The Compton boys’ basketball team had a pretty simple game plan for its first round CIF Southern Section Division 2AA playoff game against Lynwood. “We were bigger than them,” said center Jabari Steward. “So why not throw it inside and score layups?” That’s exactly what Compton did for 32 minutes, passing their way through the […]
Long Beach State (18-6, 11-5) played its final home game of the season on Saturday evening and couldn’t keep up with visiting UC Irvine (17-10, 12-4) in a battle of two of the Big West’s top three teams. The Anteaters used a 21-0 run across the second and third quarters to run away with a […]
This is the eighth year of the revived All-City Awards, which resurrect a decades-long tradition of honoring the city’s best high school athletes. Last week, we looked at the top athletes in each sport, and this week we present other awards including Game of the Year and Coach of the Year. The centerpiece of the […]