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Millikan Soccer

CIF Soccer: Millikan Loss Ends Legendary Coach Petkovic’s Career

STORY AND VIDEO BY MATT SIMON In what was his final game as the Millikan boys soccer coach, Rod Petkovic and the Rams were defeated 1-0 in the CIF Division 1 second round Friday night at Veterans Memorial Stadium. With different styles of play, Millikan and Santa exchanged scoring opportunities with the Saints taking an […]

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Baseball Long Beach State

Long Beach State Dirtbags Season Preview 2020

The Eric Valenzuela era starts this weekend at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field when the Long Beach State Dirtbags host Cal in a season-opening series. LBSU’s historic baseball program has been significantly slowing down since hosting the 2017 NCAA Super Regional. Last season was doomed by a record-worst start and midseason firing of coach Troy […]

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Basketball Millikan

CIF Basketball: Millikan Breezes Past Vista Murrieta In Opener

It was a long Thursday for Millikan girls’ basketball coach Lorene Morgan. Since she’s the girls’ athletic director in addition to the school’s hoops coach, Morgan had to help set up and supervise the school’s girls’ soccer and girls’ water polo playoff games, then run to the store to pick up snacks for her boosters […]

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Long Beach Poly Soccer

CIF Soccer: Long Beach Poly Shocks Temecula Valley

Playing far from home in their CIF-SS Division 1 opener, the Long Beach Poly girls’ soccer team fell behind 2-0, and things were looking bleak. The Jackrabbits tied it up, fell behind again, tied it up again, and then finally put in the game-winner with 10 minutes left on the clock to shock Temecula Valley, […]

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Basketball Wilson

CIF Basketball: Wilson Girls Cruise Through First Round

The Wilson girls’ basketball team is ranked No. 1 in Division 3A, and the Bruins certainly looked like the bracket’s team to beat in their first round road contest against Marina. Wilson got contributions from a number of players in an easy 62-19 victory. Wilson was led by 19 points from Ashley Hawkins, 11 from […]