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Image: AARP Greetings, I’m Dr. Paul Drew. I wrote a periodical called “Swish” about youth basketball at the Santa Monica Family YMCA. Now that I have retired from running the program, I have asked SantaMonicaNext if I can do articles…
It’s already August, but it’s not too late to share my 5 resolutions for 2018 right? I invite you to join me in one or all of these in living the dream of the 2010s here in Santa Monica… 1.…
SOL CLOSE IN ON PERFECTION, OAKS TRY TO JOIN THEM THIS WEEKEND CRUSADERS PUT FINISHING TOUCH ON ROOKIE TITLE FINAL WEEKEND SEES GREAT GAMES COMING UP, ALL STARS ALL PLAY ON SUNDAY There’s only a small bit of mystery and…
Via press release: SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Another great summer of fun is planned at the Annenberg Community Beach House, a City of Santa Monica-operated public facility just off the Pacific Coast Highway. The Beach House summer season begins Saturday, June 9,…
GORILLAS WIN ROOKIE TOURNEY TO STAY CLOSE TO CRUSADERS SOL PULLING AWAY IN BANTAM LEAGUE MINOR OAKS AND MAJOR ACES CAN DO THE SAME THIS WEEK PARENTS VS KIDS GAMES ON SATURDAY IN LOWER THREE DIVISIONS Two up with three…
Reposted from Raising Wilshire, the blog of former California Streets Initiative and Santa Monica Next Advisory Board member Sirinya Matute. Sirinya is a working mother living in Santa Monica. I’m going to let you in on a secret: Most of…
SECOND TOURNEY FINALS SET IN THREE OF FOUR DIVISIONS ACES, OAKS AND SOL STAY PERFECT; CRUSADERS UPSET SONE SETS ONE GAME THREE POINT RECORD SPRING LEAGUE HITS HALFWAY POINT THIS COMING WEEKEND Teams in three of four divisions are threatening…
REST OF THE LEAGUE’S TEAMS GET FIRST GAMES IN FIRST TOURNEY FINALS SET IN ROOKIE AND MAJOR LEAGUES THIS WEEKEND Just two weeks along, and the Rookies and Majors will already be finding out this coming weekend who the early…
LEOPARDS DO IT!! RUN THE TABLE AND BEAT THE ALL STARS—FOURTH EVER TO PULL IT FEAT VIKINGS, DRAGONS AND TARHEELS EACH PULL OUT SEASON FINALES Since the modern era of youth basketball at the Santa Monica YMCA opened in 2011,…
MAJOR LEOPARDS STRIVE FOR PERFECTION THIS SATURDAY NIGHT BANTAM STARS AND MINOR HORNETS TAKE TITLES SPLASH WIN ROOKIE BUT SUFFER LAST GAME UPSET AWARDS BANQUETS ON TAP FOR THIS SUNDAY NEW TEAMS ANNOUNCED FOR SPRING LATER THIS WEEK This Saturday…
ROOKIE SPLASH FIRST TO CLINCH TITLE, MAJOR LEOPARDS & BANTAM STARS CLOSING IN MINOR TITLE TO BE DECIDED THIS CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY, LIKELY HEAD-TO-HEAD MARCH MADNESS IS UPON US SPRING LEAGUE SIGNUPS CLOSED AS WAITING LIST GROWS Sporting perfect records to…
MINOR HORNETS FIRST TO CLINCH “A” TOURNEY SPOT SEVERAL OTHERS FOLLOW SUIT AS THE SEASON ADVANCES Post-season tournament play beckons, and teams are already punching their tickets to the various brackets as the 2018 Winter Youth Basketball League at…
The following letter was sent by Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Ben Drati. Dear SMMUSD staff, parents and community members, Our hearts go out to the families and staff involved in yesterday’s tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High…
THREE TEAMS STAY PERFECT NEARING THE HALFWAY POINT SHUTTERS SNAP FOR HALF THE LEAGUE LAST WEEK, THE OTHERS THIS It’s getting to be that time of the season where the contenders start to separate from the pretenders, and we get…
SPLASH MOVE TO HEAD OF THE ROOKIE CLASS REDHAWKS STAY PERFECT WITH 4TH WIN LEOPARDS AND MAVS HEADING TOWARDS MAJOR SHOWDOWN FIRST OF TWO PICTURE DAYS THIS SUNDAY FOR MINORS AND MAJORS With more than a month gone in the…
