The Lakewood girls’ volleyball team has always been known for its strong senior leadership, as longtime coach Mike Wadley takes care to create class after class of players that help run practices and instill a hard-nosed work ethic into younger players. This year, Lakewood has strong senior leadership once more–but also a serious youth movement, […]
St. Anthony head coach Alicia Lemau’u is going into her eighth year coaching the Saints, and she’s excited about this season. Her team returns most of its core from last year’s CIF-SS Division 5 semifinal run as well as a second-round state tournament appearance, and they’re hungry for more success. “My focus is just on […]
Expectations will be the name of the game for the Bruins this season. Ninth-year coach Carlos Briceno thought he could have a title contender this year until senior and UCLA commit Gabby Sonnhalter suffered a season-ending knee injury while competing at Junior Olympics this summer. “That’s a big void to fill, but we’re still returning […]
The Millikan Rams are starting a new era under first-year coach Tan Nguyen. The walk-on coach has been working as a volunteer assistant at Cal Poly Pomona for the last two years, and this is his first high school coaching job. “It’s a solid program with a great group of kids who want to come […]
Under fourth-year coach Dylonn Viliamu, Cabrillo has grown into a consistent fifth-place program in the Moore League. The Jaguars are staying ahead of Jordan and Compton, but have yet to crack the code on challenging the top four teams in the league, something VIliamu hopes his team’s consistency can help the Jaguars do. “Our big […]
Jordan has a new head figure this year with the arrival of veteran volleyball coach Sharon Moore, who is hoping to lead her team through a rebuilding year that sees the Panthers return only one varsity player, senior Aniya Boudreaux. “She will be a tremendous leader for our young team,” said Moore. The Panthers have […]
This is the third installment of Next One Up, an occasional summer feature series taking a look at some of the biggest up-and-coming stars in the Long Beach sports world. Most high schoolers look forward to summer as a time to rest and relax, hang out with their friends, maybe go to the movies a […]
It was another successful summer for the Long Beach Mizuno Volleyball Club, the elite club owned by Long Beach State women’s volleyball coach Joy McKienzie-Fuerbringer and her husband, Matt. Mizuno sent six teams to the Girls Junior National Championships in Indianapolis, with five of them finishing in the top 10 and one winning a national championship. […]
It was another great year for St. Anthony volleyball under head girls’ and boys’ coach Alicia Lemau’u, who took the Saints to historic heights in the fall and the spring. The girls’ volleyball team was able to make it to the CIF-SS semifinals, something they’d done before under Lemau’u, having won a CIF championship three […]
The Long Beach Mizuno Volleyball Club 13U girls’ squad is going to be competing for another national title this summer at the Junior Olympics. The same group had a 64-1 record last year on their way to a National Division title. These Mizuno All-Stars are ranked in the top five after winning 52 of their […]