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Lakewood Millikan St. Anthony Track & Field Wilson

Top Moments #2: Long Beach Runs The Track World

It was another golden spring for the Long Beach track and field world, with another big helping of team and individual championships coming to the city. Long Beach Poly and Wilson led the way, as expected, with the Trackrabbits winning the boys’ CIF-SS Division 1 team championship and the girls’ runner up. Wilson had the […]

St. anthony volleyball
St. Anthony Volleyball

Top Moments #5: St. Anthony Volleyball Shines Again

It was another great year for St. Anthony volleyball under head girls’ and boys’ coach Alicia Lemau’u, who took the Saints to historic heights in the fall and the spring. The girls’ volleyball team was able to make it to the CIF-SS semifinals, something they’d done before under Lemau’u, having won a CIF championship three […]

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Track & Field Wilson

Top Moments #6: Wilson Girls’ Track & Field Makes History

It was a great year for Wilson girls’ runners, as both the Bruins girls’ cross country team and the girls’ track and field team won Moore League championships this year. Per Moore League records it was the cross country team’s first league title since 2004 and the track team’s first league title since 2008. Both […]

Millikan football
Football Millikan

Top Moments #9: Millikan Football Returns To Playoffs

After Millikan fired longtime beloved Rams coach Kirk Diego, the MIllikan football program fell on hard times. After going 14-36 from 2012 to 2016, the Rams made it to the CIF-SS quarterfinals in 2017, a feat that they repeated again this year, going 8-3 and once again taking second in the Moore League. With the […]

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Long Beach City College

Long Beach City College 2018-19 Year In Review

There’s no such thing as a down year at Long Beach City College, the school that’s won more state championships than any other junior college in California. This year was more of the same, with seven conference championships and another state crown, as well as a big change at the top of the athletic department. […]

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All City Middle Schools

Hughes, Nelson Bring Home Top Century Club Middle School Awards

The Long Beach Century Club honored the city’s middle school sports champions for the 31st time last week, as the club’s All-City Team Sports Awards Banquet took place at the Grand. The event, which is unique in the state of California, was founded by Sam Breuklander and his wife, Sue, who was honored before last […]

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Olympics

Long Beach To Host USA Triathlon Event In July

PHOTO COURTESY RICH CRUSE, CRUSEPHOTO.COM With Long Beach set to host the Olympic triathlon event in 2028 as part of the Los Angeles Olympics, the city has been planning on hosting some big events in the almost-decade run-up to the Games. USA Triathlon announced last year that they’d host a decade-long Legacy Triathlon series in […]