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Long Beach Adds More Scholarship Athletes During Football Signing Period
While the full Signing Day experience was not in effect due to the coronavirus pandemic, a few Long Beach students were able to join the growing list of athletes in the Class of 2021 who’ve earned college scholarships. While a majority of the athletes signed during the early signing period last November, and were joined […]
High School Sports Close to Return in Long Beach
After a nearly 11-month shutdown, high school sports could be just a few weeks away from a return in Long Beach. The Moore League has put together a schedule of cross country dual meets currently slated to begin on Feb. 17 which would represent the first official contests in the city since Friday, March 13, […]
PODCAST: Long Beach Poly Football Coach Stephen Barbee Talks Communicating With His Players
This week on the show we’re reporting some good news and talking to Long Beach Poly football coach Stephen Barbee about how he’s communicating with his players during these strange times. 01:00 We’ve got good news! 12:00 Interview with LB Poly Football Coach Stephen Barbee 25:00 Local 17-year-old professional soccer player 30:30 Green Schools Campaign […]
Lakewood Ready to Break Ground on New Field & Track Facility
Lakewood High School is preparing to have a whole new look once the next school year rolls around this fall. After renovations were completed on the football field and track at Millikan, Lakewood is next in line to have their athletic facilities overhauled. The renovation project at Lakewood is set to break ground in early […]
Long Beach Seniors See “Hope” With Vaccine Rollout
Keith Hansen is a social guy, to put it mildly. The former Century Club president, Wilson High principal, and Lakewood High vice principal knows so many people that when he’s at a game or out for dinner with his wife (Ocean View School District superintendent Carol Hansen) there’s a steady stream of people greeting him […]
PODCAST: CIF-SS Commissioner Rob Wigod Talks About Cancelling High School Fall Sports Championships
This week on the show we’re talking to CIF Southern Section commissioner Rob Wigod about the decision to cancel the championship seasons for football, girls’ volleyball, cross country, and water polo. 01:00 What’s the news from the CIF Southern Section? 06:00 Interview with Rob Wigod 40:00 NFL Playoff Predictions
Lakewood Signs School-Wide adidas Deal
Lakewood athletic director Mike Wadley has been busy during the COVID-19 high school sports shutdown. Wadley is helping oversee a new stadium (with turf field and all-weather track) set to break ground in February, a redesign and renovation of the school’s weight room (also beginning in February), and last week announced that the school had […]
CIF Southern Section Cancels Fall Sports Championships
In a move that was widely expected, the CIF Southern Section–the governing body for all local high school sports–announced that it’s canceling its Fall sports championships on Tuesday morning. Football, girls’ volleyball, cross country, and water polo will officially not have CIF-SS championships in the 2020-21 school year. “There has not been enough progress made […]
PODCAST: Interview With Long Beach State Basketball’s Justina King
This week on the show we’re talking about how the Long Beach State basketball programs are overcoming unique obstacles this season. We also catch up with junior guard Justina King who explains why the Beach is 6-0 in the Big West Conference. 01:00 What’s new with Long Beach State basketball? 06:30 Interview with LBSU junior […]