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.
There’s no way to sugarcoat it–last season was a tough one for the Compton boys’ basketball team. A proud program with a long and storied history–and a current six-time NBA All-Star in DeMar DeRozan–struggled mightily for the entire year. Compton finished 5-23 overall under first-year coach Tony Finley, and went a winless 0-12 in the […]
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