Long Beach Poly alum and city legend Willie McGinest will be featured on the NFL Network in a one-hour documentary this evening at 5 p.m. Long Beach time; the show is already slotted to re-air several times in the coming week. A Football Life: Willie McGinest will take a deep look into the Long Beach […]
Long Beach’s oldest sports tradition will take place on Friday night as Long Beach Poly hosts Compton for its homecoming game. The Jackrabbits have been welcoming alumni for homecoming games since their first one in 1908, the inaugural season for the team (the school opened in 1895). It will also be the most significant meeting […]
The Bruins, Rams and Jaguars all picked up wins on the second full day of Moore League boys’ water polo action. WILSON 22, LAKEWOOD 1 The Bruins (6-9, 2-0) got five goals from senior captain Max Berg at Lakewood (1-14, 0-2) on Thursday. SEE PHOTO GALLERY MILLIKAN 16, LONG BEACH POLY 9 The Rams (9-6, […]
00:00 Intro & Long Beach State University branding issue 03:00 Biggest Long Beach Sports Surprises 03:35 LB Poly Football 04:45 Wilson Girls’ Golf 05:27 Top-Ranked Wilson Girls’ Tennis & Cabrillo Boys’ Water Polo 06:30 LBSU Women’s Soccer 07:50 Compton Football 09:22 Millikan Football 10:10 LBSU Men’s Basketball 12:13 New CIF-SS Divisions For Basketball, Soccer & […]
Two days after dropping an important match with Moore League leaders Wilson, the Millikan girls’ golf team bounced back to beat Poly 218-252 on Thursday at Recreation Park Golf Course. Millikan senior Juliette Ruaux took the medalist honor with a 1-over par round of 39 that included three birdies. The Rams all but clinched second […]
My least favorite memories from this job that I love have come from unfriendly confrontations between parents, coaches and referees. You tend to reconsider priorities while watching an adult scream and chase another adult out of a gym because of the result of a high school sporting event. Unfortunately, I see more of those unpleasant […]
Find out where your favorite Long Beach teams are playing this week. THURSDAY High School Girls’ Golf, 2:30 p.m. Moore League leaders Wilson and Millikan settled the league team title on Tuesday at Recreation Park Golf Course, and both teams are back there today as the Bruins take on Cabrillo, and the Rams face Poly. […]
The CIF Southern Section recently released the divisions for the winter sports season, so Long Beach sports fans can get a preview of where their favorite teams will be competing for CIF championships. Because the competitive equity playoff format re-divisions teams every year, these can also serve as a preliminary “power ranking” of local teams […]
In another world, Jayon Brown might not be a Long Beach Poly alum. Brown exhibited something often lacking in high school athletes: patience. The second-year Titans linebacker didn’t start as a Jackrabbit until his senior year of high school, and ended up signing with UCLA after being lightly recruited. He didn’t start for the Bruins […]
Congratulations to this week’s Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. Malik Bradford, Millikan Football Millikan receiver Malik Bradford is one of the city’s top players this year, but injuries have kept him from making his mark in a big way. That all changed Friday against Compton, when Bradford […]