As usual, Long Beach was host to an NFL player putting on a free summer football camp for local youth last weekend. That’s become regular in Long Beach, where the kids have had plenty of opportunity to hear from local guys made good over the past several years. What was unusual was the NFLer at […]
We’ve got some great shots of the camp from photographer William Johnson
We’re counting down the top moments for Long Beach prep sports in 2018-19. 10. Lakewood Hires Scott Meyer The Moore League football landscape has been shaped by so many coaches coming and going, and for the first time in awhile, the league is getting a quality on-campus coach back again. In December, Lakewood hired Scott […]
After Millikan fired longtime beloved Rams coach Kirk Diego, the MIllikan football program fell on hard times. After going 14-36 from 2012 to 2016, the Rams made it to the CIF-SS quarterfinals in 2017, a feat that they repeated again this year, going 8-3 and once again taking second in the Moore League. With the […]
The Moore League football landscape has been shaped by so many coaches coming and going, and for the first time in awhile, the league is getting a quality on-campus coach back again. In December, Lakewood hired Scott Meyer as its football coach, and as a teacher, hoping to bring the luster back to a proud […]
Some of the top local high school football players took part in the first annual LA vs. OC SoCal Prep Bowl on Friday night. Here are some action shots by Joseph Kling of the Long Beach players. The Orange County All-Stars won 14-6, and Millikan’s Dylan Davis was named the games MVP.
The inaugural Milk Bowl at Long Beach Poly last weekend was a big success, with six of the seven Moore League teams getting together to do 7-on-7 passing, linemen competition, and skill work. All six coaches said they were happy to see the tradition come back to the city, and Poly coach Stephen Barbee said […]
We’ve got some great shots of the event from photographer Stephen Dachman.
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This Saturday at 9 a.m., Long Beach Poly will begin the process of reviving one of the city’s most beloved sports traditions. The Jackrabbits are hosting Cabrillo, Compton, Jordan, Lakewood, and Wilson for a full day that the local schools are calling the “Milk Bowl,” a name well-known to Long Beach football fans. “This year […]