Mira Costa’s Medvidovic takes third in CIF State wrestling meet

While Mira Costa had a team-high five male wrestlers qualify for the Masters Meet, it was a female who outplaced them all. Sasha Medvidovic, the lone senior on a rapidly improving Mira Costa girls wrestling team, was the first female to win a CIF-SS title this season. Last weekend, she placed 3rd in the 150-pound […]

Beach Cities Sports: Flag football, running, volleyball and more

Running:  Registration is open for the 15th Annual Village Runner St. Patrick’s Day 5K Run and Community Walk, to be held at 8 a.m. Saturday, Mar. 17 in Redondo Beach’s Riviera Village. Following the 5K at 9:30 a.m. will be the kid’s Little Leprechaun Dash for Gold. Entry fees are $40 for adults and $30 […]

Local girls soccer teams shutout in CIF-SS quarterfinal action

Redondo, Peninsula and West Torrance girls soccer teams suffered shutouts in their respective divisions Friday ending their runs for CIF titles. Despite having plenty of chances to score, Redondo (15-5-4) could not find the net suffering a season-ending 3-0 loss to visiting San Luis Obispo in the CIF-SS Division 2 quarterfinals. After trailing 1-0 midway […]

Redondo girls reach Division 2AA basketball finals

Redondo’s girls basketball team continued its quest for a CIF title, defeating Mark Keppel 52-36 in the semifinals Saturday night. The Sea Hawks have outscored opponents 221-139 in their four playoff victories while getting support from a variety of players. Top-seeded Redondo (25-5) will take on No. 4 Lynwood (21-6) in the CIF-SS Division 2AA […]

Redondo on a roll in Division 2AA basketball playoffs

Top-seeded Redondo continued to dominate in the Division 2AA playoffs eliminating Foothill 60-41 in the quarterfinals Wednesday night. Redondo (24-5) will host No. 4 Mark Keppel in the semifinals Saturday at 7 p.m. Aliso Niguel hosts hosts No. 3 Lynwood in the other semifinal matchup. Junior guard Dylan Horton led the Sea Hawks with 21 […]

Mira Costa, South advance in Division 2 boys soccer playoffs

Mira Costa’s boys soccer team (16-4-2) advanced to the Division 2 quarterfinals after defeating Santiago/Garden Grove 3-1 behind a strong performance by Robert Cook. Cook scored two goals and had an assist and Michael Antich also scored. Alex deSousa assisted on Robert’s first goal before Antich gave Mira Costa a 2-1 lead at halftime.   […]

Third-seeded Redondo rolls on to girls soccer quarterfinals

After defeating Chaminade 4-0 in the Division 2 playoff opener, third-seeded Redondo (11-9-2) beat Claremont 3-1 on Tuesday and will advance to face San Luis Obispo in the quarterfinals on Friday. The winner will advance to face the Sunny Hills-Villa Park victor in the semifinals on Tuesday. Carolyn Koutures tied Claremont in the 36th minute […]

Costa, Redondo loses; Bishop Montgomery advances in boys basketball

Ranked No. 1 in the elite Open Division, Bishop Montgomery’s boys basketball team ran over visiting St. John Bosco 60-43 in the first round of the playoffs. David Singleton scored 17 points, Josh Vazquez added 14 and Fletcher Tynen chipped in with 10 points. Bishop Montgomery (26-0) will travel to take on Sierra Canyon (22-3) […]

Top-seeded Redondo girls basketball team on a roll

Redondo’s girls basketball team (22-5) reached the Division 2AA quarterfinals with a thrilling 44-41 victory over visiting Los Altos Saturday and will travel to take on Foothill/Santa Ana in the quarterfinals on Wednesday. The winner advances to the semifinals where it will face the Newbury Park-Mark Keppel winner on Saturday. Dylan Horton led the Sea […]

Redondo’s boys basketball season ends by three-point loss to Loyola

By Paul Teetor       There were plenty of warning signs as the regular season ended last week — a 19-point loss to Peninsula and a closer-than-it-sounds six-point win over Mira Costa – that something like this could happen. Redondo Head coach Ali Parvaz even admitted after the Costa win that the Sea Hawks were not […]

Costa sends five boys to Masters, three girls to State Meet

Mira Costa wrestling coach Jimmy Chaney was more than pleased with his squad as it will send five boys to this weekend’s Masters Meet and three girls to the State Meet. The Masters Meet will take place on Friday and Saturday at Temecula Valley High while the girls will compete at the Visalia Convention Center. […]

Mira Costa advances in boys soccer playoffs

Mira Costa (14-4-2) walked away with an impressive 3-0 victory over visiting Moorpark Friday and will host Santiago/Garden Grove (18-4-3) in the second round of the Division 2 playoffs on Wednesday. Cooper Arak, Josh Gaudiano and Robert Cook each scored a goal for the Mustangs. Redondo (13-13) failed at the opportunity to create an all-South […]

Costa girls swim to Division 3 water polo semifinals [UPDATED]

The third-seeded Mira Costa’s girls water polo team reached the semifinals for the fourth time in five years Saturday with an 8-4 victory over Rosary. Mira Costa capitalized on three goals by Leigh Lyter and two by Elizabeth Terry and Camille Lyter to secure the win. Mira Costa (20-10) will face top-seeded Harvard-Westlake (26-2) in […]

Redondo girls basketball team to host Los Altos in second round

Redondo’s girls basketball team (22-5) hosts Los Altos (21-6) in the Division 2AA playoffs Saturday at 7 p.m. after running over Agoura 65-21 in its opening-round win. Anna Johnson’s 13 point, six assists, six rebounds and three assists paved the way for Redondo in its win against Agoura. Ashlynn Autrey added 11 points and 11 […]

Redondo girls earn third seed in CIF-SS soccer playoffs

Redondo’s girls soccer team earned the third seed in the CIF-SS Division 2 playoffs after sharing the Bay League title with Peninsula and is a young team who quickly gained experience under the guidance of head coach Shelly Marsden. Redondo (13-4-4) opens the postseason with a home game against Chaminade (10-8-3) on Thursday at 5 […]

Mira Costa’s water polo team earns Div. 3 fourth seed

Mira Costa’s girls water polo team has its sights set on a Division 3 title after dominating Bay League action with an 8-0 record. The Mustangs (17-10) open the playoffs with a 5 p.m. home game against Righetti (17-7) on Thursday. Quarterfinals take place Saturday followed by the semifinals on Wednesday, Feb. 21. Championship games […]