During the shortened 2020-21 high school sports season, the challenges of the pandemic and remote learning were felt especially hard on the West Side. One of the teams most impacted by the ever-changing reality was the Cabrillo boys’ soccer team. Due to eligibility issues, opt-outs, and injuries, the Jags were almost unrecognizable from the start […]
This is the season Lakewood boys’ soccer has been waiting for, and it will involve even more waiting. Coach Alex Diaz is in his fifth year at the helm and has a roster full of experienced upperclassmen who have grown up in his program. “It’s just about us believing in ourselves and not being afraid […]
St. Anthony boys’ soccer and coach Aaron Rodriguez are thrilled to start a full season together. Rodriguez took over the program in January and the Saints scuffled through the rescheduled season with low player turnout. “We didn’t have time to prepare because we didn’t know when the season was coming,” Rodriguez said. “The parents were […]
Like the rest of the Compton High sports programs, the boys’ soccer team is struggling without having a campus and regular practice schedule on a full field. Last week, coach Juan Reynoso was answering questions for this preview while 13 players were using 1/3 of the available grass at Roosevelt Middle School while Compton HS […]
After decades of planning and fundraising, St. Anthony High School officially broke ground Thursday on the new athletic facility being built at Clark Field where the Saints have practiced and played multiple sports since 1946. “This project started and stopped for the last decade or longer,” St. Anthony Vice Principal and alum Chris McGuiness said. […]
A few last-minute goals helped Long Beach State women’s soccer stay in the hunt for the Big West Conference championship, but a last-minute goal proved to be their undoing on the last day of the regular season. The Beach (9-7-2, 6-3-1) scored first on Sunday at George Allen Field only to see UC Santa Barbara […]
Thursday night at George Allen Field was an all too familiar feeling for Long Beach State women’s soccer as they outplayed their visitors but left without anything to show for the effort. Cal Poly scored in the ninth minute and then held off a relentless LBSU attack in a 1-0 victory that left the Mustangs […]
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The sweet is never quite as sweet without the sour. Lena Silano knows that lesson well after transforming herself from a frustrated underclassman on the bench to a historic goal scorer for Long Beach State women’s soccer. “People forget that you’re in control of your own destiny,” Silano said. “I took control. I’m grateful for […]