Before Long Beach Poly’s football game against Serra on Friday night, Jackrabbits coach Stephen Barbee read his team a poem. The Dash poem is about the mark in between the years on a tombstone, a flat line between a person’s birth and death that represents their life. He asked his team what their dash was […]
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 […]
Expectations are high at Millikan, where an exciting crop of talent is set to adorn the new playing surface at DeHaven Stadium this season. The Rams were a second-place team in 2018, but stumbled last season with a 2-4 record in Moore League play. Now in year two of the Romeo Pellum era, the Rams […]
With just five seniors on the roster, there could be some growing pains in J-Town this season. However, the benefit of that discomfort is–ultimately–the growth that comes with it. In year three of his tenure, Jordan head football coach Tim Wedlow is bullish on the direction of the program, and hopes that a condensed season […]
St. Anthony will continue its tradition of playing a Moore League team this season by opening the year on Friday night against Lakewood at Clark Field. Ninth-year coach Mario Morales works at Lakewood during the day and has had his team play Wilson, where he used to coach, since 2014. “It allows people to see […]
Photo courtesy Lakewood Athletics. The Lancers are raising money to update their weight room, with plans to install a new floor, as shown. The athletic facilities at Lakewood High were already set to undergo a major overhaul in the coming months, but school administrators and coaches are hoping to take those improvements a step further. […]