With Redondo, hold on tight and squeeze shut your eyes

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Sometimes they torture their coach. Or tickle him. Sometimes they fizzle with blunders. Or sizzle with brilliance.

Redondo boys’ basketball is not one team -- it’s two. Both good and bad in a single game, a single half -- or even in a single play. ‘We laugh and we cry,’ Coach Tom Maier said. ‘We’re a roller coaster, up and down.’ True. The Sea Hawks will win three straight, then lose three out of four -- they’ll score 27 in one game, then 64 in the next.

‘It’s a helluva ride,’ Maier said.

And the ride could get better if the Sea Hawks (8-8, 1-1) can just stay a bit more consistent. Especially with this good news: No dominating team resides in the Bay League this year. ‘Yeah, it’s a pretty even field,’ Maier said.

Tonight, Redondo hosts league foe Mira Costa (10-8, 1-1) at 7:30.

-- Anthony Stitt

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