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Yesterday, the Normans defeated Centennial in four sets. Earlier in the week, they took a set off of Culver City but ultimately lost to the Centaurs in four sets.

Santa Monica comes into tonight’s game as the favored team. Last night, they defeated Culver City in three sets. Jaffa, the setter, is doing a great job of moving the ball around to the Outside Hitters and the Middle Blockers. Badr, an Outside Hitter, is hitting hard and showing a surprising amount of prowess and skill. He is seeing the court and developed his spatial awareness.

Coach Barraza was a little concerned about last night’s game against Culver City. If the Vikings were defeated, their chances of reaching the CIF would have been jeopardized. But, the Vikings played like a well-oiled rowing machine and enabled their Coach to walk away with a big smile.

“I was a little worried,” Coach Barraza said. “But, the guys are all playing well and I expect good things to continue happening.”

Tonight, we can expect to hear some music during the time-outs and between the sets. The Santa Monica High School Pep Band has agreed to play for the audience.

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(Updated – March 11, 2025 at 7:35 pm PDT)

The Santa Monica Vikings boys’ volleyball team swept the Morningside Monarchs on March 11 at home, ending the Monarch’s winning streak. 

The Vikings opened with a strong start in the first set, with a kill by outside hitter Colin Hughes, who also followed up with an ace. Despite making unforced errors early, the Monarchs could not outlast the Vikings, with Hughes scoring more kills – forcing Morningside into their first timeout. 

The Vikings pushed past the Monarchs through the first set with ease. Their presence in the middle was unmatched, earning overpass kills and blocks. They were able to pick apart Morningside’s serve receive, winning the first set 25-12.

The momentum on the Vikings’ side carried into the second, where they continued to stay strong. The Monarchs struggled to send the ball back over the net, allowing the Viking offense to heat up. Hughes scored yet another early kill and middle blocker Alex Beekman scored off of a tempo set. 

The Monarchs were able to force some miscommunication between the Viking passers, allowing them to score aces. The Vikings bounced back with an ace, winning a joust at the net followed by back to back kills. A missed serve by the Monarchs at set point allowed the Vikings to jump ahead by two sets. 

The Monarchs picked up their play in the third set, forcing the Vikings to make unforced errors early. The Vikings struggled to send balls over as a result of long rallies with strong defense from both sides. As Santa Monica fought to catch up, the Monarch offense continued to heat up with players earning kills. 

Despite a regal effort by the Monarchs, they were unable make up the difference. The Vikings were able to win off of the Monarchs’ unforced errors, as a missed serve called the match in favor of Santa Monica: 25-22.

(Original article below)

SANTA MONICA (March 9, 2025) – The Morningside Monarchs, based in Inglewood, California, will drive north on the 405, then head west on the 10 Freeway, on Tuesday to play against the Santa Monica Vikings.

According to Max Preps, if you can believe the AI generated and scraped info, the Monarchs come into Tuesday’s game with only two pre-league warm-ups. Last month, Morningside beat both Jefferson and Animo Leadership in three sets.

But the Monarchs will have their work cut out for them when they face the Vikings.

Despite a loss on Thursday to the El Segundo Eagles, the Santa Monica Vikings have been playing well.

Jaffa, the Setter, has been connecting will with his Middles: Beekman and Heller. His sets have been speeding up and the timing with the blocker is getting a lot better. Both Beekman and Heller are over 6’2″ and can easily get above the net in order to make powerful kills.

Kapen, the team’s Libero, has tapped into his position and is passing the ball well to his Setter and the Outside Hitters. He is playing great defense and we expect him to handle anything the Monarchs send his way.

The Outside Hitters are serving, defending, passing, and making the kills for the important points. In Thursday’s game, Hughes has an estimated 17 kills against El Segundo while Saunders had 12 beautiful kills that really helped the team.

Badr had several impressive blocks against each of the Pilkvist twins that made the crowd “aah” and “ooh” in awe of his defensive prowess.

Tang – who has the most positive attitude and who rotates in as Outside Hitter to serve, aced several important serves. He also picked up several balls that kept the game alive.

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The “Ripley” star has been acting since childhood, becoming the youngest Screen Actors Guild Award nominee at the age of eight for her role in the 2001 film “I Am Sam.” Now 30, she says she has set up her life so that she’ll always have the “option” to have kids when the opportunity arises.

“Being an actor is a huge part of my identity. I don’t really know who I am without it,” Fanning revealed in a recent interview with Porter.

“But I also have a desire to set up my life and career so that I always have a choice,” she said. “Having kids is probably more important to me than anything, even being an actor. If somebody said I had to choose, I would choose having kids. I’m one of those people who has always felt that pull.”

Foreseeing the possibility that she won’t have as much time and energy to take on projects once she has children, she says she’s loading up on experiences now.

“I’m trying to push myself to keep saying yes to things that make me uncomfortable, to keep going to places for long periods of time that maybe I’m scared to do because — God willing — one day, it won’t be as easy,” she said.

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Mira Costa, one of the preeminent teams in So Cal volleyball, played in a tournament on March 9, 2024. The Mustangs ran roughshod over Torrey Pines, Newport Harbor, and Punahou.

Santa Monica played against Redondo last week and lost three difficult and challenging sets.

After tonight’s game, The SAMO Vikings head to Palos Verdes to play Peninsula on Wednesday. After that, the Vikings head to Santa Barbara to compete in the High School tournament that will be played at UCSB.

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