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Middle Schools
BONUS PHOTOS: Long Beach All-City Boys’ Basketball Middle School Championships
We’ve got a great gallery from our student intern Nevaeh Guadamuz from all three of Saturday’s games. Division 1 Division 2 Division 3
Hoover Completes Undefeated Season To Win Middle School Division 1 Title
The Hoover Highlanders defeated the Stanford Hawks 82–58 on Saturday morning to win the Long Beach Division I Middle School Boys Basketball Championship, capping an emotional title run inside a packed gym. Both teams entered the matchup eager to seize the championship, with Hoover carrying the weight of recent disappointment. The Highlanders had reached the […]
Hoover, Lindsey, IVA Claim All-City Middle School Basketball Titles
The Long Beach Unified School District hosted its All-City Middle School boys’ basketball championships last weekend at Millikan High, two out of three favorites took home titles. Division 1 The Hoover basketball team had unfinished business. After losing in the division one championship a year ago, the Highlanders went into Saturday’s championship game undefeated and […]
Keller, Stephens, Lindbergh Claim All-City Co-Ed Flag Football Titles
The Long Beach Unified School District hosted its All-City Middle School girls’ volleyball championships at the end of October at Lakewood High, where the underdog took two of the three titles. Division 1 Looking for a little payback, Keller did just that as they defeated Hoover, 45-20 to claim the Division 1 title. Lucas Pepek […]
Stanford, Franklin, Avalon Claim All-City Middle School Volleyball Titles
Story by 562 high school intern David Kagurabadza The Long Beach Unified School District hosted its All-City Middle School girls’ volleyball championships last weekend at Lakewood High, where the favorites held serve and brought home the titles in all three divisions. Division 1 Stanford and Rogers had been the two top teams all year in […]
Lindbergh Defeats Lindsey To Claim Division 3 All-City Co-Ed Flag Football Title
In the opening game of the middle school co-ed flag football championships, Lindbergh and Lindsey were locked in a defensive battle that featured eight interceptions. However, it was Lindbergh that prevailed thanks to A’lani McFashion who threw the game-winning touchdown to Corday Randolph as the Eagles defeated the Falcons, 13-12. “Perseverance and defense is where […]