Three Long Beach basketball teams qualified for the upcoming CIF State basketball tournament, including the newly-minted CIF-SS Division 3A champion Wilson girls’ basketball team. Open Division The Long Beach Poly girls’ basketball team will get a chance to end their season on a more positive note as they earned the No. 7 seed in the […]
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STORY BY MATT SIMON The Long Beach Wilson girls basketball team had one mission throughout the playoffs: rewrite history. The Bruins did exactly that Saturday afternoon when they defeated Eisenhower 66-62 in overtime to claim the CIF-SS Division 3A championship at Godinez Fundamental High School. The championship marks the first time the Bruins girls basketball […]
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Wilson High is not a basketball school. It has one of the finest high school athletic traditions of any institution in the country, with dozens of Olympians, and more than 60 CIF-SS championships. But those championships have come in water polo, golf, baseball, track and field, and others. Only two CIF-SS hoops titles have been […]
It’s rare to find Samiya Terry speechless, but with the biggest basketball game of her life just days away, the Wilson senior couldn’t find the words to quell the emotional storm inside. “Yesterday I had a full cry session,” Terry said. “I’ve been feeling the pressure.” Terry and her Wilson girls’ basketball teammates will try […]
If you hadn’t watched a Wilson girls’ basketball game this year, it would be easy to be fooled by Ashley Hawkins. At a recent practice, the junior guard had the biggest smile, the loudest laugh, and was the happiest player on the court. If you hadn’t seen a game, it would be hard to imagine […]
The Long Beach State men’s basketball regressed during its 73-64 loss to Cal State Northridge on Wednesday night at Walter Pyramid. PHOTO GALLERY “That was just a disappointing performance,” LBSU coach Dan Monson said. “I think we were playing our best basketball coming into this game… I’d like to say I didn’t recognize that team, […]
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