Sports

	Culver High Plays It Close to the End in Lacrosse Season Finales By Doug Dupuy @ 7:00 AM April 28, 2008 Found in: Sports Downey High School’s lacrosse team came to Culver City High last Tuesday night with a simple and effective game plan: Place a talented goalie in net to ward off the Centaur attack,and then smother that offense with a swarming defense. The strategy worked for a 9-6 Downey victory. By double- and triple-teaming the middies and attackmen at various times in the game, Downey was able to capitalize on changes of possession and rack up an early lead (6-2 at halftime). read
	Culver High Lacrosse Is Called a Work in Progress By Doug Dupuy @ 7:00 AM April 22, 2008 Found in: Sports The Culver City High School lacrosse team, which closes the regular season with two critical home matches, tonight at 6 against Downey High and Thursday at 6 against Beverly Hills High, played a most formidable opponent last Tuesday night. The Centaurs came away with an eye-opening and humbling 14-3 loss to Palos Verdes High, which truly ruled in every aspect of the game. Palos Verdes won most of the face-offs, was faster, bigger, stronger and more skilled in the fundamentals. They executed more intricate plays on offense, intimidated on defense and hit so hard with their stick checks that they snapped two of the Centaurs’ poles in half. read
	Culver Lacrosse — A Potent Offense Can’t Overcome Deficiencies in Narrow Loss By Doug Dupuy @ 12:00 PM April 14, 2008 Found in: Sports The good news on Tuesday night last week was that the Culver City High School varsity lacrosse team scored eight goals. The bad news: They allowed Peninsula to score nine. It sounds like a cliché, but the best offense truly is a great defense. read
	Culver High’s Lacrosse Team Keeps Fans on Edge of Seats By Doug Dupuy @ 8:00 AM March 21, 2008 Found in: Sports Lacrosse, what a great spectator sport. Combining elements that remind fans of other better known sports, like soccer, hockey, football and even basketball, it creates an exciting, unique blend of strategy and nonstop ball movement that can keep fans on the edges of their seats. That is what happened last Tuesday night when Mira Costa High School, Manhattan Beach, came to Culver City High. read
	Culver High Lacrosse This Week Was a Tale of Two Teams By Doug Dupuy @ 11:00 AM March 14, 2008 Found in: Sports In the course of a sports season, coaches work on the fundamentals, and drill their teams to achieve a level of consistency and talent that will provide them with the competitive edge to prevail over their opponents. Culver City High School’s lacrosse team — which split two decisions this week — has a knack for being consistent: dominantly brilliant one night and competitively error prone the next, and there seems to be a direct correlation to the level of the competition. read
	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