Posts by Randy Angel
Mira Costa hosts rival Redondo in key Bay League girls volleyball match
Mira Costa’s girls volleyball team hosts the first of two matches against rival Redondo Union on Thursday with the winner staking claim to first place in the Bay League. The 7 p.m. match will also serve as a fundraiser for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a tradition started by Mira Costa head coach Lisa Zimmerman years…
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Golf: Redondo Union High School presents its 6th annual RUHS Sea Hawks Golf Tournament to be held Monday, Nov. 4 at Rio Hondo Golf Club in Downey. Festivities begin at 9:30 a.m. with a Shotgun Start at 11 a.m. The vent includes lunch, driving range, putting contest, dinner, awards and silent auction. Proceeds benefit the RUHS…
Read MoreRedondo Union’s offense can’t get on track in gridiron loss to West Torrance
Led by a strong defensive performance, West Torrance displayed its team balance Friday in a 37-7 home win over Redondo Union. West rebounded from a disappointing overtime loss at Mira Costa the previous week, to shutdown Redondo’s offense which had led the Sea Hawks to four straight wins going into the game. J.J. Allen and…
Read MorePalos Verdes moves into drivers seat in Bay League football race
In what some considered to be a rebuilding year at the beginning of the season, defending Bay League and CIF Southern Section Northern Division football champion Palos Verdes proved the job is done, throttling host Mira Costa 35-0 in a key league game Friday. The win moved Palos Verdes into sole possession of first place…
Read MoreInaugural class inducted into Redondo Athletic Hall of Fame
It was a long time coming, but Redondo Union High School finally has an Athletic Hall of Fame. The inaugural class of 22 athletes, three coaches and two teams were inducted Saturday at a ceremony held in the Student Union on the school’s campus. Under the leadership of former RUHS Athletic Director Les Congelliere, who…
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Golf: Mira Costa’s girls gold team captured its second consecutive Knabe Cup at Lake Country Club. Megan Kim led the Mustangs with a fourth-place finish shooting an even-par 74. Ashley Kim and Marni Murez each shot a 76 and Jenny Johnson shot an 81 while filling in for Andrea Lee who had a prior commitment. Mira…
Read MoreRedondo Union hosts second Bay League cross country meet on Thursday
Palos Verdes boys and girls cross country teams seek their second league victories when Redondo Union hosts the second Bay League meet Thursday at 2:30 p.m. In the first meet, the Sea Kings’ boys team edged Redondo on a tie-breaker and was led by individual champion Casey Celestin. Mira Costa’s Abby Hong won the girls…
Read MoreRedondo Union outlasts Peninsula in Bay League football opener
The evening before Redondo Union High School inducted its first class into its newly-founded Athletic Hall of Fame, the Sea Hawk football team gave its Homecoming crowd plenty to cheer about. Redondo won a shootout against Peninsula in the Bay League opener for both teams, relying on the legs of quarterback Harrison Faecher in a…
Read MoreMira Costa beats West in overtime thriller to open Bay football season
Bay League action began Friday and the marquee game lived up to its billing. In a game shown live on FOX Sports Prime Ticket, Mira Costa’s running attack proved too much for West Torrance but it took overtime before the Mustangs could finalize the win before its Homecoming crowd. Coach Don Morrow’s Mira Costa squad…
Read MoreLocal athletes shine at Day at the Beach Triathlon in Hermosa Beach
They may be 46 years apart in age, but one pair of triathletes from Palos Verdes Estates led a group of 11 South Bay athletes who had top-ten finishes in the Day at the Beach Triathlon held in Hermosa Beach Sunday morning. Fifteen-year-old Duncan Reid continued to prove he is a rising star in the…
Read MoreRedondo Union wins inaugural boys beach volleyball championship
In a battle of unbeaten teams, Redondo Union swept Dana Hills 3-0 to capture the inaugural boys Interscholastic Beach Volleyball League (IBVL) championship held at Annenberg Community Beach House in Santa Monica. Winners of the Coastal Division, the Sea Hawks finished the two-month season with a 9-0 meet record while losing only one match out…
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Stand Up Paddling: Seaside Lagoon in Redondo Beach will be the site of the Beyond The Shore Festival on Sunday at 9 a.m. where an attempt at the Guinness World Record for the largest Stand Up Paddle Yoga Class will take place. The event also includes a 4.5-mile SUP race, a relay fun race, a kid’s…
Read MoreLezama, Higley run to third straight titles at 36th Manhattan Beach 10K
More than 3,500 people from ages nine to 92 participated in the 36th running of the Manhattan Beach 10K Saturday morning with familiar faces celebrating at the finish line. Tito Lezama, 23, of Gardena and Nathalie Higley, 43, of Redondo Beach won the men’s and women’s divisions, respectively, for the third consecutive year. Lezama led…
Read MoreMira Costa-West showdown to highlight first week of Bay League football action
Mira Costa heads into the first week of Bay League competition on a winning note after the Mustangs defeated host Newport Harbor 33-21 in the team’s final non-league game. Trailing 21-13, Coach Don Morrow’s Mira Costa squad scored the game’s final 20 points in the last 14 minutes to improve its record at 3-2. After…
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Basketball: Registration is available for the Hermosa Beach Youth Basketball League’s winter 2014 season. Celebrating its 33rd year, the league is open to boys and girls in kindergarten through 8th grade and is played at the Hermosa Beach Community Center Gym, 710 Pier Ave. Mandatory tryouts will be held Saturdays and Sundays, Oct. 12, 13, 19…
Read MoreManhattan Beach 10K, Day at the Beach Triathlon to highlight weekend activities
Thousands of athletes of different ages and skill levels will compete in the Beach Cities this weekend beginning with one of the most popular running races in the South Bay – the Manhattan Beach 10K Founded in 1978 by a group of local runner wanting to have an “in town” race, the Manhattan Beach 10K…
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