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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...

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 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...

Three days after wiing the Pasadena Poly High School touament, St. Anthony (6-0) rolled to a sweep of Mary Star on Tuesday. Saints freshman setter Misabella Bareford led the attack with 36 assists, six kills and two aces. Senior libero Maddie Mizraji was the Poly touament Most Valuable Player and Sage Gamble and Bareford were named to the all-touament team. The Saints are at Valley Christian Thursday at 5 p.m. LONG BEACH POLY 3, NEWPORT HARBOR 0 >> The Jackrabbits were dominant on the road with a 25-17, 25-6, 25-18 sweep. Junior Chastity Ah-Hong led Poly with nine kills and five aces. VALLEY CHRISTIAN 3, PARAMOUNT 1 >> After dropping the first set, the Crusaders (3-5) came back ...

The new CIF Southe Section playoff equity divisions have eight local high school football teams ranked in the polls released Tuesday. St. John Bosco is the highest ranked at No. 2 in Division 1, where Poly comes in at No. 7 after its loss to Narboe. La Mirada fell from its top spot in Division 3 to No. 3 after it lost to Bosco, and Dominguez moved up to No. 7 in Division 4 after its win at San Marino. Wilson didn’t move from No. 5 in Division 6, and fellow Moore League school Cabrillo is No. 7 in Division 7. In Division 9, Lynwood is No. 7 and Valley Christian is No. 10. Cross county The CIF-SS released the cross country rankings on Tuesday as well, and the highest ranked team is the Poly g...

It’s hard to imagine a win in a season opener matching what La Mirada High School accomplished last season by wiing CIF Southe Section and CIF State Bowl championships. But Friday might be the exception. The Matadores, outscored 118-15 in two games against Trinity League foes last year, enjoyed that championship feeling after scoring a 21-14 victory over Orange Lutheran at Orange Coast College. The host Lancers began the season ranked No. 14 in the state by MaxPreps.com. Nick Heandez led the Matadores with 177 yards rushing and scored the game-wier on a 4-yard run with 6:54 left in the fourth quarter. “As bad as this sounds, we made so many mistakes, offensively,” La Mirada coach Mike Mosch...

RIO DE JANEIRO >> Sailing, not the dirty water, was finally the focus on troubled Guanabara Bay during a spectacular start to the Olympic regatta. Windsurfers sped across the waves toward Flamengo Beach in a fresh breeze, against the imposing backdrop of Sugarloaf Mountain. Christ the Redeemer, Rio’s highest and most magnificent landmark, was obscured by fog. Across the bay, 43-year-old Robert Scheidt won the second race in the Laser class after finishing a disappointing 23rd in the opener. He’s trying to become the first Olympic sailor and first Brazilian to win six Olympic medals. He owns two golds, two silvers and a bronze. He’s seventh overall. Charlie Buckingham of Newport Beach,...

While Long Beach may not be duplicating the 32-member delegation that represented the city during the London Olympics in 2012, the city will still have a large group of athletes and coaches with coections to Long Beach in Rio. Here’s a look at who’s competing in 2016’s #TeamLB. Regular updates on all the locals will be posted on our Twitter account, @PTGazetteSports. Ricardo Azevedo A Wilson High School alumnus and the father of Bruins’ Olympian Tony Azevedo, Ricardo Azevedo is an impressive entry in his own right. Azevedo will retu to the Olympics once again this year as the head coach of the Chinese women’s national team. Tony Azevedo The star of the Olympics from Long Beach this year, me...