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Basketball Long Beach Poly

CIF Basketball: Bad Start Dooms Long Beach Poly In Riverside

For the last 22 minutes of Long Beach Poly’s road CIF-SS second round Division 1 playoff game at Riverside Poly, the Jackrabbits’ boys’ basketball team played the host Bears even. The problem was a dreadful first 10 minutes of the game, which saw the LB version of Poly fall behind 25-4. The Jackrabbits fought the […]

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Long Beach Poly Millikan St. Anthony Wilson

Saturday’s Long Beach CIF-SS Playoffs Schedule

Six Long Beach playoff teams are in action on Saturday afternoon and evening. Girls’ Basketball, 7 p.m. Open Division: No. 4 Long Beach Poly vs. Rosary Division 2AA: No. 4 Millikan @ Pasadena Division 2AA: St. Anthony @ Saugus  Division 3A: No. 1 Wilson vs. Bell Gardens Girls’ Soccer, 3 p.m. Division 1: Long Beach […]

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CIF Soccer: Millikan Loss Ends Legendary Coach Petkovic’s Career

STORY AND VIDEO BY MATT SIMON In what was his final game as the Millikan boys soccer coach, Rod Petkovic and the Rams were defeated 1-0 in the CIF Division 1 second round Friday night at Veterans Memorial Stadium. With different styles of play, Millikan and Santa exchanged scoring opportunities with the Saints taking an […]

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Baseball Long Beach State

Long Beach State Dirtbags Season Preview 2020

The Eric Valenzuela era starts this weekend at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field when the Long Beach State Dirtbags host Cal in a season-opening series. LBSU’s historic baseball program has been significantly slowing down since hosting the 2017 NCAA Super Regional. Last season was doomed by a record-worst start and midseason firing of coach Troy […]

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Basketball Millikan

CIF Basketball: Millikan Breezes Past Vista Murrieta In Opener

It was a long Thursday for Millikan girls’ basketball coach Lorene Morgan. Since she’s the girls’ athletic director in addition to the school’s hoops coach, Morgan had to help set up and supervise the school’s girls’ soccer and girls’ water polo playoff games, then run to the store to pick up snacks for her boosters […]