This week on What Up, Long Beach?! we’re talking about the top Long Beach sports stories we’re looking forward to in 2019.
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‘We’re better with them’: Far from home, these 2 soccer players have bolstered Wilson High
Cesar Vazquez is a naturally deft defender who is here to learn English before returning to his native Mexico. Brayan Mora is a talented striker who fled Venezuela as a political refugee last year with an unpredictable future.
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PODCAST: Counting down the top 10 Long Beach sports stories of 2018
This week on What Up, Long Beach?!, the city’s best and oldest sports podcast, we’re counting down the top 10 Long Beach sports stories of 2018.
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‘This is my home’: Long Beach State legend and NBA champion Glenn McDonald to be inducted into Hall of Fame
After almost a half century of entertaining fans and serving the community, the stars have aligned this year for McDonald, now 66.
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PODCAST: Long Beach sports 2018 winners & losers
This week on What Up, Long Beach?! from the562.org and the Long Beach Post we’re taking a look back at the biggest winners and losers in sports this year.
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’10 fingers are overrated’: Cabrillo High basketball player leads team in scoring despite disability
“He doesn’t want to be labeled as that guy who gets left out of a drill because of his disability. He’s going to do everything that we do regardless.”
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PODCAST: Interview with Long Beach soccer star Imani McDonald
We also take a look at athletes of the week, and ask where all the college sports fans have gone.
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‘Because he stayed, I stayed’: Derrick Anderson and Compton girls’ basketball make history
Under the guidance of head coach Derrick Anderson, Compton’s girls’ basketball team finds itself in a place it hasn’t been in several decades: the top. The team was No. 1 in the CIF’s first Division 4AA rankings.
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PODCAST: An offseason reset interview with Wilson Football coach Mark Ziegenhagen
We chat with the Wilson High football coach, and take a look at the athletes of the week.
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Long Beach high school winter sports preview: the action will start earlier than ever this year
New field turfs at three schools, a new CIF equity format and the departure of defending league champions in wrestling all factor in this season’s storylines.