Wilson’s Emi Sverduk played the worst nine holes of her short high school girls’ golfing career on Thursday at El Dorado Golf Course, but she still made history. Sverduk birdied the last hole of the shortened Moore League individual final round to become the first freshman ever to win the league championship. She is the […]
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Christian Conrad Found Home With Wilson Football
Two years ago, Christian Conrad was a sophomore trying to fit in as a new offensive lineman at Cabrillo. Tonight, he will be a senior captain for Wilson when the Bruins visit Millikan for a second-place Moore League battle. “Football stuck with me,” Conrad said. “No matter what was going on, I still always wanted […]
Angel Guzman Turned It Around For Wilson Football
Two years ago, Angel Guzman was an academically ineligible sophomore stuck on the Wilson football sidelines. Tonight, he will take the field as a senior captain when the Bruins visit Millikan for a second-place Moore League showdown. “I was struggling,” Guzman said of his sophomore year. “It motivated me because I noticed what I was […]
TONIGHT: Long Beach Girls’ Volleyball Teams Start Playoffs
Six Long Beach girls’ volleyball teams start the playoffs tonight at 6 p.m.–we’ve got previews of every match and we’ll have live updates this evening. The second round is slated for Saturday at 6 p.m., except for Division 1, which won’t play again until next week. Division 1 Long Beach Poly vs. Mira Costa CLICK […]
PREVIEW: Wilson at Cypress CIF Girls’ Volleyball
Division 3: Wilson @ Cypress, 6 p.m. After limping through the last week of Moore League play, Wilson is healthy and ready for the playoffs, the part of the season that coach Carlos Briceno has been looking forward to all year. “I knew Lakewood and Poly were going to be too much for us this […]
PODCAST: What Up, Long Beach?! Weekend Sports Calendar
What Up, Long Beach?! is our weekly podcast that features local sports discussions between JJ Fiddler and Mike Guardabasico. 04:00 Long Beach Sports Calendar Oct. 18-21 11:00 Obituary: Basketball Coaching Legend Tex Winter 13:45 What It’s Like To Be A Los Angeles Dodgers Fan This Week 22:00 Either, or… Do You Like Trash Talk?
Girls’ Tennis: Long Beach Poly Clinches Moore League Title
With a 14-4 win over Wilson last week, Long Beach Poly improved to 17-0 on the season, 12-0 in the Moore League. The win clinches the Jackrabbits’ fifth consecutive team league championship. Poly was led by three doubles team sweeps with Men Phy/Isabella Feng, Sara Soderberg/Tara Rahai, and Lola Underwood/Dylan Dempsey all coming through with […]
Column: Let’s Hear It For The Band (And The Cheerleaders, And…)
I’ll be perfectly blunt: usually when I go to a football game, I’m there for the football game. Yes, I recognize the value of pageantry in sports and especially in football. I make sure to include the marching band, the drumline, and the cheerleaders in my highlight videos and I enjoy having some music in […]
Long Beach Sports Calendar Oct. 18-21
Find out where your favorite Long Beach teams are playing this weekend… THURSDAY High School Girls’ Golf, Noon Today is the final round of the Moore League individual tournament at El Dorado Golf Course. It will be the only 18-hole round of the week after nine holes were played at Recreation Park and Skylinks on […]
LB In NFL: JuJu Smith-Schuster Hauls In Catch Of The Year
It’s not often that you know something is the “Fill in the Blank of the Year” as it happens, but there’s not likely to be a catch by a Long Beach NFL player this year that tops the one JuJu Smith-Schuster hauled in on Sunday for the Steelers in a narrow Pittsburgh win over the […]