After losing the first set, the boys volleyball team comes back to beat Esperanza Tuesday night. They'll now face No. 1 nationwide ranked Loyola in a showdown for the CIF Southern Section Division I title Saturday night.
The South Bay Boardriders awards party is Friday night at American Junkie on Pier Plaza in Hermosa Beach.
The five-member panel will look into why the sailboat was destroyed and three of its crew killed during the Newport Beach to Mexico race.
The U.S. Sailing Association, the national governing body for sailing, has appointed an independent review panel to investigate the crash of the Aegean during the annual Lexus Newport Beach to Ensenada Yacht Race. Pieces of the Aegean—a 37-foot Hunter 376—and the bodies of three of its crew were found floating in a two-mile debris field near the Coronado Islands on April 28. The skipper's body was discovered a week later. Theo Mavromatis, 49, of Redondo Beach; Kevin Eric Rudolph, 53, of Manhattan Beach; William Reed Johnson Jr., 57, of Torrance; and Joseph Lester Stewart, 64, of Bradenton, Fla. perished in the crash. According to a news release from U.S. Sailing, the U.S. Coast Guard in San Diego requested the organization convene the …
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The MIra Costa High boys volleyball team defeats Dana Hills at home Saturday in a CIF Southern Section Division I quarterfinal match.
The third-seeded Mira Costa boys volleyball team will have the home court advantage Tuesday at 7 p.m. when they play second-seeded Esperanza, a team that beat them in mid-April with a 25-23, 25-20, 25-23 win in the finals of the Karch Kiraly Tournament of Champions in Santa Barbara. That loss was the last time the Mustangs have gone down to the competition, winning 14 matches in a row. Saturday night at home, the team was victorious against the Dana Hills Dolphins, 26-28, 25-20, 25-20, 25-1, in a CIF Southern Section Division I quarterfinal match, advancing to the semi-final match against Esperanza. “This (playing Esperanza Tuesday night) will be a grudge match for us,” MCHS senior Kevin Inlow told the Easy Reader. “We know what they’re …
The winning 25-foot wave was ridden at the Redondo Breakwater.
Dan Connell, Hermosa Beach resident, has won the 2012 South Boardriders Big Wave Challenge, the club announced last month. The winning 25-foot wave was photographed by Randy Ruby and was selected from over 40 admissions by a 15-member panel of respected local surfers that made the decision on which was the biggest wave ridden in the South Bay. Connell, along with Derek Levy and college student Angelo Luhrsen rode their waves at the Redondo Breakwater. Two other finalists, surfboard builder Tyler Hatzikian and mushroom farmer Matt Parker were photographed at Hammerland. As the winner of the challenge, Connell received $5,000 from Karmaky.com, and an additional $1,000 and new wetsuit from Body Glove. The local surfer also received custom big…
The fundraiser just south of the Manhattan Beach Pier combines two favorite beach sports: volleyball and surfing for a fun day of competition.
Matt Pagan, Kayce Matthews, Joel Aiello and Jeff Bowers were the overall winners of Sunday's daylong 3rd Annual Dig 4 Jimmy Surf N' Turf event. The fun and friendly competition brings awareness to local nonprofits Dig 4 Kids and the Jimmy Miller Memorial Foundation. Photos from the day show how fun the 3rd annual beach event was. If you'd like to learn more about these two community nonprofits, visit the Jimmy Miller Memorial Foundation at www.jimmymillerfoundation.org and the Dig 4 Kids Education Foundation at www.dig4kids.org.
Forty-one girls have been selected to lead songs and cheers at community events and school activities for the 2012-2013 school year. And, they've already begun to cheer others on.
If you get out and about in Manhattan Beach, you're pretty much guaranteed to see the Mira Costa High School Pep Squad leading cheers and songs at school, community and competitive activities. Yes, "Rah, Rah, Sis Boom Bah" in the hands of MCHS students is about the best it can get. And now, members for the 2012-13 school year have been announced and include: The new squad is already busy: They will begin their community outreach at the Grand View Gator Run on June 2, host a summer cheer camp July 16-20 at MCHS and continue providing sideline leadership and spirit throughout the school year at every football, basketball and volleyball game. For more information about the Mira Costa Pep Squad or to register for the summer cheer camp, go to…
Rockfishing continues to be very good in the Santa Monica Bay.
Southern California anglers continue to experience good rockfishing as they await the beginning of the 2012 surface fishing season. There have been some encouraging signs south of the border as well as improving conditions in our local waters. The Tradition out of Redondo Sportfishing has been red hot in the Santa Monica Bay. Anglers have been catching limits of rockfish, sculpin and a few nice fat lingcod on most trips. Jimmy Bass from Tradition Sportfishing also believes that a barracuda bite is imminent. “Water temperatures have been up over 60 degrees and there are huge spots of bait around,” Bass said. “Good conditions and food are what you need for this whole thing to take off.” Captain Andy Siratt of the Enterprise reported seeing…
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At yesterday's press conference, Magic Johnson and Guggenheim Baseball Management lowered the parking fee at the stadium for games. Was this a good move?
At the May 2 press conference, Guggenheim Baseball Management, the new owners of the Los Angeles Dodgers, announced an immediate $5 reduction in the $15 parking price. It has been widely reported that prior owner Frank McCourt, easily the most hated man in Los Angeles, kept ownership of the parking lots surrounding the stadium after a messy divorce forced him to file bankruptcy and sell the team. That morning, prior to the press conference, David Kippen, of the Los Angeles Times, wrote that fans were unhappy with McCourt retaining the parking lots, and that they should boycott those parking lots by taking public transportation. In fact, Kippen posited, hatred of McCourt would be the one thing that could get Angelenos out of their cars and …
Are you excited or not that the sale of the Dodgers is officially done? Answer our poll at the bottom of the story.
The Los Angeles Dodgers' Frank McCourt era officially ended today when the sale of the team to a management group that includes Earvin "Magic" Johnson was completed, one day later than expected. The court-approved sale agreement between Frank McCourt and Major League Baseball called for the sale of the Dodgers "to be consummated no later than April 30," but there was a delay in getting final approval of some of the legal documents. The team is now owned by Guggenheim Baseball Management LLC. Mark R. Walter, the chief executive officer of Guggenheim Partners, is the controlling partner. The group also includes former Atlanta Braves and Washington Nationals President Stan Kasten. "The Dodgers emerge from the Chapter 11 reorganization process…
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9:20 am on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
The national governing body of the the sport? That comes from paying off a few politicians. What US Sailing has been successful at doing, it killing off the sport gradually. more ›