St. Anthony senior running back Sone Aupiu has a calm demeanor to him. He’s polite, family-orientated, and grateful for the season he is having. “I’m just trying to do my part and put in the work,” Aupiu said. However, if you’ve watched any Saints’ games this year, you’ve probably witnessed what 11 defenses have seen: […]
The Compton football team is in uncharted territory this week as they prepare for their semifinal against Tahquitz on Friday. Even as the No. 1 seed in the CIF Southern Section Division 12 playoffs, the Tarbabes are entering the semifinals for the first time since 1979. The way that they reached the semifinal is no […]
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The home opener on Wednesday night at Walter Pyramid was an extremely close game until overtime when Utah Valley pulled away to upset Long Beach State 84-78. Neither team led by more five until the closing seconds of overtime as Fardaws Aimaq led the visitors with 25 points and 16 rebounds. Utah Valley (3-1) outrebounded […]
Last basketball season was a tumultuous one for Long Beach and much of the rest of Southern California. Long Beach high school teams launched their seasons on less than two weeks notice, some of them after just a handful of practices following a summer and fall without the typical practice games. This year, coaches at […]
Cal-Hi Sports’ recently updated State record book shows that Long Beach Poly’s boys’ basketball team might have as dominant a history as the school’s football teams. The Jackrabbits enter this season with 2,105 all-time victories dating back to 1907–no other school in California has more than 1,800 wins. The Jackrabbits’ co-Moore League championship in the […]
A new era is underway in the St. Anthony boys’ basketball program, but the culture of Saints Basketball should endure. St. Anthony has been arguably the most successful hoops program in the city over the past few seasons under head coach Allen Caveness, who made the leap to college ball during the offseason and is […]
Nothing has come easy for Compton basketball since the COVID-19 shutdowns. The program had to deal with the shooting deaths of three future, current, or former members of the team during the pandemic. Now the campus construction has forced them to practice on the small court at Roosevelt Middle School. They have to share the […]
Talk to any Long Beach basketball coach about last year, and none of them are happy about it. The lack of summer and fall practices, and the quick start-up of the season’s first games after the Los Angeles County Public Health Department gave the greenlight made things difficult on everyone. One team that really made […]
One of the most important relationships in high school basketball is between the head coach and his point guard. The best ones can communicate without speaking and lead the team with consistency. That’s what Wilson has this year with sixth-year coach James Boykin and senior point guard Nico Colchico. “I’ve had him getting minutes at […]