Posts by Randy Angel

Bay League competition concludes Thursday with many playoff spots yet undecided. Redondo’s girls basketball team captured the Bay League title while Mira Costa secured second place with its only two losses coming at the hands of rival Redondo.
Both soccer teams from Mira Costa remain in the playoff picture and 16 wrestlers from the Beach Cities will represent the Bay League in the CIF Central Division Individual Championships Feb. 18-19.

Baseball Mira Costa will be holding its Alumni Baseball Game on Sunday, Feb. 13. The event is free for former players and includes a BBQ, alumni home run contest at noon followed by the game at 1 p.m. For more information, contact Cassidy Olson, Colson@manhattan.k12.ca.us. Redondo Union High School has scheduled its annual Alumni Baseball…

For the first time in four years, both Redondo basketball teams swept rival Mira Costa during Bay League competition. The Lady Sea Hawks remained undefeated in league play with a convincing home victory.
In the later game Tuesday night, Redondo’s boys team held off Mira Costa to produce a three-way tie for third place with one week left in the regular season.

When the All-CIF football teams are announced each January, it’s not uncommon for players from the top four teams to comprise the majority of selections in each division. Yet Mira Costa, a team eliminated in the opening round of the CIF Southern Section Northern Division playoffs, was acknowledged with four players earning All-CIF accolades. Heading…

Hockey Tickets are now on sale for the 3rd Annual Hush up with the Kings scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 8 from 6-10 p.m. at Shade Hotel in Manhattan Beach. Kings players, as well as other celebrity guests, will be on hand as the top restaurants in the South Bay sample their food and drink. General…

Redondo’s girls basketball team remained undefeated in Bay League competition after completing the first round of games. The home-and-away series between league foes continues Friday as teams gear up for the CIF Southern Section playoffs.
Mira Costa’s boys soccer team moved into a first-place tie with Palos Verdes after snapping the Sea King’s 13-game winning streak.

Playing the role of Monday morning quarterback, Derek Largent would have done things differently. Although he made tremendous strides in what amounted to only one full season of playing football, Largent can’t help but second guess at what could have been. After seeing limited playing time during his junior year – and first year playing…

With the first round of Bay League competition concluding next week, Mira Costa’s girls soccer team will be aiming to put itself in the driver’s seat in the race for a league crown when the Mustangs host Palos Verdes Tuesday in a crucial match. Mira Costa (11-2-3, 3-0), however, can ill afford to overlook its…

Mira Costa basketball fans were shocked last Friday and not only from the Mustang girls team which had its 21-game league winning streak stopped by rival Redondo.
Rumors spread throughout Fisher Gym when boys head coach Henry Myar was a no-show at the game after abruptly resigning earlier in the day. Myar returned to the court Tuesday, vowing to handle the reigns of the Mustang program throughout the remainder of the season.

It’s only the first week of Bay League action but the outcomes of Friday’s rivalry games between Mira Costa and Redondo will undoubtedly have playoff implications both on the basketball court and the soccer field. Mira Costa’s boys basketball team hopes to keep a foothold among the top of the Bay League standings after the…

After leading Mira Costa to its third consecutive Bay League championship, J.R. Tavai was named as the league’s Most Valuable Player while teammate Derek Largent was selected as the Defensive Player of the Year, the same honor Tavai was bestowed following the 2009 season. Verbally committing to USC, the 6-foot-2, 260-pound Tavai dominated the line…