The Mira Costa football team had enough of the near-misses.
Thatcher Hurd’s Mira Costa debut was the perfect way to make a first impression.
The defenses for both the Peninsula and Redondo high school football teams quickly turned Friday’s season-opener into a slugfest.
Former El Camino College football coach John Featherstone died Saturday morning after a long battle with Alzheimer’s, longtime assistant coach Gene Engle confirmed.
The first cross country dual meet in the South Bay was held on Feb. 20
The Redondo girls end league play by defeating Mira Costa
Mira Costa's $39 million athletic complex is ready to host games, but sits empty due to the pandemic
Toward the end, Mira Costa High's famed Fisher Gym stood as a well-worn monument to the Manhattan Beach school's athletic legacy. At the beginning, the Fisher Gym's pristine successor stands vacant, a monument to future potential -- and a reminder of how much has changed amid the coronavirus…
After the end of a long minor league baseball season, the road home can offer comfort and time for long thoughts about the future.
NBA Hall of Famer and Torrance native Paul Westphal died on Saturday at the age of 70 due to complications from a brain tumor.
The outlook was bright for the Mira Costa High boys volleyball team in the spring as the Mustangs were having success early in the 2020 season.
Mike Cook was excited to see Mira Costa High School’s boys’ junior varsity volleyball team grow into varsity champions, as he had done with many teams in years past.
Top-seeded April Ross and Alix Klineman are used to playing in beach volleyball championship matches. But when they took on fourth-seeded Kelly Claes and Sarah Sponcil on Sunday for the title in the third and final leg of the AVP Champions Cup series, they did so knowing their opponents were…
Redondo Union volleyball setter Kami Miner was selected to the 2020 USA Volleyball U20 Women’s Junior National Training Team comprised of the country's top volleyball players.
Manhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach will lose its AVP Tour event after it was announced last week that a three-part AVP Champions Cup series will take place in Long Beach beginning July 18.
Thousands flock yearly to the Village Runner 4th of July 5K in Redondo Beach, but the novel coronavirus has made the run go virtual.
Grace Watkins closed out her Mira Costa career in style.
Luke Snyder was intent on making the last semester of his high school boys volleyball career a memorable one, for a multitude of reasons.
The Hermosa Beach Little League started its season on February 29, but was only able to get a few games completed before safer at home orders and the novel coronavirus shut everything down.
It was a near-perfect weekend for the Mira Costa boys volleyball team.
After nearly three decades, the Mira Costa girls’ soccer team has finally won a CIF-Southern Section championship.
Mira Costa girls water polo ended its run in the CIF-SS Division 2 semi-finals on Wednesday, falling to Harvard Westlake 10-8 at the Woollett Aquatics Center in Irvine.
At this point of the high school wrestling season only the best-of-the-best are still competing across the state of California.
There is a never anything automatic about taking a penalty kick.
The Mira Costa boys basketball team relied all year on toughness and ability to fight through adversity.
Mira Costa girls water polo defeated Huntington Beach 10-7 in the first round of CIF-Division 2 playoffs. The Mustangs play Santa Barbara in the quarterfinals at Dos Pueblos High School Saturday, Feb. 15 at 3 p.m.
With his team clinging to a three-point lead heading into the fourth quarter of Wednesday’s CIF-SS Division 2A first-round playoff game against San Clemente, Mira Costa guard Max McCalla knew it was time to focus.
Besieged by injuries throughout the season, the training room became a popular hangout for the Redondo girls basketball players.
The Mira Costa girls soccer team came close to winning a championship on two occasions last season.
The Bay League boys basketball title had already been clinched by Mira Costa, but that didn’t stop the Mustangs and Redondo from putting on another intense rivalry meeting Thursday.
Mira Costa's 9-6 win over Redondo has the teams sharing the Bay League title.
On any other day, the Redondo girls soccer team probably would have had three or four goals by halftime of its Bay League game against Peninsula on Monday.
For Andrew Cathey, Redondo Union's third head wrestling coach in as many years, there are three pillars to his philosophy:
The Mira Costa boys soccer team was a motivated group as it stepped on the field Tuesday.
Alyssa Munn scored just two points but they came at the right time as she helped lift Redondo Union to a 31-26 victory over rival Mira Costa in Redondo Beach Tuesday.
Redondo Union’s home basketball court has been pretty tough place for opponents to pick up a win for a number of years now, especially for rival Mira Costa. This year Mira Costa did their due diligence and it paid off with a 52-48 victory Tuesday.
There aren’t any team sports that get easier when a key part of the roster is taken away, and that’s especially true with soccer.
The Mira Costa girls’ water polo team moved up to No. 12 in the CIF-Southern Section Division 1/2 Poll this week and is having one its strongest starts in recent years.
The season is still early, but the Redondo Union girls’ basketball team picked up a key road victory at Palos Verdes, 48-37, last Tuesday to remain unbeaten in the Bay League.
The road to the Bay League boys soccer championship figures to be a difficult one, and if Tuesday’s Mira Costa-Peninsula league opener is any indication, then get ready for a slugfest.
Until the completion of Mira Costa High School’s new athletic facilities, many of its teams are displaced, including boys' wrestling.
The Redondo Union girls’ water polo team started the New Year with a solid performance on the road against Long Beach Poly. The veteran Sea Hawks defeated Poly 16-4 on Jan. 6.
There was a lot of success to celebrate in 2019 on the beach cities sports scene.
His first season as linebacker for the Detroit Lions ended with an injury in week 16 of the regular season, but former Mira Costa football player Jahlani Tavai still considered it a success.
Holiday break means something different for everyone.
The Mira Costa girls soccer team received a wake-up call early in Thursday’s quarterfinal against West Ranch in the South Torrance Holiday Tournament.
The Redondo Union girls’ soccer team heads into the final matches of the South Torrance Holiday Tournament on a roll after picking up another victory this week, beating South Torrance at home 4-1 last Monday in nonleague action. It was the sixth win of the season for the Sea Hawks, who remai…
After an even first half, the Redondo boys soccer team found a way to the break through in the second half against visiting North Torrance on Thursday.
The Mira Costa girls wrestling program is still in its infancy as a team sport, but progress is coming in small increments. They are building a team one girl at a time and after a recent tournament are showing signs of a breakout season.
The Redondo boys basketball team began the fourth quarter against West Torrance trailing by 10.
It was a resounding success for the Mira Costa girls’ cross country team when the Mustangs finished fifth place in Division 1 at the 33rd annual CIF State Cross Country Championships at Woodward Park in Fresno last Saturday.
The first cross country dual meet in the South Bay was held on Feb. 20
The Redondo girls end league play by defeating Mira Costa
Mira Costa's $39 million athletic complex is ready to host games, but sits empty due to the pandemic
Toward the end, Mira Costa High's famed Fisher Gym stood as a well-worn monument to the Manhattan Beach school's athletic legacy. At the beginning, the Fisher Gym's pristine successor stands vacant, a monument to future potential -- and a reminder of how much has changed amid the coronavirus…
After the end of a long minor league baseball season, the road home can offer comfort and time for long thoughts about the future.
NBA Hall of Famer and Torrance native Paul Westphal died on Saturday at the age of 70 due to complications from a brain tumor.
The outlook was bright for the Mira Costa High boys volleyball team in the spring as the Mustangs were having success early in the 2020 season.
Mike Cook was excited to see Mira Costa High School’s boys’ junior varsity volleyball team grow into varsity champions, as he had done with many teams in years past.
Top-seeded April Ross and Alix Klineman are used to playing in beach volleyball championship matches. But when they took on fourth-seeded Kelly Claes and Sarah Sponcil on Sunday for the title in the third and final leg of the AVP Champions Cup series, they did so knowing their opponents were…
Redondo Union volleyball setter Kami Miner was selected to the 2020 USA Volleyball U20 Women’s Junior National Training Team comprised of the country's top volleyball players.
Manhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach will lose its AVP Tour event after it was announced last week that a three-part AVP Champions Cup series will take place in Long Beach beginning July 18.
Thousands flock yearly to the Village Runner 4th of July 5K in Redondo Beach, but the novel coronavirus has made the run go virtual.
Grace Watkins closed out her Mira Costa career in style.
Luke Snyder was intent on making the last semester of his high school boys volleyball career a memorable one, for a multitude of reasons.
The Hermosa Beach Little League started its season on February 29, but was only able to get a few games completed before safer at home orders and the novel coronavirus shut everything down.
It was a near-perfect weekend for the Mira Costa boys volleyball team.
After nearly three decades, the Mira Costa girls’ soccer team has finally won a CIF-Southern Section championship.
Mira Costa girls water polo ended its run in the CIF-SS Division 2 semi-finals on Wednesday, falling to Harvard Westlake 10-8 at the Woollett Aquatics Center in Irvine.
At this point of the high school wrestling season only the best-of-the-best are still competing across the state of California.
There is a never anything automatic about taking a penalty kick.
The Mira Costa boys basketball team relied all year on toughness and ability to fight through adversity.
Mira Costa girls water polo defeated Huntington Beach 10-7 in the first round of CIF-Division 2 playoffs. The Mustangs play Santa Barbara in the quarterfinals at Dos Pueblos High School Saturday, Feb. 15 at 3 p.m.
With his team clinging to a three-point lead heading into the fourth quarter of Wednesday’s CIF-SS Division 2A first-round playoff game against San Clemente, Mira Costa guard Max McCalla knew it was time to focus.
Besieged by injuries throughout the season, the training room became a popular hangout for the Redondo girls basketball players.
The Mira Costa girls soccer team came close to winning a championship on two occasions last season.
The Bay League boys basketball title had already been clinched by Mira Costa, but that didn’t stop the Mustangs and Redondo from putting on another intense rivalry meeting Thursday.
Mira Costa's 9-6 win over Redondo has the teams sharing the Bay League title.
On any other day, the Redondo girls soccer team probably would have had three or four goals by halftime of its Bay League game against Peninsula on Monday.
For Andrew Cathey, Redondo Union's third head wrestling coach in as many years, there are three pillars to his philosophy:
The Mira Costa boys soccer team was a motivated group as it stepped on the field Tuesday.
Alyssa Munn scored just two points but they came at the right time as she helped lift Redondo Union to a 31-26 victory over rival Mira Costa in Redondo Beach Tuesday.
Redondo Union’s home basketball court has been pretty tough place for opponents to pick up a win for a number of years now, especially for rival Mira Costa. This year Mira Costa did their due diligence and it paid off with a 52-48 victory Tuesday.
There aren’t any team sports that get easier when a key part of the roster is taken away, and that’s especially true with soccer.
The Mira Costa girls’ water polo team moved up to No. 12 in the CIF-Southern Section Division 1/2 Poll this week and is having one its strongest starts in recent years.
The season is still early, but the Redondo Union girls’ basketball team picked up a key road victory at Palos Verdes, 48-37, last Tuesday to remain unbeaten in the Bay League.
The road to the Bay League boys soccer championship figures to be a difficult one, and if Tuesday’s Mira Costa-Peninsula league opener is any indication, then get ready for a slugfest.
Until the completion of Mira Costa High School’s new athletic facilities, many of its teams are displaced, including boys' wrestling.
The Redondo Union girls’ water polo team started the New Year with a solid performance on the road against Long Beach Poly. The veteran Sea Hawks defeated Poly 16-4 on Jan. 6.
There was a lot of success to celebrate in 2019 on the beach cities sports scene.
His first season as linebacker for the Detroit Lions ended with an injury in week 16 of the regular season, but former Mira Costa football player Jahlani Tavai still considered it a success.
Holiday break means something different for everyone.
The Mira Costa girls soccer team received a wake-up call early in Thursday’s quarterfinal against West Ranch in the South Torrance Holiday Tournament.
The Redondo Union girls’ soccer team heads into the final matches of the South Torrance Holiday Tournament on a roll after picking up another victory this week, beating South Torrance at home 4-1 last Monday in nonleague action. It was the sixth win of the season for the Sea Hawks, who remai…
After an even first half, the Redondo boys soccer team found a way to the break through in the second half against visiting North Torrance on Thursday.
The Mira Costa girls wrestling program is still in its infancy as a team sport, but progress is coming in small increments. They are building a team one girl at a time and after a recent tournament are showing signs of a breakout season.
The Redondo boys basketball team began the fourth quarter against West Torrance trailing by 10.
It was a resounding success for the Mira Costa girls’ cross country team when the Mustangs finished fifth place in Division 1 at the 33rd annual CIF State Cross Country Championships at Woodward Park in Fresno last Saturday.
The Mira Costa girls’ tennis team finished in the top four of both the CIF Southern Section Open Division and CIF State Southern California Regional playoffs this season. Their run came to an end following a 6-1 loss in the regional semifinals against University High School from Irvine in th…
This year’s CIF Southern Section Finals in cross country Division 1 boys’ and girls’ will be remembered by the dominant Great Oak teams which swept the team titles.
With Redondo leading in the match and possessing a four-point advantage in the fourth set, all signs pointed toward the Sea Hawks clinching Saturday night’s CIF State Regional Open Division semifinal match against Mater Dei.
The Mira Costa boys' and girls’ cross country teams accomplished a rare sweep of the Bay League this year and are now preparing for the CIF Southern Section Division 1 finals to take place at the Riverside City Cross Country Course on Saturday with a chance to compete at the state championships.
Palos Verdes won the boys and girls CIF-SS cross country championship last season. Will an area school repeat that feat this Saturday?
Mira Costa dropped an 11-5 decision to San Clemente Wednesday evening in the CIF-SS Division 2 semifinals, stopping a spirited late-season surge by the Mustangs.
Bay League co-champion Mira Costa is one win away from returning to the finals for a second consecutive year. If they manage one more victory, they will play for a CIF-Southern Section Division 2 title in boys’ water polo.
The Redondo Union girls’ volleyball team completed its mission of winning CIF Southern Section with a four-game match victory against rival Mater Dei 25-19, 25-16, 16-25, 25-21 in the Division 1 championship held at Cerritos College last Saturday.