Sports | Santa Monica Daily Press - Page 7

Young SMC football team gets tested early in season

Facing off against tough foes to start the season, the Santa Monica College football team is off to...
D-backs beat slumping Dodgers 3-1 in 10 for 12th straight

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Over the past couple of weeks, the Arizona Diamondbacks are playing as well as...
Samohi sports teams start fall season

September will be a busy month for Santa Monica High School sports teams. The fall sports...
Perez gets through 7, Rangers beat Angels 3-0

It was supposed to be over, all those early season hopes of a playoff spot, when the Texas Rangers...
Beltre homers, Hamels pitches Rangers to 5-3 win over Angels

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — It's beyond crowded in the American League wild-card race, with eight...
The Greatest Player to Never Win Wimbledon

As I write this Roger Federer is the favorite to win the coveted 2017 Wimbledon title this Sunday....

karate

Sports

World medalist launches local karate club

By Jeff Goodman on March 10, 2016

Peter Jumrukovski is Santa Monica's newest Mr. Miyagi. Recently arriving in Southern... Read more →

Cc0C3pMUYAItOi8

High School

Boys basketball: Santa Monica tops Temecula Valley for CIF-SS title

By Jeff Goodman on March 5, 2016

ANAHEIM -- At halftime of the CIF Southern Section Division 1A boys basketball... Read more →

Ella Larsen

Sports

Crossroads’ Ella Larsen to play soccer at Wesleyan

By Jeff Goodman on March 4, 2016

As Ella Larsen pondered the role soccer has played in her life, one particular story came... Read more →

Kalokoh

Sports

Crossroads senior planning to play collegiate soccer at Stanford

By Jeff Goodman on March 3, 2016

One of the first times Aminata Kalokoh played soccer, she tackled another girl and sat on... Read more →

Left Jonah Mathews from the Santa Monica High School boys varsity basketball team dribbles the basketball past Deshay Gipson from the Highhland High School boys varsity basketball team inside the north gym located on the campus of Santa Monica High School on Tuesday Feburary 23rd as SAMO hosted Highland in the quarterfinals of the Divsion 1A southern section playoffs and won 73-51 to move on the semifinals on thursday. In the background watching on is Gibson's teammate Justin Douglas

Sports

Boys basketball: Samohi vying for fifth section title

By Jeff Goodman on March 2, 2016

When Jonah Mathews and the Santa Monica High boys basketball team take the floor Saturday... Read more →

Samohi girls water polo champs 2-16

High School

Girls water polo: Santa Monica wins first CIF-SS title

By Jeff Goodman on February 29, 2016

Members of the Santa Monica High girls water polo team held hands as they jumped into the... Read more →

spts schierbeek web

Sports

Crossroads goalkeeper to play at St. Lawrence

By Jeff Goodman on February 25, 2016

Jackson Schierbeek can thank his family, teachers and friends for supporting him in his... Read more →

ward

Sports

Crossroads senior to play for run-and-gun Grinnell

By Jeff Goodman on February 24, 2016

Four years ago, Henry Ward heard about some kid scoring 138 points in a college... Read more →

Left Jacob Cayo from the Long Beach Cabrillo High School boys basketball team jumps into the air and sticks his arm in an attempt to block the layup attempt of Jonah Mathews from the Santa Monica High School boys varsity basketball team inside the north gym located on the campus of Santa Monica High School on Wednesday Feburary 17th 2015 as SAMO hosted Cabrillo in the first round of the CIF southern section Division 1A boys basketball playoffs and won 74-59 to advance to second round to play Valley View High School

Sports

Prep sports: Mathews leads Samohi into quarterfinals

By Jeff Goodman on February 23, 2016

Three victories are all that stand between the Santa Monica High boys basketball team and... Read more →

Left Nicky Shapiro from the Crossroads boys basketball team jumps into the air to shoot the basketball at the basket as Aram Arsianiah from the Viewpoint Boys varsity basketball team at Crossroads on Thursday Night January 29th as Crossroads hosted Viewpoint in a Gold Coast League basketball game and lost 77-64 to fall to 2-4 in league play and 9-13 overall

Sports

Boys basketball: Crossroads’ Shapiro chooses Tufts

By Jeff Goodman on February 22, 2016

With less than a minute left in the game and the Crossroads boys basketball team locked... Read more →

Heineman

News

Pro baseball: Local brothers enter spring training

By Jeff Goodman on February 19, 2016

There was a time when Tyler Heineman and Scott Heineman were just kids on the diamond,... Read more →

Sean Espinosa from the LASALLE high school boys varsity basketbal team grabs hold of the arm of Chailen August from the Santa Monica High School boys varsity basketball team at St. Monica's high school as LaSalle and Santa Monica faced off in the first round of the St. Monica's classic in which Santa Monica on late second 3 pointer by Mathews won 72-71

High School

Prep sports: Santa Monica teams head into CIF-SS playoffs

By Jeff Goodman on February 17, 2016

The Santa Monica boys basketball team hasn’t lost a game in more than two months. But... Read more →

100706087

College

Santa Monica coxswain to join Dartmouth rowing team

By Jeff Goodman on February 16, 2016

Entering high school, Avery Salumbides didn’t care much for sports. There weren’t any... Read more →

Tyler Skaggs pitching

Pros

Santa Monica High grad Tyler Skaggs eager to make return with Angels

By Jeff Goodman on February 13, 2016

It was a year and a half that felt like an eternity. The lead-up to this year’s... Read more →

Giolito

Sports

Santa Monica prospect heading to Nationals camp

By Jeff Goodman on February 12, 2016

Standing near the fence on the east edge of Memorial Park, Lucas Giolito looks the part... Read more →