Category Archives: Sports

Toppel Donation Brings Volleyball to the Palisades Rec Center

Haldis Toppel, son Curt, daughter-in-law Nicole and daughter, handed Palisades Recreation Center Director Jasmin Dowlatshahi a check for $10,000, which will bring volleyball to the Center. “I’m so pleased that we are able to bring the sport to the children … Continue reading

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Pacific Palisades Baseball Association Registration Underway

  Registration for the Pacific Palisades Baseball Association spring season is underway. Boys and girls aged 6 to 14 as of April 30, 2024, are welcome to participate. Tryouts will be held for six-year-olds on Friday, January 19. On Saturday … Continue reading

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Sam Lagana Honored by CBS as a Hometown Hero

Sam Laganà, who grew up in Pacific Palisades and is now famously known as the announcer/stadium “voice” of the Los Angeles Rams, was honored by CBS-Los Angeles Sports as a Hometown Hero, in October. Whenever an announcer/emcee is needed in … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving Turkey Trot Combines Community and Sport

  The 9th Annual Pacific Palisades Turkey Trot saw more than 2,000 runners, family members, strollers and supporters assemble at the Palisades Charter High School Stadium Thanksgiving morning.   One of the founders of the race, David Houston, was putting … Continue reading

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Parents Raising Empowered Athletes: What’s Best for the Kid?

  By: ALISON BURMEISTER Sports is a major part of your family dynamic. Your sons get recruited for Division I college basketball teams. Your daughter, still in high school, plays for a highly competitive volleyball team and on track to … Continue reading

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Club Official Explains the High School Referee Soccer Strike

Jonny Joseph, who is the president of South Bay Soccer Referee Association (SBSRA), which assigns referees to club games throughout West Los Angeles has been receiving emails from high school parents who claim that referees are trying to “wreck” the … Continue reading

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It Is Easy to Have High School Soccer Referees

(Editor’s note: Rather than paying trained officials to referee soccer at CIF-Southern Section schools, athletic directors are told to find anyone they can to officiate high school soccer.)High school referees have finished classes, taken the tests and are certified to … Continue reading

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Fall AYSO Season Was Dedicated to Janet Anderson and Debbie Held

(Editor’s note: Debbie Held and Janet Anderson helped helm Region 69 AYSO Soccer for as long as this editor can remember—literally decades. This past, year Lauren Colahan took over as the new AYSO Region 69 Commissioner and with her board, … Continue reading

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Viewpoint—Calling People Racist Is a Way to Skirt Blame

This editor wrote a September 2019 story (“Beglari House at 909 Greentree Is Razed”) about mistakes in City Planning that resulted in almost 20 years of legal problems. The homes at 909 and 921 Greentree Road were razed in August … Continue reading

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Seeking Soccer Officials with No High School Experience to Ref Games

Do you look good in shorts and knee socks? Have you ever watched a high school varsity soccer game? Do you have a pulse? Good news, you too can be a high school referee. Santa Monica High School’s athletic director … Continue reading

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