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PREVIEW: Long Beach State Men’s Basketball vs. Pacific
The Long Beach State men’s basketball team is back at Walter Pyramid today at 4 p.m. for their third home game of the season against Pacific. Pacific (7-3) lost to Hawaii earlier this season, but also beat UC Riverside at home last month. The Tigers are led by Jahlil Tripp, who averages 12.1 points and […]
Moore League Wrestling Season Preview 2019-20
We’ve got everything you need to know about the upcoming Moore League wrestling season. Millikan Lakewood LB Poly Wilson Cabrillo Jordan/Compton Jordan and Compton will be traversing the league schedule together again this season. Compton 17-year coach Randy Harrell said junior Noel Villanueva and senior Sunshine Padilla will be his best wrestlers.
Wrestling Preview: Millikan Rams
The story of the 2019-20 Moore League wrestling season will likely be written by Millikan once again. The Rams have a stacked lineup and are looking for its ninth consecutive team titles with returning champions on both the boys’ and girls’ sides. “I’m optimistic about this year’s team,” Millikan 29-year coach Marshall Thomson said. “I […]
Wrestling Preview: Lakewood Lancers
The Lakewood Lancers wrestling program is excited to get the season started with a bolstered lineup. “Last year we were very young and inexperienced and lacked numbers for our program, which was very challenging,” Lakewood coach Ray Gulmatico said. “We have three times the wrestlers this year, including an entire girls’ lineup, which is very […]
Wrestling Preview: Long Beach Poly
Long Beach Poly had three boys and three girls reach the Masters tournament last season in coach Kenneth Lee’s first year, and he’s pushing his program to match that mark again. Senior Austin Siv, junior Peter Khim and junior Oscar Patino have taken over the leadership positions as team captains. Siv was the junior varsity […]
Wrestling Preview: Wilson Bruins
Wilson Bruins wrestling had a solid showing last season with four boys league champions plus a CIF State qualifier on the girls side in Gracie Kirazian. “Both of our teams were definitely young last season,” Wilson coach Seth Wetter said. “This year I look forward to seeing both of our programs build on that foundation […]
Wrestling Preview: Cabrillo Jaguars
The Cabrillo wrestling program is hoping that junior team captain Victor Lonbera (126) can make some noise and set the tone for the Jaguars program to keep improving under coach Keedrick Gardner. Gardner also noted that Markus Scruggs (120) is an important newcomer. Cabrillo has never won an individual league championship.
ROUNDUP: Moore League Girls’ Soccer Opening Night
We’ve got reports, photos and video highlight from the first three games of the Moore League girls’ soccer season on Thursday night. Millikan 2, LB Poly 1 STORY/PHOTOS/VIDEO Wilson 7, Cabrillo 0 PHOTOS Lakewood 9, Jordan 0 The Lancers got four goals from Samantha Esparza in the win. LONG BEACH GIRLS’ SOCCER SEASON PREVIEW
Girls’ Soccer: Millikan Takes Down Long Beach Poly In Mud Match
In past years, before the Long Beach Unified School District upgraded most of the city’s high school soccer fields to artificial turf, Moore League soccer matches were often muddy, messy grudge matches. Since the passage of the bond that allowed the upgrades, most soccer games are now technical and beautiful, with ball movement and precise […]