progresses on schedule
By Mike Cohen
On schedule for completion by football season, the Culver City High School athletic complex is a maze of foundations, trenches, and power lines installed for the snack bar, ticket booth, restrooms and synthetic fieldBuilding foundations are poured, trenches for drainage are cut and power and communication lines for track timers and coaches are laid.
Brick masons are constructing the snack bar, ticket booth, and restrooms further from the street than at present, according to Gary Nendadal, project supervisor. The area will be landscaped, he said.
The synthetic field’s cooling system will employ “water cannons” to cool and wash the field, according to George Laase, who reports on Culver High happenings.
Upcoming work includes constructing visitors-side bathrooms and cutting more trenches for the underground field drainage system. Filtered water from the underground system will drain into La Ballona Creek, said Nendadal.
Balfour-Beatty has leveled the outer practice fields and planted grass seed. The company will test the district’s watering system to adjust and replace sprinkler heads. The baseball outfield will be reseeded.
“Everytime I drop by, it looks quite different than the last time I came to take pictures,” said Laase.
Centaurs open the football season against visiting West Torrance, Sept. 6.
FIELD RENOVATION: Tractor clears path for trenches and communications lines while workers study plans at Culver City High School football field, which is being renovated this summer.
Photo by George Laase
FOUNDATION: Workers lay the foundation for snack bar, ticket booth, and restrooms at the new Centaur athletic complex expected to be open for football season.
Photo by George Laase
Centaurs top Pioneer in Watts Games
Incoming senior Armani Nicolis, who leads the team in rebounds and scoring, helped Culver City High School beat Pioneer High School, 68-45, in the Watts Summer Games. Culver lost to Pasadena and University.
Culver plays South Gate, July 2, and South Torrance, July 9, in a summer league at Redondo High School.
PITCHER: Culver City High School pitcher Louis Ortega throws to a Santa Monica batter. The 5’9” 160 lb. incoming junior and his Centaur underclass teammates are playing American Legion baseball this summer.
Photo by Joe Snyder