Millikan wrestling has been one of the most successful teams in Long Beach over the last decade. Like most elite high school athletic programs, the Rams and 28-year coach Marshall Thompson have built on their own legacy and lineage. Thomson’s sons, Trevor and Sean, are two of a handful of current Rams who are wrestling […]
When Will Frankenfeld began this cross country season, he put two words as its theme: unfinished business. Last year as a junior, the Long Beach Poly standout proved himself the best distance runner in the city, but was disappointed with the way he finished the season, taking 13th place in the CIF-SS Finals and falling […]
Sarah Maher, Imani McDonald and Sarah Pilster (left to right) are true Long Beach soccer players. The homegrown trio all played high school soccer together in the Moore League, and club soccer with Beach FC, before attending Long Beach State and becoming integral pieces of Mauricio Ingrassia’s defense. LBSU (12-5-3) won the Big West Conference championship […]
First-year Long Beach Poly football coach Stephen Barbee is aware that his legacy was not determined on Friday night in the Jackrabbits’ 37-8 season-opening win over Dorsey, an overmatched LA City Section team. Nonetheless, it’s better to start off 1-0 than 0-1, especially when factoring in Poly’s notoriously judgmental fan base. Barbee was dressed sharply […]
After two historic 10-win seasons that included a Moore League championship and its first CIF semifinal appearance since 1991, Wilson struggled last year with only four returning starters. The Bruins went 5-6 with a disappointing 40-0 loss to Paramount in the playoffs. This season will prove if that rebuilding process was worth it, and with […]