The crumpled up piece of paper left on the ground of the Eddie Thomas Gymnasium was a story in itself for the Compton boys’ basketball team and its fans. Compton head coach Tony Thomas (Eddie’s son, by the way) tossed it there in frustration after one of several missed opportunities by his team down the […]
QUARTERFINALS Division 1: St. Anthony @ No. 1 Chino Hills, 7 p.m. Division 2A: Compton vs. No. 4 Crescenta Valley, 7 p.m.
Under head coach Carl Buggs, Long Beach Poly’s girls’ basketball team has always been known for great defense and toughness. Both were on full display during a master class victory over Harvard-Westlake in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 quarterfinals on Wednesday evening in the Wolverines’ gym. Poly clamped down on a potent H-W attack […]
CIF Basketball: Long Beach Poly vs. Harvard-Westlake Long Beach Poly’s win puts the Jackrabbits back in the CIF-SS semifinals.
Millikan girls’ basketball’s strong season came to an end on the road in the CIF Southern Section Division 2AA quarterfinals, falling to Orange Lutheran, 62-44. Millikan wraps up the year at 26-4. The Rams hadn’t lost to a team not named Long Beach Poly since Dec. 1.
CIF-SS Quarterfinals Division 1: Wilson @ Mater Dei, 5 p.m. Division 2: Cabrillo vs. Fountain Valley, 5 p.m.
CIF-SS Quarterfinals Division 1: Long Beach Poly @ Harvard-Westlake, 7 p.m. Division 2AA: Millikan @ Orange Lutheran, 7 p.m.
CIF Basketball: Long Beach Poly vs. Windward No Description
After Long Beach Poly’s season-ending loss to Windward in the second round of the CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoffs, it was a long time before Jackrabbits coach Shelton Diggs could bring himself to leave the Poly locker room. It’s the kind of loss that haunts a coach, and leaves a team spending the entire […]
We’ve got some great photos from the game taken by photographer Art O’Neill.