Moore League champion Long Beach Poly opened the 2022 CIF-SS Division 1 badminton playoffs with a comfortable 17-4 win over Marina on Friday. Senior captains Prongha Talukder and Krista Lim were standouts for the Jackrabbits in the win, sweeping their respective singles matches while also collecting a pair of mixed doubles victories. In boys’ doubles, […]
After two years of cancellations and uncertainty due to COVID, the Moore League was finally able to celebrate its badminton teams with three days of competition as the Moore League finals commenced at Millikan. The three-day event turned out to be a banner week for the Poly badminton team that concluded on Wednesday with the […]
With a full offseason and increased participation, the 2022 Moore League badminton season is shaping up to be a competitive one after a shortened 2021 season resulted in only one round being played. After getting a late start last season and some teams being unable to have practices, the Moore League coaches decided not to […]
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The shortened Moore League badminton season is coming to an end this week at Wilson High as the league hosts its singles, doubles, and mixed doubles championships, following an exhibition season where no team champion was crowned. Monday’s singles tournaments featured exciting come-from-behind wins from Long Beach Poly’s Karah Sek on the girls’ side and […]
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It’s been a long year for sports like badminton, patiently waiting for approval to resume indoor activity and competition. Once indoor sports were cleared to resume last month, it created a mad dash to assemble teams, schedule gym time, and formulate a plan for the season. Some schools–namely Compton and Millikan–were unable to assemble a […]
After months of waiting for good news, Long Beach’s high school basketball, volleyball, wrestling and badminton coaches got the call they were waiting for on Thursday afternoon. The city’s health department has officially greenlit the return of youth indoor sports, provided that teams and athletes are testing as required by the California Department of Public […]
The 2020-21 high school sports season will be unlike any other that came before it. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the entire sports calendar will be condensed into 197 days from December 12, 2020 until the final day of CIF State competition on June 26, 2021. The shortened time frame forced local administrators to get […]
As the current school year comes to a close, attention has already begun to shift towards the fall, and whether high school sports can safely return across the country. On May 15, the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) released the “Guidance for Opening Up High School Athletics and Activities” in an effort […]