Saunders scores 15 points in 63-57 win over Salesian in Sacramento on Saturday.
Wildcats beat St. Mary's 51-47 in Sacramento to take the Division IV crown.
This week in Venice sports, the volleyball team is still looking to hit their stride, tennis continues to play close matches, baseball and softball got rained out and we are adding another sport to the round-up: swimming and diving.
Windward's Steve Smith is named girls Division 4AA Coach of the Year.
The boys and girls both play for state titles on Saturday.
Venice High senior Jiovanni Valdez has been playing baseball nearly his whole life.
Captain Chad Tanioka makes boys' First Team while four Gondolier girls are selected to the Second Team.
By winning the the Catalina Marathon, the Buffalo Run Half Marathon and the Rose Bowl Marathon Kevin Purcell became the first person to ever win The American Trail Championship.
Tho Gondoliers' baseball team plays University on Monday and Thursday.
Mar Vista resident Alex Thompson manages to tough out the brutal weather conditions and completes the race in 3:15:00.
The Stadium to the Sea Marathon took place in torrential rain on Sunday.
One of the top men's finishers says, "It's the roughest race I've ever run in the rain."
The boys basketball squad beats Oaks Christian; the girls get revenge on Country Day in the regional finals.
He’s known more for being seen on two wheels, but on Sunday, Mar Vista bike enthusiast Alex Thompson will lace up his sneakers and join 25,000 other runners and race from the Stadium to the Sea.
Patch takes a closer look at Daniel Kim, captain of the Venice High boys tennis team.
Several major roads will be closed this Sunday to make way for thousands of racers.
The NCAA's March Madness men's basketball playoffs begin this week. Here is a pdf bracket so you can make your selections.
Animo baseball and softball start league play, as do all Gondos sports except baseball.
Kevin Purcell completed the dirt trail course on Saturday in 2:50:22
Volleyball and tennis teams open with close losses and baseball suffers first defeat.
The boys and girls are both seeded No. 2 and host games Thursday night.
Xiao Xiong is proving himself on and off the court.
Softball plays twice this week and volleyball opens with Sylmar Thursday.
The Gondos move from Division II to Division I in the City Section.
Venice High baseball and softball teams open their season with victories.
The Wildcats were ahead going into the fourth quarter but lost to Orange Lutheran.
The Wildcats defeat Bishop Montgomery in the Division 4AA championship game.
The Animo Venice High girls team loses 1-0 in the City Small School semifinals.
The Gondos have lost seven of their top 10 players from last year's squad.
The Gondoliers have a sophomore battery and a talented group of freshmen.
Coach Randy Chew is hopeful his Venice High team can make the playoffs.
The Pirates' girls team plays Northridge in the Small School semifinals Tuesday.
The girls basketball team beats Rosary and the boys beat Alemany in Division 4AA.
Kennedy High School eliminates the Venice girls soccer team in the second round of playoffs.
Ortega scores all four goals as the Venice girls soccer team beats West Adams.
The Gondos can't cope with the size and skill of Christopher Dees in a playoff loss.
The Venice boys soccer team is eliminated in the first round of playoffs.
The Wildcats' girls and boys basketball and soccer teams make playoffs.
The Gondos nearly let a fourth-quarter lead slip away but recover for a 56-51 win.