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Many years have passed since Culver City High School has celebrated a CIF championship. Several teams, both boys and girls, have won multiple league titles and competed well in the playoffs. However, the Centaur squads came up just short of a CIF championship. That all changed last Friday night on a neutral court in Santa Ana when the Culver girls basketball team ...

Culver City High School’s undefeated and untied football season came to an end last Friday night in Santa Fe Springs.

The Centaurs lost a heartbreaking, emotional contest to the St. Paul Swordsmen, 32-26, in double overtime.

The defeat ended Culver’s run at a CIF championship.

Senior quarterback Darius Banks scored the tiebreaking touchdown with 12 seconds left last Friday night to lead undefeated, untied Culver City High School to a 35-28 victory at home over Leuzinger in the first round of the CIF football playoffs.

The Centaurs, 11-0, go on the road next Friday, playing St. Paul in a 7:30 game the day after Thanksgiving in Santa Fe Springs.

St. Paul, which shared the Mission League championship with Alemany, defeated Quartz Hill, 24-14, in its playoff opener.

The Culver City High School football team achieved a milestone in its final regular season game last Friday night, defeating crosstown rival Beverly Hills, 31-21, at Beverly.

The victory gave the Centaurs a 10-0 regular season record, a first in the 50-plus year school history.

Ranked No. 1 in the Western Conference, perfect Culver City opens the CIF playoffs at home on Friday night at 7:30 against Leuzinger of the Bay League, which finished with a 6-4 record.

Culver City High School’s undefeated football team took over sole possession of first place in the Ocean League last Friday night, avenging a onesided loss from last year when the Centaurs beat Santa Monica, 30-27.

In the last home game of the regular season, just-promoted junior varsity kicker Devin Sylvester, a sophomore, provided the winning margin.