As someone who was born and raised in Long Beach, I’ve heard more times than I can count that our quaint town of nearly 500,000 residents is “the biggest small town in America.” It’s a sentiment that’s existed since the city’s population began to take off more than 100 years ago with an influx of […]
The rebuild of the Long Beach State women’s volleyball program under third-year head coach Joy McKienzie-Fuerbringer has been slower than the coach would prefer, but the LBSU alum and All-American says it’s still coming along. The team was 10-19 two years ago and 16-13 last year (8-8 in the Big West), but 2019 looks like […]
Long Beach Poly’s football team was beaten 45-0 last Saturday in their season opener against Punahou of Hawaii in the Moorpark High Football Classic. It was the worst loss the Jackrabbits had suffered since 2012’s 56-0 shocker to Narbonne, and just the third time the team had been shut out this decade. Poly, the state’s […]
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This week we’re talking about the season starts for Wilson and Poly football, the athletes of the week and month, the most disappointing Long Beach games we’ve covered and much more. 03:30 Question O’ The Week: Is Wilson Football That Good/Is Poly Football That Bad? 10:50 Athletes O’ The Week 12:55 Athlete O’ The Month […]
Leadership change is the story line for the top girls’ tennis teams in the Moore League this season as both Long Beach Poly and Wilson have new coaches for the first time in a long time. POLY Longtime Long Beach Poly coach Ricardo Montecinos stepped down this year, although he will remain as coach of […]
Here’s all the games going on this week WEEK 3 SEPTEMBER 6 Cabrillo @ Glenn Compton vs. West Adams Lakewood vs. Pomona LBCC @ Grossmont (Saturday, 3 p.m.) Long Beach Poly vs. Los Alamitos, 7:30 p.m. Millikan @ Aquinas St. Anthony @ Palm Springs Wilson vs. Huntington Beach
Changes at the top continues to be the theme of our Moore League fall previews. In boys’ water polo, that starts with the Wilson Bruins who find themselves in uncharted waters. Meanwhile Cabrillo is coming off a historic season, but have to start from scratch again, and Poly just hosted the first ever Long Beach […]
The Wilson Bruins have won the last 12 Moore League championships and are poised to repeat with a strong sophomore class leading the way. However, players like Zac Crenshaw, Hank Rivers and Gray Carson learned on the job last year while taking their lumps. Some tough losses and no playoff success dropped Wilson down to […]
The Cabrillo Jaguars made school history by reaching their first CIF semifinal last year. However, this season they’ll be without the decorated group of seniors who led them to the playoffs as well as head coach Lawrence Durand. Assistant coach and alum Chris Ortiz has taken over and knows what needs to get done for […]