By George Laase
The versatile Culver City High School 4×100 relay team, comprising Stanley Norman, Brandon Hassan, Miriel Paschal, Isaiah Jewett and Jonathan Moniz, is running right past Westside/South Bay competition. The varsity and frosh/soph squads won Mar. 30 at Mira Costa’s annual 2013 Mustang Relays to cap a month of convincing wins as the team prepares for Ocean League Finals, slated for May 2. The varsity blew away its competition by over a half a second.
Mustang Relays results:
110m Hurdles: Boys Frosh/Soph: Freshman Colin Heffner, 22.14. Girls Varsity: Junior Kyndahl Carter, 15.96, third pl.
100m Dash: Girls Varsity: Senior Kenia Bonilla, 12.77, fifth pl. Freshman Destinee Agustus, 12.82, seventh pl. Senior Ryan Bull, 13.00, 10th pl. Boys Varsity: Senior Miriel Paschal, 11.41, fifth pl. Junior Kevin Beacham, 11.73. Sophomore Aaron Brown, 11.99.
Distance Medley: Girls Varsity: 14:29.39, Boys Frosh/Soph: 12:29.01
4x100m Relay: Boys Frosh/Soph: 45.59, first pl. Varsity: 43.37, first pl. Girls Frosh/Soph, 54.02, fourth pl. Girls Varsity, 49.61, second pl.
4x800m Relay: Boys Frosh/Soph: 10:31.77. Girls Frosh/Soph: 12:05.37. Boys varsity: 8:42.47, seventh pl. Girls Varsity: 11:32.68, sixth pl.
4x200m Relay: Boys Frosh/Soph: 1:38.66, fourth pl. Girls Frosh/Soph: 1:56.32, sixth pl. Boys Varsity: 1:30.82, first pl.
4×400 Relay: Boys Frosh/Soph: 3:45.47, third pl. Girls Frosh/Soph: 4:50.32, eighth pl. Boys Varsity: 3:30.12, third pl. Girls Varsity: 4:16.04, fifth pl.
Girls 300m Hurdles: Varsity: Kourtney Broadnax, 50.48, third pl. Frosh/Soph: Chanelle Valentine, 1:00.71.
Girls Varsity Shot Put: Junior Megan Fuller. 31-00, sixth pl.
Girls Varsity Discus Throw: Fuller, 74-04, ninth pl.
Boys Varsity High Jump: Beacham, 5-10
Boys Frosh/Soph Pole Vault: Heffner, 8-09.00
Girls Frosh/Soph Long Jump: Valentine, 13-01, 11th pl.
Long Jump: Girls Varsity: Carter, 16-01, fifth pl. Boys Frosh/Soph: Sophomore Jericho Flowers, 17-04.00, 11th pl. Freshman Frederick Pondexter, 14-11.00. Freshman Xavier Ryan, 14-04.00. Boys Varsity: Senior De’Anthony Evans, 19-08. Beacham, 19-08.00.
Triple Jump: Girls Frosh/Soph: Sophomore, Allison Fuller, 29-05, seventh pl. Boys Frosh/Soph: Pondexter, 33-04.50. Boys Varsity: Beacham, 40-10.00, seventh pl. Evans, 38-10, ninth pl.
Lacrosse team stays under
control on road to playoffs
By Mike Cohen
The glow of a 15-14 win over Mira Costa, March 18, shines into April for the Culver City High School lacrosse team with hopes of getting noticed for CIF playoffs.
“If defensively we stay under control and offensively we are patient, we have a good chance of winning,” said assistant coach Adam Eskridge
“I have a big smile. Beating Costa two years in a row is huge, because after years of not beating them, this is awesome,” said head coach Casey Chabola.
“As a scorer, it’s great when you can get the lead and you can trust your defense and goalie will have your back and hold on to it,” said Martin Beer. Goalie Raymier Simon, who made 19 saves in the game, is improving each week.
“When we play tight defense and put some points on the board, we win games. At the beginning of the year we had players only interested in their personal stats. But, when you play as a team, you win games,” said Logan Young.
“That win showed how Culver City is building a good program comparable to other school programs, which were already in place. Now, our youth programs are in place, and those players are now coming up to the high school with experience,” said former Centaur athletic director Jerry Chabola.
Players are Beer, Cayden Nakashima, Elliot Stanger, Thomas Melchor, Diego Rodas, Jack Sheehy, Matt Suyetsugu, Aaron Bravo, James Morgan, Alex Redd, Felix Cardenas, Paris Patterson, Nicholas Vu, Anthony Overton, Robbie Clarkson, Casey Feinberg, Jonathan Reyes, Rene Giron, Cole Thompson, Abdullah Suleimen, Peter Pia, Rex Finch, Mitchell Chan, Ivan Guzman, Oscar Pena, Devyn Roche-willis, Tyler MacIntosh, Simon and Young.