In the 18 years that the Moore League has had girls’ water polo, only two league championships have gone to a school other than Wilson–and the Bruins are the favorites as usual headed into the 2019-20 season. That said, there’s plenty of talent on all the teams to make things interesting. The league season will […]
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Girls’ Water Polo Preview: Cabrillo Jaguars
Jaguars coach Emily View has planted herself on the Westside and is dedicated to building Cabrillo’s program from the ground up, which is what she’s done the last few seasons. Adding a new assistant in Jenn Beach has allowed View to take the Jags up another step. “We’re continuing to build up the program,” said […]
LONG BEACH BOYS’ SOCCER SEASON PREVIEW
Moore League boys’ soccer is back in a big way. Long Beach went though a bit of a postseason slump a few years ago, but this year the top three teams Wilson, Cabrillo and Millikan are all competing in CIF Southern Section Division 1. Wilson Cabrillo Millikan LB Poly Jordan Lakewood Compton St. Anthony LONG […]
Boys’ Soccer Preview: Cabrillo Jaguars
It’s not an overstatement to say the Cabrillo Jaguars are coming off of the most successful season in school history. They reached the first CIF Southern Section championship game ever, and then went on to win the first CIF State boys’ soccer title in Long Beach history. However they didn’t win the league and coach […]
LONG BEACH GIRLS’ SOCCER SEASON PREVIEW
The Millikan Rams are defending their outright Moore League championship for the first time since 1985 with teams like Long Beach Poly and Wilson extra motivated to retake the crown. Millikan LB Poly Wilson Lakewood Cabrillo Jordan St. Anthony LONG BEACH BOYS’ SOCCER SEASON PREVIEW Support The562.org
Girls’ Soccer Preview: Cabrillo Jaguars
The Roberto Escartin era has begun at Cabrillo. The new head coach is from South Gate but said he wanted to challenge himself in the CIF Southern Section. He’ll have his work cut out for him in Long Beach as the Jaguars try to break into the top half of the league with a young […]
PODCAST: Why Is Long Beach Football Out Of CIF Playoffs?
This week we’re reliving the final Long Beach football games of the year and looking forward to the top story lines for the local winter sports. 02:30 Question O’ The Week: Is Long Beach football season really over? 13:30 Athletes O’ The Week 15:40 Games O’ The Week: CIF Cross Country, LBSU Basketball, LBCC Football […]
LONG BEACH BOYS’ BASKETBALL PREVIEW
Photo by John Napalan/Art O’Neill The 2019-20 boys’ basketball season should be one of the most exciting of the last decade for Long Beach sports fans. There are two legitimate, ranked Division 1 programs in the city with Long Beach Poly and St. Anthony, something the town hasn’t seen since Ron Massey was coaching at […]
LONG BEACH GIRLS’ BASKETBALL PREVIEW
Photo by John Napalan/Art O’Neill It’s shaping up to be a special girls’ basketball season in Long Beach, with three teams making appearances in the CIF Southern Section rankings to start the year as well as the reigning Moore League Player of the Year and more than half of last year’s first team All-League players […]
Boys’ Basketball Preview: Cabrillo Jaguars
Photo by John Napalan/Art O’Neill The Cabrillo boys’ basketball team finished sixth place in the Moore League last year with a 4-16 record, but coach Kyles Hawkins likes the trajectory of his program. Hawkins, a rare Cabrillo alum coaching at Cabrillo, has a youth-oriented team that features just three returners and four seniors this season, with […]