Bay League baseball champ Mira Costa begins tough playoff run

Mira Costa emerged with the Bay League baseball title on the final day of the regular season and now enters tough competition as the Mustangs begin the CIF-Southern Section Division 1 playoffs. The Mustangs (21-8) host JSerra (19-12), the Trinity League runner-up, in the opening round on Thursday. The winner will face the winner between…

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Redondo girls claim Bay League swimming championship

It took 25 years, but Redondo’s girls claimed their first Bay League swimming title since 1994 last Friday. There were a number of league records broken at the Bay League finals. In the girls 200 freestyle, Mira Costa’s Alexandra Crisera posted a new best with a time of 1:48.18. In boys competition, Peninsula captured the…

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Redondo, Costa capture Bay League track and field titles

Mira Costa’s boys track and field team narrowly won the Bay League title Friday but it was Redondo’s girls team that continued to dominate the event. The Lady Sea Hawks captured the track team’s 10th consecutive Bay League title, once again proving the dominance the squad has had under head coach Bob Leetch. Redondo scored…

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Bay League teams survive first round of CIF volleyball playoffs

Mira Costa, Redondo and Peninsula advanced to Saturday’s second round of the CIF Southern Section boys volleyball playoffs with impressive victories. Second-seeded Mira Costa, the Bay League champion, began the Division 1 playoffs with a 3-0 shutout of Los Alamitos and will travel to face No. 7 Huntington Beach in the second round on Saturday.…

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OSS agent

“We were given cyanide capsules… we were to place under our tongues. If things looked bad, we were to swallow them.” — OSS veteran David Kenney The road traveled by David Kenney has had more turns in it than his original desire of becoming a bus driver when he was a 6-year-old boy growing up…

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Mira Costa, Palos Verdes softball teams look for postseason runs

With the regular season concluding Wednesday when Mira Costa hosted rival Redondo, the Bay League race appeared to finish with two teams tied for first place. Redondo, however, had other plans knocking off Mira Costa 5-4 while Palos Verdes took care of business with a 6-1 victory over Peninsula. Rachel Allen had four hits including…

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Costa, Redondo boys volleyball teams to square off for Bay title

Following back-to-back losses to Redondo and Newport Harbor, Mira Costa beat Palos Verdes in the Sea Kings’ gym for the first time since 2015. The visiting Mustangs rebounded from a second-game loss to win the match 25-17, 23-25, 25-15, 25-21. Sophomore Ben Coordt’s resounding play helped the Mustangs emerge victorious in the crucial Bay League…

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Youth sailors compete in Ken Hoover Memorial Regatta

From King Harbor Yacht Club King Harbor Yacht Club played host this past weekend to the final event of the Carrie Series of “Optimist” youth sailing regattas, with 60 young sailors wrapping up this annual six-event competition. Sixteen sailors represented King Harbor, with rookie sailors competing on a racecourse inside the breakwater. The “Champion Fleet,”…

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Beach tennis honors one of their own with Jesse Yaneva tourney

With so many sports and activities taking place in the South Bay year round, beach tennis can often be overlooked except by cyclists and pedestrians traveling on the Strand. Yet the sport continues to grow locally and across the globe thanks to the International Tennis Federation, the governing body of the sport. On Saturday, Apr.…

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Redondo girls lacrosse team get revenge against Palos Verdes

Riding a seven-game winning streak, Redondo’s girls lacrosse team avenged its only loss of the season with a strong second half in its showdown with rival Palos Verdes as the Sea Hawks enjoy their Spring Break this week. After losing to Palos Verdes 10-8 on March 13, Redondo defeated the Sea Kings 14-8, scoring 10…

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