All Ball Sports: Neal Perlmutter staying put at Mira Costa
by Paul Teetor Despite swirling rumors to the contrary, Mira Costa boys basketball coach Neal Perlmutter insists he has no intention – or desire – to move up in the coaching hierarchy, either to a bigger high school program or even to a college program. “I’m happy right where I am,” Perlmutter told All Ball […]
Mira Costa, Redondo square off Saturday enroute to California State Basketball Championships
Mira Costa falls short of CIF sectional title, stifles Crean Lutheran in State tourney opener UPDATE, March 7: Redondo Union will have home court advantage against Mira Costa in the the rival teams’ post season quest for the CIF State Boys Basketball Championships on Saturday March 8, starting at 7 p.m. In the regular season, […]
All Ball: Mira Costa’s one win from history
Expect another typical Mira Costa game in Saturday’s Championship, with bodies strewn all over the floor, on every play by Paul Teetor Thirty-two minutes of hell. That’s what the Mira Costa boys basketball team unleashed on the Santa Barbara Dons in front of an ecstatic, adoring, standing-room-only home crowd last Saturday night. Mira Costa is […]
All Ball Sports: Mustangs galloping towards history
by Paul Teetor The Mira Costa boys basketball team continued its relentless march towards the school’s first CIF Division 1 title with a gritty 59-48 win over Windward at home Tuesday night. The Mustangs raced out to a 10-0 lead, saw it cut in half by halftime, and then finished with an 11-point victory on […]
All Ball: Mustangs Upset Sea Hawks in a thriller
by Paul Teetor The Mira Costa boys basketball team upset the Redondo Sea Hawks 69-68 Tuesday night to grab a share of the Bay League title. Mira Costa fell behind by double digits Tuesday in the regular-season finale between the teams, but that was a wake-up call for the Mustangs. They outscored Redondo 24-15 in […]
All Ball Sports: Mustangs on historic run
by Paul Teetor The undefeated Mustangs were on a roll, crushing every team in their path. But this game was going to be different. Mira Costa boys basketball coach Neal Perlmutter knew that even before the game. Just how different he had no idea. In racing out to a 10-0 start to the new season, […]
All Ball Sports: Mustangs hit Lucky 7 against Sea Hawks, Chargers supercharged
by Paul Teetor Mustang Win Streak Continues The Mira Costa football team extended its winning streak over archrival Redondo to an incredible seven straight games with a thrilling 14-13 victory Friday night. While the victory still meant a lot emotionally to the Costa players and their fans — and ensured backyard bragging rights for another […]
The Mustang Olympians
Olympic High: How Mira Costa produced 16 Olympians by Mark McDermott The path to Mount Olympus is never an easy one. But in the middle of July 1976, Alio and Constance Fonoimoana drove 2,868 miles, from Manhattan Beach to Montreal, Canada, with five of their six kids packed into a Dodge van. They were headed […]
MCHS: 1996, 2000 Olympian Cliff Meidl
by Robb Fulcher Editor’s note: Mira Costa graduate Cliff Meidl (Class of ‘84) competed in kayaking in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta and in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. He was selected by his fellow American Olympians to carry the American Flag during the opening ceremonies. In an interview this week, he credited his younger […]
All Ball Sports: Loyola’s Kelly crushes Mira Costa at home — his home; Dodgers Korean catastrophe
by Paul Teetor Hometown player crushes home town team The Mira Costa boys volleyball team, ranked first in the country, ran into a roadblock Friday night in the form of Loyola and its star outside hitter Sean Kelly. Ironically, Kelly, the top ranked player in the nations, is from Manhattan Beach. Kelly’s 30th and final […]
All Ball Sports: Mustangs Trample PV
by Paul Teetor Preston “Master P” Ezewiro grabbed a pin-point pass that found him at the low post, wheeled around two Palos Verdes defenders, and threw down a monstrous dunk. The home crowd roared its approval as if to say, finally, this is what we came for. Thirty seconds later he snagged another clever pass […]
Mira Costa High hoopsters triumph over Palos Verdes in Bay League opener
by Paul Teetor Preston “Master P” Ezewiro grabbed a pin-point pass that found him at the low post, wheeled around two Palos Verdes defenders, and threw down a monstrous dunk. The home crowd roared its approval as if to say, finally, this is what we came for. Thirty seconds later he snagged another clever pass […]
Animal communicator Samantha Khury
With respect to God’s other children When animals speak, Samantha Khury listens Many of us speak to our pets, and probably all of us have spoken to an animal at one time or another, half-expecting it to understand what we’ve said. However, it’s that half-expectation that implies our conversation is really just one-sided. We don’t […]