Basketball season is underway in Long Beach, and it promises to be a memorable one. Long Beach Poly is joined in the top division by St. Anthony, and the always-competitive Moore League features several teams that could make deep runs in their respective playoff divisions. We lace you up on the top players and teams […]
It’s a good time to be Shelton Diggs. The Long Beach Poly boys’ basketball coach is running the program at his alma mater, a position he’s referred to as his dream job. The Jackrabbits are the nine-time defending Moore League champions, and Diggs, now in his sixth year in the job, has officially been on […]
It’s a new day for St. Anthony. When coach Allen Caveness took the program over four years ago, the Saints were struggling and were languishing in Division 4. Over the last three years there’s been steady, measured development and this year the Saints find themselves in Division 1, and in the Del Rey League with […]
The Wilson Bruins are coming off of their most successful season in a decade under third-year coach James Boykin, and have the talented returning backcourt to make some noise again. “We obviously want to improve on last year but with a new group, there’s always new challenges,” Boykin said. “I’m excited to see if this […]
Compton might have its most talented roster in years, but the question will be whether or not coach Tony Thomas can get his team to play one cohesive style consistently. “This might be one of the better teams I’ve had in awhile,” Thomas said. “We’ve got a couple styles we can play. It’s the best […]
Over the last three years, Lakewood alum Duane Cooper has done everything in his power to rebuild his alma mater. He inherited a Lancers squad that went 8-20 and just 3-9 in the Moore League, and pushed the boulder up the hill to the 2017-18 season, when Lakewood went 17-13 and 7-5 in the Moore […]
Nate Berger took over the Millikan boys’ basketball program in August and the early results have been extremely positive. The Rams started the season with three wins in four games without much varsity experience to speak of on the roster. “Building trust and setting the tone with expectations of how we expect them to work, […]
Panthers coach James McDonald is running an old-school playbook in North Long Beach, and he’s asking his school’s fans to have a little patience as a result. The Jordan basketball team’s roster is stacked with two-sport athletes that were late arriving to the hardwood because of football season. “We’re not in sync yet, we didn’t […]
A new era of Cabrillo boy’s basketball has started this year with the arrival of alum and first-year coach Kyles Hawkins. He said that his time in the Moore League will help him get his team back into the top half of the local standings. “I’m just trying to get the kids to believe,” Hawkins […]
Under coach Barry Barnes, LBCC has made sure to represent the first two letters of their school name–Barnes’ Vikings have always been heavy on Long Beach talent, and this year is no exception. LBCC returns all-conference players Jeremiah Sadler (Poly) and Jordan Heard (Jordan), and the Vikings have players from Cabrillo, Millikan, and Lakewood on […]