Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. Payne Lounsbery, Wilson Volleyball Wilson senior Payne Lounsbery helped lead his Bruins to a CIF-SS championship last weekend, the first in program history. Lounsbery had a sensational match with 27 kills, three blocks, and an ace. Anthony Eyanson, Lakewood […]
The Long Beach Poly girls’ basketball team made history Monday night in its dominant win over Fairmont Prep in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 semifinals. With the Jackrabbits’ 66-41 win, they’ll now host the CIF-SS championship game in the Ron Palmer Pavilion Thursday night against Esperanza–the first time the gym has played host to […]
In the splashiest coaching hire at Jordan High in more than a decade, the Panthers administration announced on Friday that they’ve hired former Millikan coach Chris Francis to be their new boys’ basketball coach. Francis will take over a once-proud Jordan program that’s fallen on hard times in the last several years, and finished in […]
Just a few months ago, nobody in the Wilson boys’ volleyball program had any answers. They didn’t know if there was going to be a season, they didn’t know if their school was going to open to students this year, and they certainly had no idea whether or not there would be any CIF Southern […]
More than fifty athletes from the Moore League and St. Anthony qualified for the CIF Southern Section Track and Field Finals during Saturday’s prelims. A total of 52 entrants qualified in Division 1 and 4, split across two locations. In Division 1 at Trabuco Hills, Long Beach Poly qualified 20 athletes, Wilson qualified 12, Millikan […]
A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to host a CIF Southern Section championship in the Ron Palmer Pavilion slipped through Long Beach Poly’s fingers on Friday evening, as the Jackrabbits’ boys’ basketball team fell on the road at Los Altos. Defensive miscues and a slow-starting offense doomed Poly’s bid for history in a 58-56 defeat. Poly scored just […]
The Lakewood baseball program boasts more history than most high school baseball programs in California. Their head coach, Walter “Spud” O’Neil, is a walking testament to that fact, having won 910 games and counting–800 of them with the Lancers. But it’s been five seasons since Lakewood won a playoff game, a fact that weighed heavily […]
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The Millikan Rams boys’ wrestling team will try to complete a special season this Saturday, as the Rams host South Torrance in the CIF Southern Section Division 4 championship match at 1 p.m. It’s the second CIF-SS title tilt to happen at Ram Hi in as many weeks, with the Millikan boys’ tennis team winning […]
St. Anthony product Tiare Jennings was named the NCAA’s Freshman of the Year, in a huge honor for the former Saint. Jennings, who was the Gatorade State Player of the Year last year, is having a sensational debut NCAA softball campaign. Jennings has hit 25 homers and 84 RBIs as a freshman; that’s the second […]