Steve Finley

Hoping to rebound from an opening night defeat, Culver City High School’s football team faces Peninsula on Friday evening at 7 at Jerry Chabola Stadium. The Centaurs will try to bounce back after a demoralizing 51-13 defeat at the hands of No. 1-ranked West Torrance. The good news is ...

Let’s get ready for Culver City High School football. The three Culver City football teams will be on display Saturday when the freshmen, junior varsity and varsity teams will showcase their talents on the Centaur football field. The freshmen will scrimmage the junior varsity at 3 and the varsity will scrimmage at 6 in the Blue and White game.

One of the most interesting people in Culver City whom no one knows about is Raul Ramirez. At 34, Dr. Ramirez’s resume sparkles with major accomplishments. A primary care physician, he specializes in acupuncture and herbs. His background in Eastern medicine is extraordinary, his marital arts background is extensive and he is one of the best catch wrestlers in the world.

Kevin Beacham of Culver City High School did not win the long jump title at the State track and field meet a weekend ago in Clovis, but he still will go down in history for staging one of the greatest athletic years in school history. He finished his athletic career by placing 10th in the State long jump.

With George Laase. Culver City High school applied the finishing touch to a very successful athletic year when they named Michelle Curry, Ryan Armstrong and Kevin Beacham the best female and male athletes of the year at this week’s annual banquet at the high school cafeteria. Curry led the Centaurs to a CIF basketball championship and was named ...

En route to this afternoon’s State Meet semifinals, Culver City High School long jumper Kevin Beacham took two steps forward and one step back last Friday night at the CIF Masters Track and Field meet at Cerritos College. Beacham’s forward steps included a state meet qualifying jump of 22 feet, 3 ¾ inches in the long jump. His step back:

With George Laase. Three of Culver City High School’s spring teams begin their second season in the CIF playoffs and the CIF track and field finals this week. The baseball, softball, and track and field teams hope that their success in the regular season put them in a good position to make a run deep into the playoffs. The girls softball team started the playoffs at home with ...

The West Los Angeles College baseball team has five games remaining in the season, and Coach Bob Grant’s goal is to keep the team positive and make sure they learn from their mistakes. “I want to see the natural progress,” he said after their 11-7 loss to first-place Los Angeles Mission College last Saturday. “I want them to play hard and continue to get better.”

Once again the Culver City High School baseball team used pitching and defense to edge Mira Costa 2-1 here last Friday in the opening game of the Lions Tournament. Until their bats wake up, defense and pitching will carry the 8-3 Centaurs.

The Culver City High School boys baseball team, off to a 6-3 start, will host 4-6 Mira Costa of Manhattan Beach at 3:35 on Friday to kick off the Anaheim Lions Tournament. Last week the Centaurs swept a two-game series against Lawndale. They go into the tournament with momentum. The Centaurs beat ...