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 […]
Two years ago, Xavius Tauta was a standout defensive lineman for Lee Williams High in Arizona. Tonight, he will be difference maker on both sides of the trenches as Millikan hosts Wilson is second-place Moore League battle. Millikan coach Justin Utupo said before the season that Tauta “fell out of the sky” into his squad, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Photo by Thomas Cordova In the pre-dawn hours of a winter day in 2016, a truck driver put on his jacket and prepared to leave for work. His son, a senior in high school, was already in the living room studying. In the front of their mobile home, the two nodded at each other, a […]
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 […]
Find out where and when your favorite football team is playing this week. Avalon @ Calvary Chapel (Sat. 11 a.m.) Compton @ Cabrillo Long Beach Poly @ Lakewood Wilson @ Millikan St. Anthony vs. St. Paul LBCC vs. Bakersfield (Sat. 5 p.m.) BYE: Jordan
With just two weeks left in the regular season, here’s where all the teams stand in the playoff hunt. The top three Moore League schools qualify automatically for the postseason.
Photo by Stephen Carr for LBPost.com It was a dark and stormy night–then we went home. Then there was more football on Saturday. Here is our comprehensive coverage including videos and photos from the very weird ninth week of Long Beach high school football, with just two weeks left in the regular season. Enjoy great coverage […]
In a must-win game for both teams’ playoff hopes, Lakewood put themselves in good position by taking a 13-7 lead on Compton before Friday’s game was called due to lightning, with five minutes left in the third quarter. The Lancers won on Saturday, too, scoring three touchdowns and taking advantage of some Compton miscues in […]