Sports

	Culver High Lacrosse Team Scores Two Wins After Loss to Beverly By Doug Dupuy @ 1:00 PM March 07, 2008 Found in: Sports After a three-day road trip to the Bay Area, that included tours of college campuses and two tune-up games, the Culver City High School lacrosse team returned to Southern California this week to face a league rival, the Normans of Beverly Hills. In a game marked by frequent Culver City turnovers, especially in transition trying to clear the ball, Beverly Hills took full advantage, outscoring the Centaurs, 11-6. There were some bright spots for Culver despite the loss. Junior Carl Smith (2 goals, assists) and senior Jamison Bartlett (1 goal) played some tenacious midfield. They kept the Centaur offense in the zone and set up goals and assists by Daniel Alvarez, Austin Dupuy, and Scrappy Mair. read
	Culver’s Perfect Football Season Ends in Double Overtime By Greg Dynabursky @ 11:00 AM November 26, 2007 Found in: Sports 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. read
	Culver Rallies from 14 Points Down to Beat Leuzinger at 0:12 By Greg Dynabursky @ 9:00 AM November 19, 2007 Found in: Sports 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. read
	League Champion Centaurs Make History in Win Against Beverly Hills By Greg Dynabursky @ 10:00 AM November 12, 2007 Found in: Sports 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. read
	Centaurs Remain Undefeated, Avenging Loss to Santa Monica By Greg Dynabursky @ 10:00 AM October 29, 2007 Found in: Sports 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. read
	Turning Out the Lights on the South Sepulveda Scheme By Ari L. Noonan @ 3:00 AM September 20, 2007 Found in: Sports Curious, isn’t it, that after the community roared in defiance when plans were announced a year ago for massively reshaping South Sepulveda Boulevard, there was only an inaudible whimper this week when the project officially died? When the City Council announced at Monday night’s meeting that its experiment with high-flying developer Bob Champion officially was a failure, the door formally slammed shut on South Sepulveda — for the foreseeable future. The only sound since to pierce the cool Culver City air was the sigh of relief from merchants on the west side of South Sepulveda. read
	Silbiger’s Question of the Week — Affordable Housing in an Office Building? By Ari L. Noonan @ 3:00 AM September 19, 2007 Found in: Sports I was going to recount a collegial visit with City Councilman Gary Silbiger in front of Fire Station No. 1 at 6:30 one morning last week, the day of the 9/11 observance. For the 50th time in the 5 1/2 years that Mr. Silbiger has been on the Council, I was going to remark what a dandy chap he is, not necessarily a raconteur, but a very decent sort. All of which is prologue, as you may have suspected, to his latest gaffe, direct from the dais, in plain view. What makes Mr. Silbiger such a fascinating character study is that, in the tradition of the City Council’s all-time icon, Albert Vera Sr., he, too, has a steel-strong, devoted colony of worshipful followers. With reverential fervor, they consecrate every breath he draws. read
	Separate Classrooms for Whites, Browns and Blacks? Sure Sounds That Way By Ari L. Noonan @ 3:00 AM September 16, 2007 Found in: Sports I have huffed, I have puffed, I have read journals in pigeon Spanish and in ebonics. Still, I cannot discern a consensus liberal position on matters of race in America. Do liberals think that Latinos and blacks, as they now patronizingly group the academic underclass, were born inferior to you and me? Notice that liberals don’t say “immigrants and blacks” because that would include Asians. And as all sober boys, girls — and liberals — in America know, Asians, like Jews, make education of their children a priority. Since they, too, are minorities, label-loving liberals have to be careful. read
	Why the Lustre Suddenly Has Been Drained Out of Sept. 11 By Ari L. Noonan @ 3:00 AM September 12, 2007 Found in: Sports Reflections going into the Rosh Hashana holiday when the newspaper will be dark until Sunday: Remember in the old days, four or five years ago, when Americans were in the process of canonizing Sept. 11? Some facile thinkers suggested that 9/11, as it came to be known, soon would rival July 4 as America’s premier patriotic celebration? Overnight, Rudy Giuliani, the wildly successful crackdown mayor of New York City, became known as America’s Mayor. His stern countenance, his heroic declarations and his ubiquitous presence throughout the darkest, most fearful days of the Sept. 11 crisis were enthusiastically praised as the forever-models of modern day government leadership. read
	Your Turn, Mr. Fulwood: Where Were You This Morning? By Ari L. Noonan @ 3:00 AM September 11, 2007 Found in: Sports Try stiffening your right arm and pushing it against the nearest wall, for leverage, before I disclose the following information. The city sponsored a worthy civic event shortly after dawn this morning, less than a tee-shot east of the Culver City Kremlin, which some still call City Hall. (I don’t know why since the Culver City Kremlin operates behind a thicker wall of obsessive secrecy than the Soviet Kremlin did. Certain fanatical persons walk around cross-eyed all day to avoid seeing their own shadow.) read

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