Expectations are high for Millikan’s girls’ basketball team this year, with the Rams starting the season on the CIF Southern Section’s Division 2AA watchlist. Head coach Lorene Morgan is all but guaranteed to become just the 19th high school girls’ basketball coach in California history to reach 600 wins this season–according to the Cal-Hi Sports […]
For the second consecutive season, the St. Anthony girls’ basketball team reached the second round of the CIF-SS playoffs before seeing its season come to an end. The shortened 2020-21 campaign was anything but average, but that’s exactly where the Saints’ record ended up. St. Anthony finished 8-8 overall, with an even 4-4 record in […]
The DJ Vincent era has begun at Wilson. After fifth-year head coach Erin Carey stepped down in June, Vincent has stepped in to try and take the Bruins back to CIF-SS postseason glory. Wilson won its first title in two decades weeks before the COVID-19 shutdowns in 2020. “We’re in rebuilding mode but I do […]
There’s almost a half-century of history behind the CIF Southern Section’s championship football luncheon, which has been held for the last several years at the Grand in Long Beach. Each year, the finalists for each CIF-SS football divisional championship gather to have lunch, be celebrated by their peers, and hear a message from the program’s […]
Long Beach Poly has been to the CIF Southern Section football championship luncheon plenty of times over the last half-century, but haven’t made the short trip to the Grand in Long Beach since 2012. On Monday, the Jackrabbits made their return as they prepare to face St. Francis in the CIF-SS Division 4 championship game […]
The Compton football team has been on a roller coaster of emotions this season. After getting into the playoffs thanks to an envelope draw, the team was sitting among the 28 finalists in the CIF Southern Section at the banquet hall at the Grand on Monday morning. The moment was one Compton coach Calvin Bryant […]
It finally hit most of the St. Anthony football team on Saturday morning. “Being there at practice (on Saturday), it finally felt like we were going to the title game,” Saints senior running back/ linebacker Anakin Aupiu said. After a near disastrous ending in their CIF Southern Section Division 10 Semifinal game against Salesian, the […]
As the Jordan Panthers contingent walked into the CIF Southern Section football championship luncheon at The Grand Hotel in Long Beach on Monday, principal Keisha Irving looked around and nodded her head. “We’ve got to do this more often,” she said. “We should get used to being here.” This is the first time Jordan has […]
Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Camille Lindsay, Long Beach Poly Cross Country Lindsay was a Top 10 finisher at the 2021 CIF-SS Cross Country Championships over the weekend, finishing with a time of 18:11, the fastest time ever for a Poly girls’ […]
A record four Moore League and Long Beach football teams will compete for CIF-SS championships this Friday and Saturday. Here’s the full schedule so you can make your plans. Click here for all our coverage from the semifinals. Division 4: Long Beach Poly @ St. Francis (Campus stadium, Saturday 7 p.m.) Division 10: St. Anthony […]