Photo by John Napalan/Art O’Neill Last season was a mixed bag for the Lakewood girls’ basketball team and coach Eric Oswell. On the one hand, the team finished third in the Moore League with a 15-10 overall record, falling to Poly and Millikan in decisive fashion. On the other hand, third place was a step […]
Photo by John Napalan/Art O’Neill The Compton girls’ basketball team made history last season under head coach Derrick Anderson, not only making the playoffs as the fourth-place team out of the Moore League, but winning a first-round game at home to advance to the second round for the first time in decades. The truth is, […]
Photo by John Napalan/Art O’Neill Perhaps no team in Long Beach was hit harder by injuries than Wilson last year. The Bruins were poised to continue their upward trajectory under head coach Erin Carey, but ended up losing Ashley Hawkins to a turn ACL, as well as talented freshman starter Sydney Ross, leaving the team […]
Photo by John Napalan/Art O’Neill After a 2-17 campaign last season, Cabrillo has a new coach in Alexandria Orlich, who’s hoping to lead the Jaguars in a different direction in 2019-20. So far, so good. “We’ve made tremendous growth from last year to this year,” said orlich, who brings Ebonee Batiste with her as an […]
Photo by John Napalan/Art O’Neill It’s been a difficult stretch for the Jordan girls’ basketball team, which has won just two games in the last three seasons. Jordan is hoping for a brighter performance this season under coach Eric Peterson. The key player for the team this year will be Melody Reyes, who was a […]
Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship! HIGH SCHOOL Ronan McMahon-Staggs, Long Beach Poly Cross Country Long Beach Poly senior Ronan McMahon-Staggs led his Jackrabbits back to the CIF Southern Section Cross Country Finals with a strong performance at last week’s prelims. McMahon-Staggs finished eighth in […]
Long Beach Poly and Wilson’s boys’ cross country teams both advanced out of last weekend’s CIF Southern Section prelims to qualify for Saturday’s CIF-SS Finals, which will be held in Riverside. Boys The Jackrabbits and Bruins were the headliners, with Wilson qualifying for the Finals for the first time since 2008. Poly won their heat […]
One yard. One. Yard. That’s how close the LBCC football team was to beating Ventura College to claim an outright conference championship and a berth in the state playoffs on Saturday night. Instead, the Vikings’ costly mistakes held them back in a narrow loss to the Pirates, 30-26. “Too many mistakes tonight, dug us a […]
We’ve got some great shots of the Vikings’ loss from photographer Joseph Kling.
We’ll have live updates from the Vikings’ game against Ventura tonight at 6 p.m. as LBCC tries to win a conference championship and a spot in the state playoffs. Click here if you can’t see the updates. Tweets by 562sports