Just like the Cabrillo baseball team, the softball squad has been forced to deal with a late offseason coaching change. Also like baseball, it’s a familiar face taking over. Girls’ athletic director Denise Sarno returned to be the interim coach three weeks before the season. She was the coach for the first seven seasons of […]
Jordan second-year coach Richard Gonzales is trying to get rid of “average play” in his program with the help of captains Esmeralda Hernandez, Macey Chavira and Junior Ale. Hernandez was First-Team All-Moore League last season, and Chavira (pictured) is a three-year varsity player. “We’re feeling much more confident than we did last year,” Chavira said. […]
Injuries hampered St. Anthony softball while going 16-8 last season, so the Saints are motivated to make a run in the CIF-SS playoffs again with 13 returners and seven returning starters on the roster. The Saints won the 2017 CIF Southern Section Division 6 championship, but only has one playoff win in the last two […]
Compton is trying to find some positive momentum this year with a rededication to the program as a whole. “I think we’re going to do better than we did in prior years,” senior captain Nelly Rivas (pictured) said. “Maybe we’re not going to win every game. But I think that we’re going to be playing […]
Inner Mind Fitness is a proud sponsor of The562.org and owner Talese Fernbach is a a Sport/Performance Psychology Consultant, Trainer and Mental Performance Coach who helps people break down mental barriers. Frenbach joins us for the “Mental Note” on our podcast What Up, Long Beach?! Below is the third “Mental Note” segment about dealing with […]
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STORY BY MATT SIMON Top seed Wilson continued its stellar run through the CIF Southern Section Division 3A girls’ basketball playoffs on Wednesday night by defeating La Quinta 61-31 to advance to the semifinals. Junior Ashley Hawkins and senior Samiya Terry combined for 33 points to lead the way for the Bruins. Hawkins had 17 […]
Long Beach Poly girls’ soccer had another impressive playoff run end in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 quarterfinals with a 1-0 loss to Edison on Wednesday. The Jackrabbits (18-5-2) had multiple early chances to score on scrambles in front of the Edison goal but came up empty. The Chargers (16-5-4) dominated possession for the […]
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