Photo by John Napalan/Art O’Neill The Compton girls’ basketball team made history last season under head coach Derrick Anderson, not only making the playoffs as the fourth-place team out of the Moore League, but winning a first-round game at home to advance to the second round for the first time in decades. The truth is, […]
Photo by John Napalan/Art O’Neill Perhaps no team in Long Beach was hit harder by injuries than Wilson last year. The Bruins were poised to continue their upward trajectory under head coach Erin Carey, but ended up losing Ashley Hawkins to a turn ACL, as well as talented freshman starter Sydney Ross, leaving the team […]
Photo by John Napalan/Art O’Neill After a 2-17 campaign last season, Cabrillo has a new coach in Alexandria Orlich, who’s hoping to lead the Jaguars in a different direction in 2019-20. So far, so good. “We’ve made tremendous growth from last year to this year,” said orlich, who brings Ebonee Batiste with her as an […]
Photo by John Napalan/Art O’Neill It’s been a difficult stretch for the Jordan girls’ basketball team, which has won just two games in the last three seasons. Jordan is hoping for a brighter performance this season under coach Eric Peterson. The key player for the team this year will be Melody Reyes, who was a […]
Long Beach Century Club president Sharleen Higa has announced the club’s 64th Hall of Fame class, which will be inducted at the club’s annual Sports Night banquet on Jan. 27. “We’ve got a really good mix of younger athletes and people who’ve been contributing for a long time,” said Higa. The Century Club’s Hall of […]
Colin Slater, Chance Hunter and Michael Carter III made their Walter Pyramid debuts for Long Beach State on Saturday in front of a Homecoming crowd and led the Beach to a 74-62 win over San Diego. “It was a good team win,” LBSU coach Dan Monson said. “We played 11 guys and all 11 were […]
Fresh off a close loss at Cal Baptist with a very tough game looming at UCLA next week, the Long Beach State women’s basketball team wanted to put on a show for fans in the team’s home opener against Westcliff on Saturday. Long Beach State made quick work of their NAIA opponent, scoring 54 points […]
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