Posts by Randy Angel

Basketball season tips off Monday with the boys 59th Annual Pacific Shores Tournament held at Redondo Union and Mira Costa high schools while the Mustang and Sea Hawk girls teams will compete in the Inglewood City of Champions tournament.  The Redondo tournament features 16 teams, all but one of which reached the playoffs last season,…

Tennis – Professional tennis players John Isner and Sam Querrey, who form the core of the US Davis Cup team, will be holding the Inaugural Charity Challenge tennis exhibition at the Manhattan Beach country Club on Sunday, Dec. 5. Scheduled to participate are former world #1’s Lindsay Davenport and Tracy Austin along with other high…

Redondo’s fifth-seeded girls volleyball team knocked off Lakewood in four game to advance to the CIF Southern Section-Ford Championship match. The Sea Hawks will take on second-seeded Long Beach Poly at Cypress College Saturday in a 7 p.m. contest.
Coach Tommy Chaffins’ Redondo squad will be playing in its fourth CIF title match and first since losing to Mira Costa in 2007. The Sea Hawks defeated the Mustangs in the 2006 championship match for their lone CIF title.

Mira Costa proved the age-old adage “defense wins championships” true last Friday, turning in the team’s second straight shutout to knock down rival Redondo 25-0 with a convincing road victory that earned the Mustangs their third consecutive Bay League title. Defensive Coordinator Ray Lee’s unit held Redondo to only 30 yards and two first downs…

Soccer Online registration for the Manhattan Beach Sand & Surf Soccer Winter League season is now open for boys and girls in U5, U6, U7, U8, U9, U10 and U12 divisions. The program incorporates individual skill development with small sided tactical development over a seven week season. Cost is $140 per player; Team Registration –…

After a hard-fought second-place finish in the Redondo Power Classic tournament and a stunning sweep of host Mira Costa to close out Bay League play, it would have been understandable if the teenagers on Redondo’s girls volleyball team had some sort of emotional let down. But there was no sign of a hiccup in the…

Volleyball Manhattan Beach Volleyball Academy will be holding tryouts for girls 15’s, 16’s, 17’s and 18’s on Sunday Nov. 8 and 15 from 6-8:30 p.m. at the HAX facility, 3203 Jack Northrop Ave., Hawthorne. Cost is $25 per player. More information, contact Charles Saikley, 424-789-9982, charles@csvba.com or Rico Guimaraes, 310-344-4316, rico@spinoffsoft.com. Girls high school tryouts…

When Lisa Arce-Zimmerman played for Mira Costa in the mid-1980s, competition for the school’s dominant girls volleyball program was hard to find within the Bay League. Mira Costa was often required to travel to other counties in order to face high-quality opponents and rivalries were built with teams such as Newport Harbor, Corona Del Mar…

With its rival game against Mira Costa a week away, Redondo can ill afford to look ahead. The Sea Hawks host once-beaten Palos Verdes Friday at 7 p.m. in a crucial Bay League contest while Mira Costa takes on visiting Leuzinger. Teams in the other fall sports begin their playoff runs next week.

Volleyball Manhattan Beach Volleyball Academy will be holding tryouts for girls 15’s, 16’s, 17’s and 18’s on Sunday Nov. 8 and 15 from 6-8:30 p.m. at the HAX facility, 3203 Jack Northrop Ave., Hawthorne. Cost is $25 per player. More information, contact Charles Saikley, 424-789-9982, charles@csvba.com or Rico Guimaraes, 310-344-4316, rico@spinoffsoft.com.    Girls high school…

Redondo’s girls volleyball team had little time to dwell on its heartbreaking loss to rival Mira Costa last week as the Sea Hawks face two Bay League opponents before hosting the 32-team Redondo Power Classic Friday and Saturday. After hosting Peninsula Tuesday evening, the Sea Hawks travel to Palos Verdes Thursday for a critical 6…