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REDHAWKS WIN EARLY MINOR LEAGUE SHOWDOWN SEVERAL TEAMS IN MULTIPLE DIVISIONS HEAD FOR THE TOP PLAY INTERRUPTED ON SUNDAY DUE TO HEALTH ALERT It does not happen often that play gets stopped at the Y. One year it was due…
REDHAWKS, ZIPS FIRST TO REACH 2-0 PLAY NOW UNDERWAY IN ALL FOUR DIVISIONS AND MAJORS HIT THE COURT SPRING REGISTRATION BEGINS THIS SATURDAY It is felt that a good start to a season gives a team the best chance to…
WINTER SEASON OFF AND RUNNING WITH SUCCESSFUL OPENING DAY MINOR LEAGUE SHOWS IT MAY BE A DOG FIGHT FROM THE VERY START After a day full of final practices and scrimmages, 16 of the record-tying 30 teams that are playing…
ALL-STARS STRUT THEIR STUFF WINTER TEAMS SELECTED AND PRACTICING The Fall 2017 youth basketball season has come to an end, with the post-season awards banquets behind us. If you did not attend, your awards are in the gym office, available…
CHAMPIONS AND DIGNITARIES HONORED AT SEASON ENDING BANQUETS COOK, PAPAZIAN, FISHMAN AND QURTMAN MVP’S ARROYO, COLEMAN, AGUILAR, RUBIN ARE TOP FIRST YEAR PLAYERS ZAK, AL-SHAWE, JOHNSON, SORADY BEST NEWCOMERS BARACY, RHEE, MITCHELL MAKE BEST JUMPS UPPIES GO TO JENKINS, ZELENOVIC,…
TITLES (FINALLY) CLAIMED ON CLOSING WEEKEND VIPERS, LAKERS AND THUNDER WIN AT THE WIRE ALL STARS FETED THIS WEEKEND AS AWARDS HANDED OUT WINTER LEAGUE HOLDS TRYOUTS, TEAMS TO BE SELECTED There was a lot going on in the final…
ROOKIE CHAMP SHARKS BEATEN BY BRUINS IN TOURNEY FINAL DEMONS COP FIRST VICTORY THREE LEAGUE TITLES STILL UP FOR GRABS HEADING INTO FINAL WEEKEND In three of the four divisions of Fall League youth basketball for 2017 at the Santa…
SHARKS TAKE ROOKIE LEAGUE TITLE TWO FOR THE TOP IN THE BANTAMS MINORS MAJORS STILL UP FOR GRABS HEADING INTO THANKSGIVING BREAK Congratulations to the Rookie League Sharks, proud early winners of the Rookie League championship, the first team to…
Advocates of splitting the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District rejected overtures of compromise from Superintendent Ben Drati late last week, ahead of another hearing on the matter before the School Board Thursday. According to The Malibu Times, Malibu City Councilmember…
ROOKIE SHARKS NOW ONLY UNBEATEN; CRUSH KNOCKED FROM RANKS SIX WITHIN 1½ OF BANTAM LEAD WITH THREE TO GO LAKERS TAKE COMMAND HEADING TO MAJORS TOURNEY The later it becomes in any given sports season, the clearer the picture becomes,…
SHARKS LOOK TO RUN ROOKIE TABLE AS TOURNAMENT PLAY BEGINS LAKERS TAKE OVER FIRST IN TWO DIVISIONS; CRUSH STAY PERFECT Most teams have hit the halfway mark of their seasons, and league championships remain up for grabs in all four…
Registration has opened for all for the upcoming winter youth basketball league at the Santa Monica YMCA. You can register on line at the Santa Monica YMCA website. Forms are also available in the lobby of the Y at the…
SHARKS DEVOUR ALL COMPETITORS IN ROOKIE ROUND ROBIN GAMES CRUSH AND BULLS STAY UNBEATEN, AS BANTAM, MINORS BEGIN TO COME INTO CLEARER VIEW PICTURE DAY #2 ON TAPE ON A BUSY WEEKEND AHEAD The first team to reach the lofty…
Via SMC press release. Santa Monica College will host a Family Tailgate & Harvest Festival on Saturday, November 4. The free community event leading up to the SMC Corsairs 2017 Homecoming Game offers activities for all ages and features a DJ, Cornhole boards and other carnival games,…
FULL WEEKEND INCLUDING PICTURE DAY FOR SOME COMING UP LEAGUE PLAY CONTINUES WITH KEY GAMES BEHIND AND AHEAD DODGERS-ASTROS WORLD SERIES OPENS IN SO CAL! Mid-season games allow teams to further wrangle with each other, trying to find their way…
