Posts by Randy Angel
Redondo men go 1-2-3 in Redondo Triathlon
Drawing more than 650 competitors from throughout the state, this year’s annual Redondo Beach Triathlon had a real hometown feel to it. Local firefighter Jason May finished ahead of Brian Tasker and Mark Tripp as Redondo Beach residents captured the top three spots in the competition.
Read MoreHometown win at Manhattan Beach Summer Solstice 5k
For many, summer unofficially starts with the Memorial Day weekend and this year’s season kicked off with 432 people running along the water’s edge at the lowest tide of the season in the 9th Annual Manhattan Beach 5K Summer Solstice race. Manhattan Beach runner Patrick Sweeney, 31, celebrated as he was the first to cross…
Read MoreLocal players excel on sand volleyball courts
The next generation of beach volleyball standouts continue to show the prowess of the sport in the South Bay with 23 local players reaching the podium at the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) California Regional Championship held Sunday in Manhattan Beach. Manhattan Beach’s Rob Mullahey and Tanner Smith, of Hermosa Beach, won back-to-back local tournaments…
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Volleyball California Beach Volleyball Association (CBVA) holds tournaments the next two weekends with Men’s AA competition on Saturday, followed by Men’s B and Women’s A and open tournaments on Sunday. On Saturday, June 26, Men’s AA, B and Women’s A and Open tournaments will be held. All action begins at 9 a.m. at the Manhattan…
Read MoreChannel champ Danny Ching
Redondo resident Danny Ching paddled his way into the record books recently, winning the Steinlager
Kaiwi Channel Solo OC1 World Championship. Ching became the first non-Hawaiian paddler to win the 32-mile race from Molokai to Oahu, completing the course in 3 hours, 38 minutes, 51 seconds, the second-fastest time in the 18-year history of the race and just 48 seconds off the course record.
Top seeds upset in Huntington Beach
Orange County natives Jennifer Kessy and April Ross made the right adjustments after the first game of the women’s final to upend top-seeded Nicole Branagh (Torrance) and Misty May-Treanor, capturing the AVP NIVEA Tour Huntington Beach Open Sunday. The second-seeded team rebounded from a 14-21 loss in the opening set, winning the second game…
Read MoreRedondo’s Curtis wins state track title
Chloe Curtis established herself as one of the great athletes in the history of Redondo Union High School, winning the CIF State Championship in the 1,600 meter run. Fellow Sea Hawk Lyndsey Mull placed third to give Redondo an 8th-place finish in girls team competition.
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Triathlon The 6th annual Redondo Beach Triathlon presented by TC Tri Productions begins at 7:30 a.m. Sunday at the Veteran’s Park/Marina area in Redondo Beach. All of the proceeds go to Cheer for Children, a nonprofit organization that gives seasonal parties and raises money for acutely ill children at Harbor UCLA Medical Center. The USAT…
Read MoreRedondo baseball coach resigns after one season
Baseball players at Redondo Union High School are getting tired of each season being a “rebuilding year,” but when the team takes the field next season it will be the same old story with the Sea Hawks playing under their fourth head coach in four years. Bradey Thurman has resigned as head baseball coach after…
Read MoreRedondo reunions set for Saturday
Flocks of Sea Hawks will converge on the Redondo Union High School campus Saturday when current and former student-athletes take part in two separate events — the Striff/Seifert Memorial Track Meet and the 7th Annual Alumni Baseball Game. Also dubbed “The Race of the Century,” the track meet honors former coaches Russ Striff and Mel…
Read MoreImprobable run ends on diamond
Mira Costa found out the hard way why baseball is called a game of inches. Kris Cayton narrowly missed a go-ahead home run in the top of the seventh inning before Jacob Smigelski slammed a one-out walk-off homer in the bottom of the frame giving Glendora (26-2-1) a 2-1 victory and the opportunity to…
Read MoreMustangs end volleyball season on high note
Mira Costa’s boys volleyball rebounded from a disappointing loss in the CIF Southern Section Toyota Division 1 championship match to win the CIF Southern California Regional Division II title in easy fashion.
Read MoreBeach Cities Sports
Triathlon The 6th annual Redondo Beach Triathlon presented by TC Tri Productions begins at 7:30 a.m. Sunday, June 13 at the Veteran’s Park/Marina area in Redondo Beach. All of the proceeds go to Cheer for Children, a nonprofit organization that gives seasonal parties and raises money for acutely ill children at Harbor UCLA Medical…
Read MoreFox Sports producer Jack Simmons
Jack Simmons describes his decision in 1990 to pull up stakes and move his family from New York to California as one of two life altering gambles. Simmons was fond of living in the little beach town outside of New York City called Breezy Point. Wendy, his wife of 35 years, was raised in Brooklyn…
Read MoreCosta baseball team continues to roll
The Bay League got off to a rough start in the CIF Southern Section-Toyota Division 2 championships with Mira Costa emerging as the lone team to advance to the second round but the Mustangs are continuing their late-season surge.Mira Costa is playing without slugger Jake Jelmini, who required surgery for a broken jaw after being…
Read MoreRedondo’s Chloe Curtis races to two CIF titles
Redondo track star Chloe Curtis continues to be among the elite distance runners in the nation after winning two CIF titles. A group of Bay League athletes will compete in the CIF Master Meet Friday at Cerritos College.
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