History hung thick in the air as the Long Beach Poly and Wilson boys’ lacrosse teams squared off at Burcham Field on Thursday, in the first Moore League meeting between the city’s two oldest rivals. The Jackrabbits proved the superior team Thursday in a 12-2 victory. “It was a nice game for us, we didn’t […]
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If you hadn’t watched a Wilson girls’ basketball game this year, it would be easy to be fooled by Ashley Hawkins. At a recent practice, the junior guard had the biggest smile, the loudest laugh, and was the happiest player on the court. If you hadn’t seen a game, it would be hard to imagine […]
Last year was the 41st time Wilson won the Moore League boys’ golf championship as a team, and the 27th time that a Bruin took home the individual title. It looks like both of those numbers will grow in 2020. Wilson’s Brandon Bennett won the league finals last year, and the two Wilson golfers who […]
It’s official: lacrosse has arrived. And no matter what happens in 2020, it’s guaranteed to be a historic season for the sport in Long Beach. That’s because this year, history is happening on every corner of the field. It’s the first year that the Moore League has officially added boys’ and girls’ lacrosse, as has […]
There are three divisions for this year’s CIF-SS playoffs, and all the Long Beach teams are in Division 3 except the Wilson boys, who are in Division 2. Wilson coach Glenn Styron is like many of this year’s trailblazing lacrosse coaches: he’s an evangelist of the sport. The founder of the Long Beach State Lacrosse […]
Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Sydney Ross, Wilson Basketball Sophomore Sydney Ross provided the defensive spark that Wilson needed in a CIF-SS Division 3A semifinal win over West Covina on Saturday. Ross had eight points but provided excellent ball pressure in shutting […]
STORY AND VIDEO BY MATT SIMON Since the CIF-SS playoffs began, Wilson girls basketball coach Erin Carey has said that the Bruins had something to prove after a disappointing season and getting no love in the preseason polls. Even after dominating wins in the first three rounds of the playoffs, Carey continued to say that […]
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Millikan made history on Friday by winning the first Moore League boys’ lacrosse game in Long Beach. The Rams held off Wilson in a thrilling 9-8 victory on the road. Senior Matt Sutfin scored a game-high five goals for Millikan while Lassen Felix and Nick Magana each scored twice. Sutfin also had a team-high three […]