ocean league play, for a 3:15 p.m. game this afternoon. The Centaurs trail first place Santa Monica (6-0) and second place Hawthorne (5-1).
In youth sports the Culver City AYSO soccer program was part of a world record setting event last Saturday at Blanco Park in Culver City. As part of AYSO’s 50th year anniversary celebration, several thousand Los Angeles area AYSO players participated in the AYSO Soccer Fest 14, which was a one day pick-up style soccer game. The Regional Commissioner for region 19 is Laura Love and the regional director of officials is Barry Moser.
In college sports UCLA and USC showed that they are ready for the Pac-12 and NCAA championships during their dual meet at UCLA’s Drake Stadium last Saturday. UCLA won the men’s meet and USC won the women’s meet. Both teams recorded nation leading times and marks.
In pro sports the Clippers beat two opponents to advance to the second round of the NBA Western Conference playoffs: the Golden State Warriors on the court and owner Donald Sterling off the court. The pressure that the Clippers faced and the decisions that had to make as a team and organization was something no other professional team has had to deal with. If their second round 122-105 victory over Oklahoma City on last Monday is any indication, the Clippers may be ready to take that next step and become a great team.
