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Football Wilson

Feature: Adoption Saga Has Happy Ending For Ziegenhagen Family

Coach Mark Ziegenhagen’s Wilson football team is 8-1, and has a very good chance to win the first CIF Southern Section championship on the gridiron in the school’s 93-year history. But it was last week, during the Bruins’ bye, that Ziegenhagen and his family celebrated their biggest victory of the season, regardless of what happens […]

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The562.org’s Athletes of the Week

Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. Joshua Robinson-Little, Millikan Football Millikan linebacker Joshua Robinson-Little had a huge game for the Rams in a much-needed win over Cabrillo last week. Robinson-Little forced and recovered a pair of fumbles, and also had an interception he took back […]

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Middle School Volleyball, Football Champions Crowned

Lakewood High School played host to the best of the best in the Long Beach Unified School District’s middle school ranks, as the first middle school All-City championships of the school year were decided last Saturday. In girls’ volleyball, Stanford won the Division 1 championship with a sweep of rival Hughes and Lindbergh won the […]

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CIF Volleyball: Wilson Sweeps Past Citrus Valley Into Quarterfinals

STORY BY MATT SIMON Heading into Wilson’s second round match against Citrus Valley junior Risa Sena and the Bruins were confident that they could outplay the Blackhawks. Sena proved that has she led Wilson with 12 kills as the Bruins swept Citrus Valley 25-18, 25-21, 27-25 on Saturday night. “I think we really came into […]

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Football Long Beach City College

JuCo Football: LBCC Wins Come-From-Behind Thriller At Bakersfield

It was a frustrating long road trip for LBCC, who trailed Bakersfield for almost the entirety of their game on Saturday. But after trailing for 90% of the game, the Vikings scored a game-winner with 42 seconds left as quarterback Derrach West ran in a five-yard touchdown to hand LBCC a 23-20 win. With the […]

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Avalon Football

Football: Avalon Stays Undefeated In Express League

The Avalon 8-Man football team continued its winning streak on Saturday with a 54-16 victory at St. Michael’s Prep. The Lancers (5-3, 4-0) are tied atop the Express League with Sage Hill, and will visit the Lightning on Friday for a league championship game. Junior Adalberto Martinez had five touchdowns and 320 all-purpose yards on […]

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CIF Volleyball: Lakewood, Wilson, St. Anthony, Avalon Advance To Quarterfinals

It was a special Saturday for Long Beach volleyball fans as all four teams competing in the second round of the CIF Southern Section girls’ volleyball playoffs advanced to next week’s CIF-SS quarterfinals, which will be held on Wednesday. The quarterfinals will have a lot on the line. Not only will the winners advance to […]

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TONIGHT: CIF-SS Volleyball Playoffs Continue For Long Beach Teams

Five Long Beach teams are still alive in the volleyball playoffs after a great opening round for Long Beach on Thursday. Wilson and St. Anthony are both at home this evening as the local teams try to advance to Wednesday’s quarterfinal matches. All games at 6 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Division 2 Lakewood @ Beckman, […]