MANHATTAN BEACH >> The Mira Costa girls volleyball team started Thursday’s CIF State regional Division I match against Vista Murrieta the best possible way, winning the first set. Unfortunately, that’s where the fun stopped. Vista Murrieta (22-11) responded by winning the next three sets and advancing into Saturday’s regional semifinals ...

In Division I, fourth-seeded Mira Costa will host No. 5 Vista Murrieta on Thursday at Manhattan Beach Middle School. Bishop Montgomery will be on the road Thursday in Division II, taking on top-seeded Murrieta Valley at 6 p.m. Ninth seed St. Bernard visits No. 1 Mammoth in a Division V second-round match.

The Mustangs advanced to the semifinals with a tough 8-7 win over Woodbridge in the quarterfinals in Manhattan Beach on Nov. 9. “They were the No. 3 seed and they had beaten us before,” said Mira Costa head coach Jon Reichardt. “We came up with a great defensive strategy and because of that it allowed us to be a little more relaxed on our ...

MANHATTAN BEACH — The Mira Costa girls volleyball team was still upset Tuesday night about its loss to Mater Dei on Oct. 30 in the second round of the CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoffs. The fourth-seeded Mustangs took their frustrations out Tuesday by defeating No. 13-seeded La Jolla 25-8, 20-25, 25-20, 25-18 in the opening round of ...

“They just had too many service runs,” said Breakers coach Shawn Patchell, whose team also exited in the opening round of the section playoffs on Oct. 24, losing in five sets to Manhattan Beach Mira Costa. “[Aaberg] did a great job of serving. She did a great job [singing] the national anthem, and then she kept serving, so she did a nice job.

The other divisions get underway tonight. In Division I, fourth-seeded Mira Costa hosts No. 13 La Jolla at Manhattan Beach Middle School. Bishop Montgomery is the ninth-seed in Division II and will be on the road at No. 8 Redwood. CIF-SS Division 5 finalist Vistamar is the 11th seed in Division III and will visit No. 6 Palisades. Both Narbonne ...

The other divisions play first-round games Tuesday. In Division I, fourth-seeded Mira Costa hosts No. 13 La Jolla at Manhattan Beach Middle School. Bishop Montgomery is the ninth seed in Division II and will be at No. 8 Redwood. CIF-SS Division 5 finalist Vistamar is the 11th seed in Division III and will visit No. 6 Palisades. Narbonne (10th ...

MANHATTAN BEACH >> Mira Costa’s Jake Carter had made a crucial read early on in Saturday’s CIF Southern Section Division 2 quarterfinal match with Woodbridge. “I was reading early that (Woodbridge) was shifting over faster, so we moved the ball around more,” Carter said. With just over four minutes to play following a Mustang timeout on ...

“It makes me excited that this is in our backyard,” Holcomb said during the Monday, Nov. 4, visit. The Manhattan Beach teenager said he had long known about the telescope, but seeing it up close, with its 18 gold-coated beryllium mirror segments and a sun shield the size of a tennis court left a sizable impression on the young man. Holcomb ...

"It makes me excited that this is in our backyard," Holcomb said during the Monday, Nov. 4, visit. The Manhattan Beach teenager said he had long known about the telescope, but seeing it up close, with its 18 gold-coated beryllium mirror segments and a sun shield the size of a tennis court left a sizable impression on the young man. Holcomb said ...