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For the first time since 2006, the “Milk Bucket” is headed back to Mayfair as the Monsoons (3-0) beat Lakewood (0-3), 21-18, at Ron Yary Stadium. “This is the biggest win in 30 years,” Mayfair coach Derek Bedell told the team. “We have a lot of things to work on but we are going to celebrate first.” It was a back-and-forth game in the first half as both teams had multiple miscues and penalties, wi...

The hype and trash talk between boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. and mixed martial arts champ Conor McGregor is about to come to and end and now it’s time to put up or...well it’s time to rumble. And it’s also time to start making plans for where to see the Mayweather vs. McGregor fight in Long Beach, the South Bay and nearby areas for those who want to see it with other fight fans. Here’s a verified li...

Don Baylor, a former Angels slugger and coach and wier of the franchise’s first MVP award, died Monday after a battle with multiple myeloma, a form of cancer. He was 68. Baylor died while hospitalized in Austin, Texas, according to the Austin American-Statesman. “Don passed from this earth with th...

Don Baylor and Bobby Grich grew up as Baltimore Orioles, playing on a legendary Rochester Triple-A team. “We had a mantra throughout that organization that I never heard anywhere else,” Grich said Monday. “We said, ‘If we win, everybody had a good year.’’’ If you played with Don Baylor, you had a go...

LOS ANGELES >> Some 300 reporters and photographers stood in the credential line at Staples Center before Tuesday’s first stop of the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Conor McGregor media tour. Another 200 were tued down for credentials, an event spokesman said. “I’ve never been a part of anything like ...

Long Beach native Tony Azevedo is considered one of the greatest water polo players of all time, and after retiring from inteational play earlier this month, the five-time Olympian is trying to grow the game with events such as the Aquatic Games. Azevedo and CTC Conferences & Events are hostin...

Long Beach State was awarded the 2016-17 Big West Conference Commissioner’s Cup, it was aounced Thursday. The award is given to the school with the best athletics program, encompassing all 17 sports. The 49ers have won the award in six of the last seven years, and seven of the last nine. The 49ers averaged 116.7 points with UC Santa Barbara in second and Cal Poly third. Long Beach State had only one conference championship (baseball) in 2016-17, but it had nine sports that finished in the top three. Advertisement ...

St. Anthony was knocked out of the CIF-SS Division 6 baseball playoffs by Big Bear on Tuesday afteoon at Clark Field. Big Bear (18-7) used two huge iings to muscle its way to a 14-7 victory and into the quarterfinals. “We picked a bad time to not play well,” St. Anthony coach Kris Jondle said. “...

Area Roundup: Millikan wrestler wins USA Championship By From staff reports Millikan sophomore Sierra Adams-Gregory won the cadet 185-pound title at the USA Wresting National Championships in Irving, Texas last weekend for the second year in a row. She beat the Wisconsin, Texas, Colora...

Wilson High won its second consecutive CIF Southe Division Team boys golf championship Monday at Mile Square Golf Course in Fountain Valley. The Bruins won their 20th CIF-SS boys golf championship in school history with a score of 371. Los Alamito...

A confident and more energized Long Beach Poly boys volleyball team came to play in the CIF-SS Division 2 playoffs, but it wasn’t enough on Thursday night at home. After an upset win on the road in the opening round, the Jackrabbits (10-8) gave Notre...

La Mirada’s baseball team, which has won 16 Suburban League titles in the past 19 years, wrapped up its regular season Friday with a 6-0 win over Cerritos (18-13, 6-6). Senior Kevin Kendall had three hits and Chad Wilson hit his second home run of th...

MAYFAIR 7, LA MIRADA 2 >> The Monsoons (16-6, 9-3) scored an upset win and forced Matadores (21-8, 10-2) to share the Suburban League title with Cerritos (16-5, 10-2).LOS ALAMITOS 11, FOUNTAIN VALLEY 2 >> The Griffins (24-3, 10-0) won the...

The Long Beach State Dirtbags (10-8) beat host Pepperdine and Grand Canyon on Saturday in nonconference play at Eddy D. Field Stadium in Malibu to extend their wiing streak to four games. LBSU allowed just one run in each game while holding their opponents to a combined seven hits.The Dirtbags edg...

The Los Angeles Dodgers are back in LA to face the Chicago Cubs in the National League Championship Series. The wier of the best-of-seven series will move on to the World Series. • Related: Dodgers going against their history and the Cubs’ in NLCS If you want an insiders view of games three, four and five, follow us on Snapchat. The games won’t start until 5:08 each night but we’ll be snapping from batting practice to the post-game locker room interviews. Add us by opening the Snapchat app and searching for ladailynews or by pointing your camera over our ghost in the above image. If you’re reading this article on your phone, click this link to add us. If you’re new to Snapchat, here’s a han...

The Suburban League held its second cross country meet of the season at Cerritos Regional Park where Cerritos took the top two spots in the boys race. However, La Mirada won the meet with five of the top eight finishers and all but clinched a share of the league title. Bill Chuang was first for the Dons with a time of 16:39 and Brandon Vo was the top finisher for the Matadores at 16:49. Cerritos freshman Cole Sawires Yager finished second. In the girls race, Norwalk took the meet and the top two spots with juniors Misty Diaz and Ruby Galindo. Diaz finished at 18:55. Girls volleyball VALLEY CHRISTIAN 3, VILLAGE CHRISTIAN 1 >> Outside hitters Aubrey Schwieger and Madison Holmes combined...

The Wilson High girls golf team clinched its eighth consecutive Moore League team title by beating Long Beach Poly 221-247 on Tuesday at Recreation Park Golf Course. Wilson (17-4, 8-0) was once again led by senior Ali Morallos, who made one birdie and finished at 1-over-par 39. Riley Henry added a round of 43 for the Bruins that included four pars, and Maya Olson was the low finisher for Poly with 45. “We continue to be blessed with a group of dedicated players that are always putting in extra work to make sure they are prepared for competition,” Wilson coach Jeff Evans said. Monday is the first day of the Moore League Individual Touament, where Morallos will try to win her third consecutiv...

Although the game wasn’t against a Division 1 opponent, Poly coach Antonio Pierce loved what he saw from his team in a technically sound, efficient 77-0 drubbing of Cabrillo. “We wanted a week of good, smart, penalty-free physical football,” said Pierce. “We wanted a team win where we performed in all aspects of the game and that’s what we got. No disrespect to the Moore League but we’re the top dogs and we should show that every Friday.” There was no doubt who the top dog was in the crosstown rivalry from early on, as Poly led 28-0 at the end of the first quarter. The clock ran for the entire second half but in the first 24 minutes alone, the Jackrabbits ran for 181 yards on 25 carries, whi...

Junior ruing back Al Fisher paced a powerful ruing game that carried visiting Paramount to a 28-6 victory Friday night over Jordan. Fisher rushed for a game-high 121 yards on 18 carries. He scored a pair of touchdowns. Pierre Robinson Jr., had a 30-yard run in the fourth quarter that was the longest of the game for Paramount. Robinson retued the game’s opening kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown. It was the second time in three weeks that the Jordan special teams unit allowed a touchdown on the opening kickoff. Paramount stretched the lead to 13-0 with a 10-play, 60-yard drive that featured only one pass completion. Fisher plowed into the end zone from the 1-yard line. Fisher’s second touchdow...

“We play when we want to play,” said Lancers coach Mike Wadley, whose team let its foot off the gas pedal in the third set. The Lancers were without a starting back row player and didn’t always have crisp passing. But front row players Destynie Viliamu and Julia Crawford were solid wire-to-wire. Viliamu had 14 kills, five aces and two blocks and Crawford had 12 kills and three blocks. “We could have done better, but it was great to start with a win,” Viliamu said. NORWALK 3, BELLFLOWER 0 >> The Lancers (3-4) opened Suburban League play with a sweep victory at home. — Mike Guardabascio Boys water polo NEWPORT HARBOR 10, WILSON 7 >> Unforced errors and some bad luck kept the Bruin...