B-Ball News

Raider Basketball Maintains Lead

by Marlo Villanueva



It was another great week for the Men's Varsity Basketball team as they took on the Mar Vista Mariners on Wednesday and the Castle Park Trojans on Friday night. They dominated the Mariners 67-55 with Ashper Morris being the leading scorer of 25 points ! The Raiders made this game look too easy as they were ahead the whole game. We also have scores from Antwon Mandapat with 4,Lamar Weston 9, Emilio Arellano 10, Jay Santos 17, Alex Villegas 2. It was an overall great win for the Raiders to beat their rival.

Friday night was another story, the Raiders played against the Castle Park Trojans whom they had defeated previously. The Raiders were aiming for another easy win but that didn't happen. The Trojans came out fighting in the first half leading the score of 17-26 by the end of the first half. In the second half, the Southwest Raiders came out hard and finished the third quarter with a tied score of 37-37. The Raiders crunched down on the Trojans as they beat them during the last minutes of the game, 59-51.

What a great way to keep the season going ! The Raiders take their season game by game with confidence in themselves and the whole team. Keep following the Raiders as they keep moving forward to their goal of winning the South Bay league Banner.

New Super Champions

Saints Beat Colts

by Bob Chan

Drew Brees and the Saints are NFL champions, rallying to upset Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 Sunday night in one of pro football’s most thrilling title games.

Brees tied a Super Bowl record with 32 completions and was chosen the game’s MVP.

A surprise onside kick sparked the Saints’ second-half comeback. Their 25th-ranked defense made several key stops, and Tracy Porter’s 74-yard interception return on a pass from Manning, clinched it.

An NFL embarrassment for much of their 43 years, the Saints’ football renaissance, led by Brees and coach Sean Payton, climaxed with Shockey’s touchdown and Lance Moore’s 2-point conversion catch, originally ruled incomplete but overturned on Payton’s challenge. Porter’s pick, just as dramatic as his interception of Brett Favre’s pass to force overtime in the NFC title game, was the game’s only turnover. It’s one Manning will forever regret.

The Saints won three postseason games this winter. They beat Arizona, Minnesota and Indianapolis all division winners for their first title.The championship came 4 1/2 years after Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans, making the Saints nomads for the 2005 season. There even was some doubt they would return, but the NFL refused to abandon the city. The Superdome was repaired and the Saints won the NFC South in ’06, their first season with Brees and Payton. That was the season Manning won his only Super Bowl. He had the Colts, favored by 5 points, in front for much of this one, but New Orleans’ league-leading offense outscored Indy 31-7 after falling behind 10-0. That matched the biggest comeback in a Super Bowl.

Soccer? or Football?

SOH Teams On a Roll

by Omar Arce



Perhaps football is the sport that gets the most attention in high schools, but in Southwest High School it should be soccer. Originally called 'football', because it is played with feet, this winter sport has the best record.


The men's team has a score of five victories, one tie and 2 defeats. With this record they are now in the first place in the league, tied with Castle Park. Senior Captain Alexis "Chino" Guadalupe, thinks that "...it's a young team to start , we have good players that know how to play as a group." Guadalupe, who has been on the team his whole high school career, has gone to the CIF Finals for the last two seasons and lost. Perhaps, this will year the team will have a different story, but they have to qualify first. "We dont have a good record; therefore, we have to win league so we can make it to playoffs. Right now the team is focused on winning league & getting in the playoffs." The men's team recently won their last home game against rival Mar Vista 2-0 with goals scored by Juan Andres Martines and Jose Espinosa.

On the other side the Girls team defeated Mar Vista with a great goal scored by Senior Giovanna Mireles. With a record of 5 victories, 1 tie and 1 defeat. With this record, the team is on first place. The chance to repeat their Southbay Metro Championship is great now. All there is left, is to play and keep scoring.