After a slow start Friday night, Wilson came alive and scored 42 unanswered points on Senior Night in a 48-7 win over visiting Jordan in Moore League action. Wilson coach Mark Ziegenhagen said he played as many seniors as he could in this second game in a week against Jordan, and four-year varsity player Tyrie […]
It was a game that represented a lot of the last year’s efforts to get sports restarted at the high school level. Wilson traveled to Jordan to play the Panthers after both teams’ original opponents were shut down this week due to a positive COVID-19 test. In an odd twist, the teams will meet again […]
Deion Sanders became a household name in 1992 when he tried to play a football game with the Atlanta Falcons and a baseball game with the Atlanta Braves on the same day. It’s hard to get yourself compared to a legendary athlete like “Prime Time” Sanders, but Xander McLaurin succeeded in doing so last Friday […]
Wilson junior quarterback Xander McLaurin and senior receiver Michael Bruner picked the perfect time to hook up for their first and only completion on Friday night. The Bruins trailed visiting Compton by five points with with less than two minutes to play when McLaurin went over the top to find Bruner in the back corner […]
Long Beach Poly football coach Stephen Barbee has been talking for a year about how special his team’s defense this year is, and wishing for them to get a chance to prove it on the field. They proved it and then some in a dominant effort against Lakewood on Friday night, holding the Lancers to […]
Everybody loves a good Hail Mary touchdown. With just seconds left on the game clock, the California high school football community completed a metaphorical 80-yard touchdown pass to somehow persuade the California Department of Public Health to reverse its position on contact sports. In a three week span, teams went from not being allowed to […]
It’s been a year of loss and tragedy for much of the world, and it’s been a brutal year for the Long Beach Poly community. A number of Poly football players have lost parents, grandparents, or other family members over the last 12 months and the program is dealing with the loss of beloved longtime […]
The Wilson Bruins are coming off one of their most successful seasons in school history after winning 10 games and reaching the CIF-SS Division 7 quarterfinals in 2019. However, they know this six-game season is about more than the final score. “We want to build on what we have and hopefully some of that talent […]
Calvin Bryant is the busiest man in Compton right now. The longtime football coach is now in his 13 season running the Compton High program, and is also serving as the school’s athletic director. That means in the last three weeks he’s been responsible for starting the Compton football program back up and getting ready […]
There’s a lot to be excited about at Lakewood after winning a playoff game for the first time in a decade last season, but the Lancers are keeping things in perspective going into their season opener against St. Anthony on Friday night at Clark Field. “Friday night has got to be a celebration,” Lakewood second-year […]