John Carlo Napalan is a Long Beach native and has been working in education and coaching since 2012. He is one half of the ALLin.press duo alongside Art O’Neill, and has a passion for sports photography.
STORY BY MATT SIMON It’s been a historic start for the Wilson football team and the landmark wins continued to fall for the Bruins as they defeated Compton 55-14 Friday night to open Moore League play. Ryan Pettway tossed three touchdowns as the Bruins (5-0, 1-0) rolled to their best start in more than 15 […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. Three minutes into Friday’s Moore League girls’ basketball title showdown, Long Beach Poly head coach Carl Buggs implored his team to calm down. Both teams had gotten off to a shaky start, and […]
The Long Beach Poly Jackrabbits had won the last five Moore League championships— and the pre-meet seedings predicted another close battle with rivals Wilson— but the Bruins came to Cabrillo High on Friday night as confident as ever. In fact, Wilson team captain Leila Marr and fellow senior Shelby Hess were walking around the pool […]
