Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Jabari Steward, Compton Basketball Compton’s Jabari Steward helped lead his team to its first win over Long Beach Poly in a few years on Monday, handing the Jackrabbits their first Moore League loss of the season. Compton […]
Some surprising results shook up the Moore League basketball standings over the last two weeks. On the boys’ side, Millikan jumped over Long Beach Poly thanks to Rob Diaz’s buzzer-beater against Compton, and then Compton and Lakewood’s upset wins over Long Beach Poly last week. The game at Millikan on the last night of the […]
Long Beach State men’s basketball coach Dan Monson was quick to take blame for the 87-62 loss to UC Santa Barbara on Saturday at Walter Pyramid. “I apologize,” Monson said to open the post-game press conference. “We’re a fragile team right now. We broke for the first time this year (in the second half) and […]
Sophomore guard Justina King scored 13 of her 18 points in two overtime periods to help lift Long Beach State women’s basketball to a 73-67 double-overtime victory over UC Riverside on Thursday night at Walter Pyramid. It’s the fourth consecutive win for LBSU (10-10, 5-2) and the Beach is now just a half-game behind first-place […]
There is a hole in the Southern California sports world after the loss of Lakers icon Kobe Bryant, who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday along with his daughter, Gianna, and seven others. Bryant was an inspiration for generations of athletes in Long Beach, and not just basketball players. “I met Kobe at the […]
With the regular season winding down, The Compton boys basketball team is starting to catch its stride at just the right time. After a big win against Long Beach Poly on Monday, the Tarbabes took care of business at Wilson defeating the Bruins 76-51 Wednesday night. Compton (17-9, 7-3) was once again led by phenomenal […]
We’ve got some great shots from Compton’s win by photographer Joseph Kling.
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The most exciting game of the high school basketball season took place Monday night at Wilson, as visiting Lakewood topped the host Bruins on a buzzer-beater in triple overtime by Bonard Johnson. The shot gave the Lancers a thrilling win, 75-74. SK on X (formerly Twitter): “The Final 20 seconds from the triple OT game […]
VIDEO BY MATT SIMON High School Basketball: Compton vs Long Beach Poly For full coverage visit the562.org