Is Long Beach Poly back to its former glory? Can Millikan challenge the Jackrabbits and make a CIF playoff run? Will new but familiar coaches at Wilson and Lakewood be perfect fits? We answer those questions and more this week on the show as we discuss everything about Long Beach high school football as the […]
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CIF-SS Commissioner Rob Wigod Describes Emotional Protest During Pandemic
The 2020-21 school year was one that will always be remembered for uncertainty and confusion. The COVID-19 pandemic not only closed schools, it also pushed the high school sports seasons to the brink, and for months it looked like football and many other sports wouldn’t happen. One of the things that turned the tide in […]
Century Club Donates Funds For Moore League CIF-SS Rings
After a difficult year and a half, the Long Beach Century Club is still doing what it does best–supporting the city’s youth athletes. The COVID-19 pandemic required the club to drop its weekly in-person meetings on Tuesday nights, and to cancel its annual Hall of Fame and Middle School All-City banquets. A few weeks ago, […]
Q & A With New Wilson Golf Coach Paul Henry
Members of the Wilson High golf program have had a tumultuous few years. Not only have they lived through the COVID-19 shutdowns, they also lost assistant coach Kurt Holmes when he suddenly passed away in December. Holmes was supposed to take over as the new head coach when athletic director Jeff Evans planned to step […]
Wilson Reveals 2021 Football Schedule
The Wilson Bruins and new head coach Scott Meyer have released their 2021 football schedule, which kicks off on August 20 with a home contest against the Warren Bears. That’s one of a few intriguing local matchups for the Bruins, who are coming off a unique COVID-19 year, plus a coaching change late in the […]
Long Beach Olympian Jessica Hardy’s Goggles Made Special Tokyo Cameo
Long Beach has a storied history of aquatic Olympians, due mostly to Wilson’s unparalleled history in the pool. But while Max Irving is holding it down for Long Beach (and the Bruins) in the Tokyo Olympics on the men’s national water polo team, there isn’t a representative for the city swimming between the lane lines […]
Wilson Hires Gerald Aquiningoc as Girls’ Volleyball Coach
Wilson High School announced the hiring of Gerald Aquiningoc as its new girls’ volleyball head coach, replacing the departed Carlos Briceno who spent the last decade at the helm of the program. “Wilson is proud to bring on Gerald Aquiningoc as the new girls’ volleyball coach,” said Wilson Athletic Director Warren Smitheran in a statement. […]
Wilson Baseball Has Great Summer With American Legion
American Legion baseball is back for the first time since 2019 and the Wilson Bruins advanced to the State tournament this week in Fresno. The event is usually in Napa, but Wilson coach Andy Hall said that’s the only difference. “It’s been a good trip,” Hall said. “It’s nice to be up here with the […]
Wilson High Continues Unparallelled Olympic Tradition in Tokyo Games
For the first time this millennium, Wilson High water polo legend Tony Azevedo (pictured above) is not competing at the Olympic Games, but the Bruins’ Olympic tradition lives on in Tokyo. — Wilson High School’s connection to the Olympic Games began back in 1952. That’s when legendary diver Pat McCormick–along with 800m runner John Barnes–became […]
Feature: USA Water Polo Reloads With Long Beach’s Next Generation
Local legend Tony Azevedo carried the banner for Long Beach as part of the USA Men’s National Team for nearly two decades. Now it’s time for the next generation to put their name in the history books and continue the unrivaled Long Beach water polo tradition at the Tokyo Summer Olympics. Azevedo played in a […]