There are plenty of reasons to expect an exciting Moore League girls’ soccer season. Defending champions Wilson lost almost its entire starting lineup to graduation, Long Beach Poly is getting a host of players back with a new coach taking over and both of those teams will be playing on home field turf for the […]
Lakewood
PREVIEW: Lakewood Girls’ Soccer
Lakewood is coming off of a breakout season under first-year coach Luis Turcios, who said he has higher expectations for his more experienced squad. The Lancers finished third and beat Long Beach Poly for the first time in over a decade. “Last year we made a jump so I think it’s about keeping the momentum […]
LONG BEACH BASKETBALL PREVIEW
Basketball season is underway in Long Beach, and it promises to be a memorable one. Long Beach Poly is joined in the top division by St. Anthony, and the always-competitive Moore League features several teams that could make deep runs in their respective playoff divisions. We lace you up on the top players and teams […]
PREVIEW: Lakewood Boys’ Basketball
Over the last three years, Lakewood alum Duane Cooper has done everything in his power to rebuild his alma mater. He inherited a Lancers squad that went 8-20 and just 3-9 in the Moore League, and pushed the boulder up the hill to the 2017-18 season, when Lakewood went 17-13 and 7-5 in the Moore […]
PODCAST: Following High School Sports Trends
00:40 Community support for Olympian Danielle Scott-Arruda 05:50 Trends In High School Sports 21:30 Athletes Of The Week 24:15 Do you believe in the power of the jinx? 27:45 Fam Jam
Volleyball: Three Named All-CIF, Lemau’u Coach Of The Year
Three local volleyball players received All-CIF honors this week, as Lakewood’s Julia Crawford was All-CIF in Division 1 while Isabella Bareford and Tiare Jennings of St. Anthony were All-CIF in Division 5. Bareford was also named First-Team All Del Rey League, and Jennings made the second team. Saints coach Alicia Lemau’u was named the Coach […]
All-Moore League Girls’ Golf
Congratulations to the Moore League honorees, and click here to see the other sports all-league lists from the Fall.
All-Moore League Girls’ Tennis
Congratulations to the Moore League honorees, and click here to see the other sports all-league lists from the Fall.
PODCAST: How To Vote Long Beach For NFL Pro Bowl
On this episode of What Up, Long Beach?! we’re talking about voting Long Beach for the NFL Pro Bowl and the teams to watch for in the upcoming winter sports season. 01:20 Vote Long Beach For NFL Pro Bowl 09:00 Long Beach High School Winter Teams To Watch 09:25 Basketball 12:00 Soccer 14:30 Water Polo […]
COLUMN: Amateur Sports Needs Students To Survive
If prep sports get more serious every year, then why are the crowds shrinking? Not that long ago we saw the Long Beach Poly and Lakewood football game almost sell out Veterans Memorial Stadium. We didn’t see a football sellout this season. Not even close. It wasn’t that long ago we saw the Walter Pyramid […]