Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Kalaya Buggs, Long Beach Poly Basketball The Long Beach Poly girls’ basketball team stunned state experts last week, winning the Troy Classic with wins over state No. 2 Mater Dei and No. 5 Etiwanda. The Jackrabbits were […]
We’ve got everything you need to know about the upcoming Moore League wrestling season. Millikan Lakewood LB Poly Wilson Cabrillo Jordan/Compton Jordan and Compton will be traversing the league schedule together again this season. Compton 17-year coach Randy Harrell said junior Noel Villanueva and senior Sunshine Padilla will be his best wrestlers.
The story of the 2019-20 Moore League wrestling season will likely be written by Millikan once again. The Rams have a stacked lineup and are looking for its ninth consecutive team titles with returning champions on both the boys’ and girls’ sides. “I’m optimistic about this year’s team,” Millikan 29-year coach Marshall Thomson said. “I […]
We’ve got reports, photos and video highlight from the first three games of the Moore League girls’ soccer season on Thursday night. Millikan 2, LB Poly 1 STORY/PHOTOS/VIDEO Wilson 7, Cabrillo 0 PHOTOS Lakewood 9, Jordan 0 The Lancers got four goals from Samantha Esparza in the win. LONG BEACH GIRLS’ SOCCER SEASON PREVIEW
In past years, before the Long Beach Unified School District upgraded most of the city’s high school soccer fields to artificial turf, Moore League soccer matches were often muddy, messy grudge matches. Since the passage of the bond that allowed the upgrades, most soccer games are now technical and beautiful, with ball movement and precise […]
We’ve got some great photos of the Rams’ dramatic win from photographer Art O’Neill of All-in Press.
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This week we’re previewing the Long Beach high school basketball, soccer, water polo and wrestling seasons. 06:20 Boys Basketball 18:00 Girls Basketball 22:00 Girls Soccer 29:30 Boys Soccer 36:00 Girls Water Polo 38:45 Wrestling 41:30 Recommendations (Present Ideas & Frozen 2)
This week on a special Thanksgiving episode of What Up, Long Beach?! Mike and JJ are talking about holiday sports traditions and Long Beach basketball tournaments. 02:40 Question O’ The Week: What are you doing for Thanksgiving? 07:20 Athletes O’ The Week 18:40 Games O’ The Week: Holiday Basketball Tournaments 21:45 Players O’ The Week […]
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 […]