Long Beach Poly and Lakewood crammed an entire Moore League season’s worth of offense into a Tuesday afternoon extra-innings thriller at the Gwynn Family Field on Poly’s campus. The Jackrabbits ended up winning a wild dash home by Nolan Brown, who scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning to seal […]
The Moore League boys’ tennis team and individual title go through Long Beach Poly this season. The Jackrabbits are trying to win a third consecutive team title with defending singles champion Felippe Dacudao (pictured) leading the way. Poly is 8-4 overall and 7-0 in league play after a 12-6 win over Millikan last week, and […]
We’ve got some great shots from the extra-innings thriller taken by photographer Art O’Neill.
The spring rains have arrived and the boys of the Moore League are back at Blair Field. What makes baseball special for high school athletes in Long Beach is the venue, yes, but also the competitiveness of the league. Four schools have won the league championship in the last six years, and three teams (Millikan, […]
The Lakewood Lancers (3-8, 1-0) are suffering the slings and arrows of a rebuilding process, but 34-year coach Spud O’Neil says he’s ready for it after a long offseason full of players coming and going out of the program. The 1-6 start is the worst at Lakewood under O’Neil. “We’ve got a lot of young […]
Lakewood senior Randy Gonzalez Jr. competed at the National High School Coaches Association National Events in Virginia over the weekend, and placed third in the nation while earning All-American honors. He had six wins and one loss with four pins. His only loss was in the semifinal to the national champion. Lakewood Wrestler Randy Gonzalez […]
Welcome back to the562.org’s Athletes of the Week, honoring the best of the best each Monday from around the city. HIGH SCHOOL Teilon Tufuga, Lakewood Volleyball Junior standout Teilon Tufuga has been a standout for the Lancers the last two years, and he was sensational last week on the road in a sweep of defending […]
The Moore League Gymnastics Preview Meet featuring all seven teams at Lakewood High last week proved what we already know: Millikan is at the top of the podium. The Rams compiled the most points in all four events, and finished first by 29 points. Last year, Millikan won its seventh league team championship in the […]
Lakewood Athletics and Activities Programs will host its inaugural Golf Tournament on May 21 at Lakewood Country Club. Proceeds from this tournament will be used to support various events throughout the year for Lakewood Athletics and Activities. As it says in the official school release: “This event is a great opportunity to advertise your business, […]