Softball Team Confident

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The Culver City High School softball team hopes to be playing a third round playoff game Thursday after playing Azusa in the second round. The 14-12 Centaurs opened the CIF Division 6 playoffs last week with a convincing 11-1 victory over Hawthorne Math and Science Academy. Culver City broke open the game in the fifth inning when they scored six … Read More

Last 2 Culver Teams

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At the beginning of May, seven Culver City teams were headed to the prestigious CIF playoffs.  Boys and girls lacrosse, boys and girls track and field, boys volleyball, baseball and softball all made it. Baseball and softball were the last survivors this week. The baseball team (12-14) played a wild card game against Oxnard Pacific View with the winner meeting … Read More

Peaking at Right Time

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The UCLA softball team appears to be ready to make its annual run deep into the NCAA Tournament. They have won 10 of 11,  and they beat the No. 5 team in the nation, Arizona, two out of three games last weekend at UCLA in the Pac-12, fifth place.  They are playing solid offense and defense. Changes made a month … Read More

Rostamian Is the Star

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Remarkable is the best way to describe Culver City High School’s track and field performance at the Ocean League finals on a chilly night inside the Jerry Chabola Stadium last Thursday.   From the beginning to the end, the Centaurs proved again they have one of the best track and field programs in Southern California. The boys and girls varsity … Read More

SC vs. UCLA, Naturally

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USC will be on TV for 10 games, while UCLA is scheduled for seven games.

Here we go again.  It seems as if every weekend UCLA and USC teams are involved in athletic competition. Last weekend the track and field teams of  UCLA and USC had their annual dual meet. And the UCLA football team played its spring game at Drake Stadium on the UCLA campus. This weekend the Bruins and the Trojans play each … Read More

Centaurs Hope to Make Playoffs

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Five Culver City High School teams are looking to extend their seasons all the way to the CIF playoffs with much needed wins this week and next. Every game is a must-win situation. As the late Al Davis, owner of the Raiders, used to say “Just win, baby.” The girls and boys track and field teams, baseball, boys volleyball and … Read More

Bruins Hope to Fatt5en up on Cal

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The UCLA softball team will try to move up in the Pac-12 standings this weekend against California – this evening at 7, on Saturday at 7, and on Sunday at 5.   The fifth-place Bruins (5-7) are 30-12 overall. Cal is 3-8 and 25-13. After the California series, the Bruins will have nine more conference games, six on the road. … Read More

Bruins Chase a Title

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When the Oregon softball team came to Los Angeles last weekend, UCLA had one goal: Stop the Ducks’ winning streak at 35.   The Bruins handed Oregon their first two losses of the season last Friday and Saturday but Oregon bounced back in the third game, 11-4. The first two games against Oregon were all about the pitching of redshirt … Read More

Time for Centaurs to Play Again

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Now that spring break is over,  Culver City High School teams prepare for the final weeks of league and tournament play. Boys and girls track and field, boys and girls lacrosse, baseball, softball and volleyball will be in action. The boys volleyball team, 6-7 overall and 3-2 in Ocean League, is home this afternoon against Beverly Hills at 3:15 in … Read More

Athletic Talents of Boehle Boys Never Has Wayned

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From left, Davis Boehle, brother Parker, grandfather Wayne, father Michael, brother Hayden

Three generations of Boehle athletic greatness started in the 1950s and early ‘60s at Culver City High School. Wayne Boehle, inducted into the Culver City High School athletic Hall of Fame in 1961, was a baseball, basketball and volleyball star for the Centaurs. Six decades later, his three grandsons are volleyball stars at U.C. Santa Barbara. Three times three is … Read More