The day before Thanksgiving, the Millikan football program visited the Long Beach Rescue Mission to help serve Thanksgiving dinners. Players helped prepare plates of food, filled pitchers of water, set tables, and washed dishes to help support the Rescue Mission’s efforts to feed those experiencing homelessness and other members of the community in need of […]
Just 83 days ago, St. Anthony’s football team was at a crossroads. After a 47-8 loss to Millikan, the Saints dropped to 0-3, having been outscored 126-28 to start the year. “It was the beginning of a long season,” Saints senior lineman Eric Suluai said. “I thought it was going to be bad.” It turns […]
When the Compton football team suits up Saturday night at Compton College for the CIF Southern Section Division 12 championship, they won’t just be playing for the guy standing next to them. They will be playing for a city that remembers the glory days of when Compton High football was a symbol of excellence in […]
Long Beach Poly junior defensive back Daylen Austin already had plans for this Saturday. The five-star recruit was scheduled to take an unofficial visit to Oregon, where he was going to watch his older brother Alex suit up for visiting Oregon State in a crosstown rivalry game between the Ducks and Beavers. Daylen had to […]
We’re hoping that as we drive all over Southern California to cover this week’s championship games, we’ll see you in the stands! Long Beach and Moore League teams made history with four teams in the finals, including Jordan making it for the first time ever and Compton making it for the first time since 1979. […]
This week we’re interviewing players and coaches from the four Long Beach football teams who are playing a CIF Southern Section championship game this weekend. 13:30 Long Beach Poly head coach Stephen Barbee 18:10 Long Beach Poly senior Donovan Poe 19:00 Long Beach Poly senior Jalen Johnson 20:45 Jordan head coach Tim Wedlow 23:00 Jordan […]
There’s almost a half-century of history behind the CIF Southern Section’s championship football luncheon, which has been held for the last several years at the Grand in Long Beach. Each year, the finalists for each CIF-SS football divisional championship gather to have lunch, be celebrated by their peers, and hear a message from the program’s […]
Long Beach Poly has been to the CIF Southern Section football championship luncheon plenty of times over the last half-century, but haven’t made the short trip to the Grand in Long Beach since 2012. On Monday, the Jackrabbits made their return as they prepare to face St. Francis in the CIF-SS Division 4 championship game […]
The Compton football team has been on a roller coaster of emotions this season. After getting into the playoffs thanks to an envelope draw, the team was sitting among the 28 finalists in the CIF Southern Section at the banquet hall at the Grand on Monday morning. The moment was one Compton coach Calvin Bryant […]
It finally hit most of the St. Anthony football team on Saturday morning. “Being there at practice (on Saturday), it finally felt like we were going to the title game,” Saints senior running back/ linebacker Anakin Aupiu said. After a near disastrous ending in their CIF Southern Section Division 10 Semifinal game against Salesian, the […]