inventory_2 Archive: Fall 2010 - Spring 2014
Girls' water polo beats El Dorado, 6-3
On Feb. 20, girls' water polo defeated its first opponents in California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) playoffs, El Dorado, with a score of 6-3.
Girls' Waterpolo beats Culver City High, 4-3
Girls’ Waterpolo beat Culver City High School 4-3 on Tues., Jan. 12. At the half, Samo was down 1-2 but came out strong, fighting to beat Culver City in those last minutes.
Greenies beat Culver City, 13-3
Boys’ water polo was victorious against its crosstown rival, the Culver City Centaurs, with a score of 13-3 on Wednesday, Oct. 30.
Samo Loses to Mater Dei 37-0
On Friday, Sept. 20, Samo football lost its first home game against Mater Dei with a score of 34 - 0.
Samo’s Clark named ABC Sports’ coach of the week
After hard work this season and perseverance throughout his four years of coaching, Samo football coach Travis Clark was named ABC 7 NFL High School Coach on Oct. 31.
Boys' water polo defeats rival El Segundo on Oct. 17
The Greenies met their match on Wednesday, Oct. 17 when the boys' water polo team played El Segundo High School, its longtime rival and competitor in Ocean League. Though the game ended with an ultimate victory of 14-10, the boys needed to maintain the same momentum that they started the game with in order to ensure a win.
Football begins league season
The 2012 season for the Vikings has been a tough one thus far; Samo begins league at 2-3-0.
Athlete of the Issue: Sebastian LaRue
Samo wide receiver Sebastian LaRue is the second future Trojan to come from Samo in two years, and still has a league season before him.
Girls' water polo loses to El Segundo 5-4
Girls’ water polo lost to El Segundo High School 5-4 on Tuesday, Jan. 17.
Girls’ water polo defeats Torrance High School 12-4
Girls' water polo beats Torrance High School 12-4 in its first league game on Jan. 10.
Samo strides into the CIF semifinals
Samo football defeated the Ventura Cougars and will go on to compete in the CIF semifinals on Dec. 2.
Girls' water polo shows potential after first scrimmage
Girls' water polo wins its first scrimmage of the season.
After victory against Channel Islands, Samo remains in playoffs
Samo football wins first round of CIF and will advance to the second round Friday, Nov. 25.
Water polo plans to splash back in CIF
Boys' water polo places second in league and prepares to play their first game in CIF against La Canada.
Vikings win league championship
Samo dominates at Homecoming and goes on to win the league championship.
After Homecoming victory, Samo is 3-0 in the Ocean League
Samo won 27-7 against the Morningside Monarchs at the annual Homecoming Game on Friday, Oct. 28. With the win, Samo is now 3-0 in the Ocean League and 7-1 overall.
Boys' water polo defeated by Culver City
Boys' water polo narrowly loses to Culver City in home game on October 26.
Boys' water polo triumphs over Torrance
Boys' water polo beats Torrance 8-3 in fourth league game.
Despite Wheeler's Absence, Vikings Remain Intact
After incurring a full shoulder dislocation, senior Chad Wheeler has most likely played his last game for Samo.
With 3-0 record, Vikings are optimistic about facing Valencia
Despite the fact that this was their first time seeing the Canyon Comanches, the Samo Vikings emerged from the game without allowing a single point, shutting out Canyon 42-0.
Boys' water polo: hook, line and swimmer
After spending the entire summer training, and ending the last week of break with “hell week”, the Boys’ Water Polo team is enthusiastic and excited for the upcoming season, which technically begins early October.
Samo secures win against Pacific Palisades, 33-15
The Vikings will enter their third game against Canyon (Anaheim) at Santa Monica College 2-0 after their victory against Pacific Palisades on Friday, 33-15.
Vikings shutout Olympians 35-0 at season opener
The Samo Vikings were victorious over the Leuzinger Olympians 35-0 on Friday at SMC, starting off their season undefeated.
Girls' water polo secures a spot in CIF
Ending their regular season at 13-12, and going 7-3 in the Ocean League, girls’ water polo will move forward into the second round of the CIF playoffs after their win against Hemet.
Athlete of the Issue: Lauren Nadel
After eating Babybell cheese from her packed lunch, she takes the wax wrapper and molds it into a figurine. Her creations are highly detailed and vary from giraffes to “gang-bangers.”
Samo defeats Hawthorne, seniors’ season ends without playoff berth
The night before facing Beverly, the stress of playing their last possible game affected some seniors more than others. Timmy Lozano reflected on the possibility of a loss.“I’m never going to relive these memories,” he said.On the other hand, senior Terrance Saheim saw it as just another game.
Football earns first league victory
After a poor defensive game by Samo, a victory was shortly out of reach on the last play of the game. The final score was 12-19.Aside from excessive penalties the main reason for this loss was Samo’s defense.
Juniors in the driver's seat: the quest for league supremacy
As pressure and intensity increase, the boys’ water polo team continues to power its way past competitors as they find themselves well in reach of the League Champion title. Though for their hopes to become reality, each player realizes that better defensive playing becomes more crucial each match.
Football drops league opener after overwhelming victory
Even though Samo was crushed in its Ocean League opener to Inglewood, 28-7, it can take solace in the previous week’s victory over Compton Centennial.
Greenies find early success
“Last year we had better cohesiveness, but this year we’re having more fun. I think we’re positioning ourselves well for our league drive, which starts in October,” coach Matthew Flanders said. “We could have won those games, but we were having problems with over-aggressive players.”
Athlete of the Issue: Kris Comas
Even though he is small, he still works hard. In this respect, his inspiration is DeSean Jackson. “He reminds me that I still have to push hard [and] don’t get down because you’re small.”Comas’ size makes him faster, and makes it easier for him succeed on the field.
Vikings’ efforts not enough for Valencia
The excessive turnovers in the game played a big role in Samo’s loss, according to Clark.“The cons obviously were the turnovers. That’s just difficult to overcome,” Clark said.Ramos agreed with Clark, saying “We had about seven turnovers, and you can’t win a game with seven turnovers.”