Millikan football head coach Justin Utupo announced Thursday morning that the Rams will honor legendary head coach and longtime Millikan community leader Dave Radford with a helmet decal this season. Radford passed away last November after a life of service as a Millikan coach and then a mentor to young coaches. Last year Millikan hosted […]
The next week is going to be critical for the more than 20 Long Beach football players hoping to make an NFL roster. Currently teams can hold as many as 90 players, but on Saturday, Sept. 1, by 1 p.m. west coast time, that number will drop to the regular season-sized roster of 53 players. […]
Fans and longtime coaches alike had to agree after Long Beach Poly’s 26-3 stunner over Narbonne: there was something decidedly old-school about that Jackrabbit defense. Poly was supposed to lose the game with the Gauchos, and probably handily. Narbonne was ranked No. 12 in the state by Cal-Hi Sports and the CalPreps.com game simulation had […]
Lakewood High has produced more than a dozen Major Leaguers, and a few NBA and NFL players too. The Lancers have also produced a world-class cornholer: Matthew Strattman. Strattman won the American Cornhole League’s Southern California championship this month, besting a field of hundreds. The ACL’s regional championships serve as qualifying events for its national […]
It was homecoming night in the Walter Pyramid, as the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team played their evening home opener against Seattle U. The 49ers were also looking across the net at assistant coaches Delainey Gregory and Taylor Gregory, the husband-wife tandem of coaches who are both Long Beach State alums. Delainey’s little sister, […]
Long Beach Poly defeated Millikan in straight sets, 25-20, 25-16, 25-21. The Jackrabbits were led by Liz Schuster’s 36 assists, two aces, three kills, and 10 digs, backed up by nine kills from freshman Rylie McGinest and eight kills from senior Allanah Cutler. Poly will host Wilson on Thursday afternoon. Wilson The Bruins swept Cabrillo […]
Lakewood is led by a pair of seniors who play hard and have a strong leadership role with their young team. The Lancers will feature a true Lakewood legacy at outside hitter, with big swinger Julia Crawford (the younger sister of Phillies infielder JP). Crawford has been a varsity standout for years, and is ready […]
The Jackrabbits have some key returners, including setter Liz Schuster, right side Allanah Cutler (a West Point signee), and liberos Alexis Durand and Sofia Skukan. But there’s no denying that a big part of the Jackrabbits’ success this year will depend on the performance of some talented freshmen. The Jackrabbits are starting a pair of […]
Last year under Jan Green the Rams defeated Wilson for the first time in a decade–this year, the Rams return eight seniors and are looking to make more history with Anna Becker leading the way as a captain. “We have a lot of strength in a lot of areas, I think we’ll be able to […]
Avalon coach Carlos Martinez knows that his team can make a playoff run in the CIF-SS Division 9 bracket–if they can get there. The Lancers have had playoff success in the past but are in a division with two Division 7 teams and two Division 8 teams this year. “If we can get out of […]