Redondo Union basketball title makes community proud
Redondo Union High students watch their basketball team with great anticipation. Photo At halftime, the Sea Hawk section of the stadium was tense. The Redondo Union boys’ basketball team was barely hanging onto its four-point lead, shooting just 26 percent and turning the ball over too often for the coaches’ liking. A couple hundred fans had traveled north that morning to Sleep Train Arena, home of the Sacramento Kings, to watch the team fight College Park for the CIF Division II state championship. If they pulled it off, the Sea Hawks would take home the first state title for boys’ basketball in the high school’s 102-year history. Coach Reggie Morris Jr., pensive in the first half. Photo “This is a really big deal,” cheer captain Courtney Bowen said from her stadium seat. “This is history right here.” Chimed in her co-captain Alyssa Crenshaw: “The whole school is watching this at home if they couldn’t come… We’re all proud to come from Redondo right now.” The cheer squad blended into an eager crowd of parents, students, faculty, alumni, and supporters, whose painted faces, signs, and shouts of encouragement would propel the team past a shaky start. Longtime Redondo security guard…
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