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By Tyler HendricksonSTAFF WRITER

It has been said all season that this soc-cer team is something special. It was only a matter of time before records would fall and history would be rewritten. There were times of doubt, but many more times of triumph. This weekend proved to be more of the latter, as the fe-male footballers earned a pair of thrilling postseason victories. After defending their home turf against Northridge, the 49ers made their return to UC Irvine, and just as they did last year, avenged their loss to the Anteaters to earn another trip to the NCAA Tournament. Nadia Link started off the scoring for the Beach as she put home her 15th goal of the season (one shy of the school re-cord) to give her team a 1-0 second-half lead against CSUN. Nicole Sweetman would tack on an insurance goal to ensure the victory for Long Beach. But that match only served to set up the rematch that fans had been anticipat-ing — Long Beach and Irvine, for the Big West title. The Anteaters had beaten Long Beach 2-0 just two weeks prior, but knew how diffi cult it was to beat the 49ers in the postseason. Things played similarly to last year’s tournament fi nal, as it was a physical match. The Beach got the breathing room they were desperate for with a perfectly executed set piece in the 13th minute. Four players got touches on the ball, and ultimately it found the foot of Jazz Stro-zier, who put the ball fi rmly into the back of the net for the 1-0 advantage. The Beach then worked to hold that lead, and did so with stellar defending from their back line, especially from tour-nament MVP Alex Balcer. That defense aided goalkeeper Kaitlyn Gustaves, who posted her ninth shutout of the season. That makes it back-to-back Big West Tournament championships for Long Beach, as they earn their second straight trip to the NCAA Tournament and their third in the last four seasons. The win over Irvine was number 15 on the season, which is the most in program history. Ad-ditionally, the 49ers have now scored 46 goals on the season, which also is a new record for the program, surpassing the 44 goals scored in 2008. The 49ers (15-5-1) will look to con-tinue this historic run into the NCAAs, where Long Beach has never won. They will be on the road at Pepperdine (15-1-4) in round one, looking to pull off the up-set. “We have to play our best,” LBSU head coach Mauricio Ingrassia said of

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The top priority for the 2011-12 Long Beach State men’s basketball team is no mystery: Win the Big West Conference and earn a berth into the NCAA Tourna-ment for the fi rst time since 2007. Of course, a trip to the Dance is Job No. 1 for every team at the beginning of every season. But with four seniors who have played every game of their collegiate ca-reers as 49ers — including returning con-ference Player of the Year Casper Ware — and two consecutive seasons that ended at the hands of UC Santa Barbara in the Big West Conference Championship, it’s now or never. And the 49ers know it. The message is clear: FINISH. Those six letters are embedded into bracelets that every player on the team will wear on the court this year.

It may as well be tattooed onto their foreheads. “It sunk in last year when we lost in the championship in the Big West Tour-nament,” Ware says. “I thought to myself, ‘I’ve only got one more chance to get this done.’” Ware is the ringleader of the four-senior circus that has spent their entire collegiate careers together. Athletic swingman Larry Anderson, power forward T.J. Robinson and center Eugene Phelps round out the quartet. Each of them scored in double fi g-ures last season, and each of them has im-proved their scoring average every single year that they’ve been in Long Beach (with the exception of Robinson, whose scoring

dipped by 1.8 points last year). This is the end of the line for one of the most deco-rated recruiting classes in school history, and they’ve got something to prove. “It went fast,” Anderson says. “It’s been a joyful ride, for the most part, but there’s unfi nished business. We have to get to this dance and make something happen.” Leaving Their Mark The 49ers won’t sneak up on anybody this year: Long Beach received 20 out of 24 fi rst place votes in the conference pre-season poll and Ware has been named to the Preseason Top 50 list for the John Wooden Award — the most prestigious award in college basketball. This season, these four have already set or surely will — barring injuries — set sev-eral historical milestones. Ware, Anderson and Robinson took three of the six spots

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—Gazette photo by Stephen Dachman, Design by Jesse LopezNOW OR NEVER. Seniors Casper Ware, Larry Anderson, Eugene Phelps and T.J. Robinson (left to right) say nothing less than an NCAA Tournament berth will do this season.

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the matchup. But he knows that his team is up for the challenge, adding: “our best can beat a lot of teams.” Women’s Volleyball Just business as usual for this team and this program. Another women’s volleyball match against Fullerton, another 49er victory. Not all wins are built alike how-ever, as Long Beach really put the hammer down and crushed

the Titans 25-18, 26-24, 25-8. The ‘Niners have now won nine straight matches, and their win-ning streak over Fullerton is now up to 59. Long Beach hit nearly .300 in the match as Haleigh Hampton proved to be an offensive force once again with a team-high 12 kills and .526 attack percentage. Freshman Alma Serna was less effi cient with her swings in this one but proved to be a handful de-fensively at the net as she contrib-uted a match-high eight blocks.

The ‘Niners have all but clinched a Big West championship at this point, as they’re now guaranteed at least a share of the Big West crown, and need just one more victory to ensure the outright ti-tle. With that victory, Long Beach State would ensure a 25th-straight appearance in the NCAA Tourna-ment fi eld. They will get two chances to do that this weekend as they remain on the road. Friday night they will play Pacifi c and Saturday they face UC Davis, with both matches starting at 7pm.LBSU Water Polo It was an up and down kind of weekend for the 49ers, as they went 1-2, but had some encour-aging results. Last week against the No. 6 UC Irvine Anteaters, the 49ers held an early lead but couldn’t hold on, and fell 13-12 despite six goals from Aleksandar Petrovic. They couldn’t rebound in their next game against the Stanford Cardinal, who visited the 49ers’ Campus Pool and played rude guests, beating Long Beach 11-

3. Initially, the 49ers trailed just 4-3, but the defense couldn’t hold up against the relentless attack of the national championship-con-tending Cardinal, who fi nished the game with seven unanswered scores. But things picked up after that. On Sunday, the 49ers faced Air Force in a non-conference game, a welcome respite from the gruel-ing MPSF schedule. Against Air Force, they won 12-7 at home, beating the Falcons

for the third time this season to improve their record to 14-9 (but just 1-5 in conference). Goalie John Mroch totaled a career-high 10 saves in the match, and fi ve different ‘Niners scored in the win. Brian Schiefer and Dan Matulis both scored a pair of goals, and Aleksandar Petrovic chipped in a score as well. There’s just one more chance to see the 49ers at home, at 7 p.m. Thursday, as they host UCLA un-der the campus pool lights.

on the conference Preseason All-First Team. Ware and Anderson were the only Big West players named to the Mid-Major Pre-season All-American team. In the rankings for active Big West career statistics, some com-bination of these four hold the top two spots in points, rebounds, steals and assists (in minutes, they hold the top three).

They are literally rewriting the conference and school history books, and the Walter Pyramid has never seen anything quite like them. This is not a group too strung out on compliments, nor over-dosed on confi dence. They are fully aware of their mortality. And it may actually make them more dangerous, because they re-alize their weaknesses. For start-ers, they have relied too much on Ware and lacked a go-to scorer

that can create his own shot in the halfcourt game. This is where the new recruits come in. Welcoming The Future, Now Freshman point guard Mike Caffey (Corona Centennial) will play signifi cant minutes right away as Ware’s backup and eventual successor. The addition of Caffey will allow coaches to rest Ware more often, saving his body for the late minutes and the thick of the conference schedule.

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—Gazette photo by Stephen DachmanCHAMPIONS AGAIN. The Long Beach State Women’s Soccer team hoists the Big West Championship trophy at Irvine.


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Caffey has already adjusted to the speed of the college game and has appeared comfortable running a D-1 offense. The other game-changing ad-dition is 6’6” junior guard James Ennis, a JuCo transfer (Ventura College) advertised as a shooter but who is clearly a hypernatural superathlete — the kind who can effortlessly thrust into the air and decide what he’ll do with the ball once he’s up there. The kind rare-ly, if ever, seen in the Big West. He is a dangerous outside shooter, and thus, exactly what the 49ers need most: An athletic player with ball skills that can stretch a defense, attack in the open court and make his own shot within the offense. Long Beach also has added promising talent in freshman guard Shaquille Hunter and ju-nior guard Kris Gulley, though we may not see much of them this season. A logjam at both guard positions will limit their minutes, and Monson may elect to redshirt the JuCo transfer Gulley. Senior guards Corey Jackson and Sean

Starkey will compete for play-ing time alongside junior transfer Peter Pappageorge. The 49ers also will have to sit 6’9” forward Dan Jennings, a transfer from West Virginia Uni-versity, and likely redshirt 6’7” junior Kyle Richardson due to an-other logjam at post forward. Also at 6’9”, freshman Nick Shephard redshirted last year and could be inserted as a defensive force early and often this season. Not to be overlooked is senior forward Edis Dervisevic, who joined the team last season but has quickly found his niche as a vocal and emotional leader. Along with Ware and An-derson, Dervisevic will serve as co-captain and be one of Mon-son’s first choices off the bench.The Total Package So what’s the result? On of-fense, a complete, controlled inside-out attack powered by the motion offense and savvy guard play. They have been too depen-dent on jump shots in seasons past, but can be a thing of beauty when Ware and Anderson are able to attack the basket. The 49ers still rely on transition, and will be the best team in the conference at the fast break (perhaps one of

the best in the nation). Bring your cameras. Defensively, the 49ers return the Defensive Player of the Year in Ware, led the conference in rebounding last season and boast impressive size compared to their Big West opponents. Monson will probably elect to run more zone defense in order to save his team’s legs. This makes sense in terms of protecting Ware from cramps and the rest of the team from a late-season collapse. When they do play man-to-man, with Ware or Caffey on the point and their length on the wings, Long Beach is capable of making life very dif-ficult for their opponents. Heading into the first tip-off, hosting Idaho for the annual Homecoming game on Saturday, Nov. 12, there are more reasons for optimism. Anderson is finally healthy after battling offseason injuries in 2009 and 2010, Robin-son says he is in the best shape of his life after a summer of intense training, and the team’s senior leadership is already paying divi-dends. “We are way ahead of where we would have been in any year since I’ve been here,” Monson

says. “I do less coaching because Casper and Larry and some of the other guys — we’ve got five or six guys pointing other guys in the right direction. That’s an ad-vantage we have on other teams right now and we have to utilize that, especially in these preseason games because a lot of teams will be where we’re at in January.”What Doesn’t Kill You… Monson will lead his troops into the thick of the forest yet again this year. The 49ers face the toughest preseason schedule in the Monson era, and almost cer-tainly the most difficult schedule in Long Beach State history. Long Beach should ready their slings, as they’ll have plenty of chances to take down Goliath. They will face Top 25 teams in North Carolina, Pittsburgh, Lou-isville, Xavier and Kansas — a lineup that reads more like a list of college basketball’s all-time greatest programs than a warm-up to conference play. But, ul-timately, it’s not the Louisvilles and Pittsburghs that will earn the 49ers a ticket to the Dance. It’s the Pacifics and Fullertons and Santa Barbaras, and they’ve gotten the better of Long Beach in the past

three years. The players agree: That cannot happen this season. Long Beach State has not won a game in the NCAA Tournament since 1973. They haven’t won in the NIT since 1990. There is a nasty taste in the mouths of the seniors who have had dreams de-ferred in the past two years, but it has been far longer since 49er fans have cleansed their palate. This season represents the best chance for all parties to achieve redemption, together. Whatever the 49ers accomplish in the 2011-12 season, many will say that they’ve already done the heavy lifting. Monson keeps roll-ing in recruits of higher and high-er quality, and North Carolina has agreed to play in Long Beach next season, a sign that the 49er basketball program has already been lifted to heights never before seen. A lot of that is due to the ac-complishments of that 2008 re-cruiting class that will suit up in the Black & Gold for the final time this season, for one last shot at the only prize that matters. Are they ready for the challenge?Check out an extended preview at GazettesSports.com,


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Sorry I missed you last week: I followed a voyage to Santa Bar-bara and back over Halloween weekend with a trip to Denver (I had hoped to get there before the snow and managed to get there with the snow). Fall is a time for business travel for me, so I am

spending some time on the road. And when I got back I discov-ered that fall had arrived in Long Beach. Wet pavement and snow in the mountains greeted me when I got back into the Long Beach Airport. The weekend before in Santa Barbara had been warm, al-

most summer-like, but the fall is defi nitely here. I love the fall in Long Beach. As I always say, those who think there are no seasons in South-ern California are not aware of their subtleties. A 70-degree day in June is entirely different than a 70-degree day in November. I love the cooler weather, the col-or of the sky, the way the water looks. There is not a lot of sailing go-ing on this weekend, but one of the events is another indication that fall is here — the fi rst of the Seal Beach Yacht Club Sunday Sailors’ Series. This event, con-sisting of three races over three weekend days, is one of the more popular series of the year. I re-

ally think it is because it is a great chance to get out for a sail on a fall day, but for whatever reason, lots of sailors take part. The fi rst event is this Sunday, Nov. 13. The other two dates are Nov. 27 (the Sunday of Thanks-giving weekend) and Dec. 11. There is a single race each day, starting in the Long Beach Outer Harbor off the Peninsula. There also is a gathering after racing back at the SlBYC clubhouse in the Alamitos Bay Marina Center at the bend in Marina Drive. The series is mostly sailed among boats that race under the Performance Handicap Racing Fleet (PHRF) handicap system for mono-hull keelboats. There are races for both spinnaker and non-spinnaker fl eets. One-design boats like Cal 20s also are invited and often participate. Details on the regatta can be found at http://www.sealbeachyc.org. Or call SlBYC at 594-6337.

Turkey Trot Our neighbors in the downtown Shoreline Marina, Shoreline Yacht Club, will host its last invitational regatta of the year this weekend. The Turkey Trot Race is set for Saturday, Nov. 12, and is open to members of recognized yacht clubs. It is sailed mostly among PHRF boats on both spinnaker and non-spinnaker divisions. Go to the club’s website, www.shorelineyachtclub.com, for in-formation. If you wend your way through the Racing links, you can fi nd the Notice of Race. Or you can just call Shoreline Yacht Club at 435-4093.CSULB Sailing The Long Beach State sailing team is on the road this weekend, too, and to the same place I was two weeks ago: Santa Barbara. The 49ers, fresh off a win at the Pacifi c Coast Collegiate Sailing Conference (PCCSC) Frosh/Soph Regatta on Mission Bay in San Diego last month, will be com-peting in the PCCSC Dinghy Fall Pacifi c Coast Championships, hosted by UC Santa Barbara Nov. 12 and 13. I’m hoping there’ll be a website to which you can be directed for more information, but for those of you on Facebook, you can fol-low the team at “CSULB Sailing Team.” You can also contact the team’s PR person, Katlyn Wheel-er, at 433-4858, or email her at [email protected].

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The Aquatics Athletes of the Year fi nalists will be honored at a banquet tonight, Thursday, at the offi ces of Keesal, Young and Logan. Long Beach Aquatic Capital of America is hosting its third annu-al banquet to recognize athletes, individuals and organizations whose efforts during 2011 con-tributed to making Long Beach the Aquatic Capital of America. Long Beach City Manager Pat West will be honored as the inaugural Long Beach Aquatic Citizen of the Year. The Long Beach Yacht Club will be rec-ognized for its contributions to amateur and competitive sailing. Also being honored are the Long Beach Sailing Foundation for its community outreach program and the Greater Long Beach YMCA for its commitment to water safety programs. The fi nalists for the 2011 Aquatic Athlete of the Year award are: Cole Porter, diving; Howard Hamlin, sailing; Jes-sica Hardy, swimming; Lau-ren Wenger, water polo; Tony Azevedo, water polo; Stesha Carle, rowing; Misty May-Treanor, beach volleyball; and Hank Wise, Dr. Lyle Nalli, Matt Mitchell, Ted Bramble, Parks Wesson and Lexie Kelly, all for open water swimming. The Athlete of the Year will be announced at the banquet to-night. Last-minute tickets, if avail-able, are $75. Call 858-2188.

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that famous college athletics quote, “it’s not the Xs and os, it’s the Jimmys and Joes” doesn’t totally dismiss the importance of appropriate game plans, and it also doesn’t implore coaches to just roll the ball out there and let athletes play however they want. the more accurate quote would be, “You need the perfect Jimmys and Joes to execute your Xs and os.” in the case of Long Beach State women’s soccer head coach Mauricio ingrassia and three-year senior captain Shawna Gordon, the fit was perfect — and historic — from day one. As a club soccer coach before he took over at Long Beach State, ingrassia had seen Gordon play up with the older Arsenal Club teams. in 2006 as a third-year head coach at LBSU, he put the midfielder on his short list of tar-geted recruits. “She was playing on all the old-er teams, so she got overlooked,” ingrassia says of Gordon’s ear-ly club and high school career. Jumping at the opportunity to stake claim to undervalued stock, ingrassia invited Gordon to visit campus and attend the home game against UC irvine. the 49ers beat the Anteaters 3-0 that day as then sophomore midfielder Hayley Bolt dominated the midfield. “it was perfect timing,” ingras-sia says of having Gordon there for that game in particular. “She saw (Bolt) and how we want to play. She could visualize how she would fit into our style… i made the offer right away.” As a rising star of the inland Empire club soccer world and an MVp selection on her Los osos High School team, Gordon started getting a lot of offers from schools like UCLA, Santa Clara and USC. “(LBSU and Bolt) moved the ball around so well… i saw (in-grassia’s) vision and what i could be in it,” Gordon says of her col-lege decision. “they easy way out was going to a top 10 school, but i wanted to help establish some-thing new, and it was the right choice.” Gordon arrived at Long Beach State in 2008 and was immediately thrown into the starting lineup. With Bolt and sophomore Lindsey Bullock leading the mid-field, Gordon was placed on the outside and struggled early with the pace of the college game. But she adjusted, played hard and lis-tened to her coaches. “She didn’t have the legs un-

der her at first, but we put her into every game and she got bet-ter very quickly,” ingrassia says. “We went to the next level that year and it was because we were able to move Bolt up as our target center forward… the only reason we were able to do that is because (Gordon) could move into the middle.” So, as a true freshman, Gordon was named All-Big West honor-able mention and helped the 49ers reach the NCAA tournament for the first time in school history. But in the offseason, Bolt and seven other seniors graduated, which left Gordon and Bullock as junior and sophomore captains of a team with 18 newcomers. “it was rough,” Gordon says of the 2009 campaign in which the 49ers went 5-11-3 overall and 1-6-1 in the Big West. “We didn’t play bad soccer, we were just so inexperienced… it was little overwhelming to be named captain because i had to worry about 20-30 people instead of just me… But that developed me as a leader.” Gordon took the leadership lessons and on-field bumps and bruises into the 2010 season in which the 49ers turned it all around. As a first-team All-Big West selection for the second straight year, the “Commission-er” led the team with seven assists and netted three game-winning goals as Long Beach State won the Big West Conference tourna-ment for the first time in school history, tied a school record for total wins (14) and got back to the NCAA tournament. “She’s not a rah-rah leader,” ingrassia says of Gordon. “She does it by example.” the 49ers followed Gordon again this season, only to see new heights with a record 15 wins, a second straight BWCt Championship (she assisted on the game-winning goal

against UC irvine) and a date with pepperdine in the first round of the NCAA tournament this Saturday (1:30 p.m. there). Her efforts erned her the Big West Midfielder of the Year title, like Bolt and Bullock be-fore her. Not only has Gordon helped Long Beach State achieve histor-ic feats over the last four years,

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—Gazette photo by Stephen DachmanSHE’S GOT IT. Long Beach State Women’s Soccer senior cap-tain Shawna Gordon controls the ball. — as usual.

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By Mike GuardabascioSportS Editor

Long Beach State women’s basketball coach Jody Wynn isn’t as public about her motivational speeches and sayings as her men’s coach counterpart dan Monson, whose team bracelet mottos have become their own storyline each year. But if Wynn were looking for a phrase to sum up her 49ers’ goals this year, it might read: defy Expectations. if Long Beach State is to im-prove on last year’s 8-23 fin-ish, that’s exactly what they’ll have to do. the team is picked to finish dead last in the Big West in the preseason coaches’ poll, and returns just four letter winners from the disappointing 2010-2011 campaign. thanks to graduations and five players who departed for non-gradua-tion reasons (three due to trans-fer, two due to their scholarships not being renewed), this year’s new-look squad will feature nine players new to the pyramid crowd. “No one knows what to expect from us this year,” admits Wynn, when asked about the poll. “We’re ready to get on the floor and play an opponent.” it may be a good thing for this young group that nobody expects

much from them, because it’s a talented group with high poten-tial, and starting the year getting no respect is a way to motivate. “We’re going to surprise a lot of people,” says senior forward tipesa Moorer, one of just two seniors on the roster (there are only two juniors, as well). “We have the pieces, it’s all about how we come together.” Moorer’s co-captain will be redshirt freshman Alex Sanchez, a talented, hard-working frosh who’s emblematic of the team’s strength: versatility. Sanchez is 5’-10” and can play inside. the team’s 6’-3” post Ella Clark, who played with the British U23 Na-tional team over the summer, can shoot the trey. “our guards are bigger than a lot of teams, and our posts can shoot the three,” says Moorer. “We’re very versatile.” that’s a tribute to Wynn and her staff, whose system calls for that kind of flexibility on the floor, and for as happy as Wynn is that the talent level of the team is increasing, she’s just as happy with how they’ve gelled on the practice floor. “they work hard for each oth-er,” she says. “the camaraderie has been unbelievable.” Sanchez, looking back on last

year’s team struggles, agrees. “the work ethic is a lot better this year,” she says. “We’re very young, but i think our chemistry is great.” in addition to Moorer, Clark, and Sanchez, the bulk of the team’s talent is in the backcourt, where 5’-8” Jhakia Mcdonald and 5’-8” Chantel dooley round out the guards, who will share the point guard responsibilities. dooley, another redshirt fresh-man, will make an immediate impact, provided she can remain healthy — another storyline for the whole team. they’re not quite as ravaged by injury as they were last year, but at a practice on Sat-urday they still weren’t healthy enough to play themselves five on five. “it’s an ongoing issue,” Wynn says. the young, inexperienced, un-proven, injury-prone team isn’t exactly lacking in those (issues, that is) — but they’re heavy on the potential, as well.

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she will leave as one of only four 49ers to record double-digit as-sists (10) in a season and her 24 points this year is the eighth-best in single season school history. She currently sits in third place for most assists all-time at Long Beach State. “i’m all over the place right now,” Gordon says of her emo-tions going into what could be her last game in the Black & Gold. “i’m sad because soccer could end at any time for me, but i’m excited for (the pepperdine game) and i’m excited to move onto new things.” First things first: finish a his-toric career on a historic note. Long Beach State women’s soc-cer has never won an NCAA tournament game. According to ingrassia, Gor-don needs to simply, “show up as herself, and do what she does best.”


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Girls’ Volleyball Form was followed for the first round of the play-offs tuesday night, with Wilson and Lakewood winning in straight sets. injuries did in poly, much as they have all season, and the Jack-rabbits fell to redondo Union in four sets. redondo was the team

poly beat last year for the CiF title. Millikan was swept by Mira Costa. in division 4, St. Anthony’s Saints picked up a first-round vic-tory with a sweep of Holy Fam-ily. Go to www.gazettessports.com for details and video.Cross Country After scorching conditions at

last year’s Moore League Cross Country Finals, and even more scorching conditions at the last league meet this year at Signal Hill, the pleasant temperatures and light breeze were a welcome respite at Heartwell park last week for the 2011 League Finals meet. A phenomenal day to run turned into an even more phe-

nomenal day to be a Jackrabbit, as the green and gold swept the boys’ and girls’ league champion-ships once again. For the boys’ team, that’s now 15 of the last 16 years they’ve had at least a share of the title, and for the Jackrabbit girls, it’s the eighth straight year they’ve swept the Frosh/Soph, JV, and varsity titles. “i’m proud of how they raced, how they’ve raced all year,” said poly girls’ coach Nate Bershtel. “the rest of our league really stepped up today.” in the boys’ race, it was Milli-kan’s pablo Cardenas who stepped up to push sophomore Miguel Bautista of poly, as Cardenas took second. Bautista went on to win by 21 seconds, with a time of 14:50, rebounding from a stretch of a few bad races he’d had in non-league meets. “it’s a mental thing,” said Bau-tista of shaking out of his funk. “You have to keep training and putting the time in.” Bautista was the top return-ing runner from last year, and was clearly on a mission to win a league title, as were his team-mates. “our first goal is to win,” said poly boys’ coach Mike Fillipow. “that was one of our fastest-ever team times, and Miguel shattered the Moore League course record. this race means a lot, especially

for the seniors, their last time here.” in the girls’ race, it seemed that the league was determined to run as a pack for the first two miles. there was very little sepa-ration among the top 20 runners, with Noelle ignart from Lake-wood and Jocelyn dominguez from Millikan pushing eventual league champion Jessica Gonza-lez. Gonzalez, also a sophomore, wasn’t sure until the morning of the race if she would compete on a tweaked knee, but gutted out a narrow league championship, winning with a time of 18:36, just a second faster than Lakewood’s ignart, who took second. on the boys’ side, poly, Milli-kan, Lakewood and Wilson will advance to the CiF prelims (in that order of seeding), and on the girls’ it’s the same four, in the same order. those teams will race this Saturday at Mt. SAC for the right to advance to the Finals. Girls’ Tennis the best of the best were crowned at Billie Jean King ten-nis Center last week in the Moore League tennis individual Finals. Junior Cindy Nguyen of Mil-likan continued her ascension up the league ranks, after finishing third as a freshman and second a sophomore, beating Wilson’s Jessica Cedillo for the individual

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the Vikings’ transformation into a championship football team is nearly complete. after a rough start to the season in which Long Beach struggled to a 1-4 non-conference record, including a 42-0 loss to Golden West on opening day, it looked like the Vikings were in for a disappointing year. But all that changed once the league slate got underway and the team traveled to La Harbor, winning 31-28 on a last-second field goal by alex Va-lencia. that was the beginning of a four-game winning streak that continued last Saturday against Chaffey as LBCC went on the road and dominated in a 45-21 victory. Once again, there was little doubt regarding the outcome of the game, as the Vikings staked themselves to a big lead. they were up 24-7 at the half, then put the game well out of reach, tak-ing a 38-7 lead with eight min-utes left in the third quarter. Mar-cus Montero handled most of the

passing attack for Long Beach after filling in for starter ryan Craighead in the second quarter. Montero ended up tossing four touchdown passes and 256 yards through the air. the Vikings brought the “Payne” on both sides of the ball as wideout travon Payne led the offense with eight catches for a whopping 190 yards and three scores. Defensively, roosevelt Payne had a pair of interceptions and four solo tackles. travon now has more than 1,000 receiving yards on the year to go along with 12 touchdowns. the Vikings got another strong defensive performance, as that unit continues to show improve-ment from their early-season struggle. they forced seven Chaffey turnovers, including five interceptions. Dennis Buckner led the squad with 10 total tack-les, including two for loss. With the victory, along with a loss by previously undefeated Citrus, Long Beach has assured itself at least a share of the con-ference title. However, with just

one game left on the schedule, LBCC is a victory away from an undefeated league mark and an outright SCfa Central West Con-ference title. the Vikings (5-4, 4-0) will get the chance to win it at home as they welcome the aforementioned Citrus College (5-4, 3-1) to Vets at 1 p.m. this Saturday in the final regular season game.Soccer the ladies of LBCC took a dis-appointing trip to Cerritos early in the week and came home with a 3-0 loss, but they quickly re-bounded in an 8-1 thrashing of La Harbor on friday. Claudia toledo continued her fantastic season for Long Beach (11-6-1, 7-4-1) as she did her part in this match, scoring four goals and dishing out two assists. She now has 18 goals and 7 assists on the season. Long Beach had a narrow 2-1 halftime advantage but they were able to blow things open in the second. Camila Ve-ron, Cristina Landavazo, Priscilla Cortez and Marissa Macias were the other goal scorers for LBCC.

the men’s team had a tougher time recovering from their loss to Cerritos, coming home and play-ing La Harbor to a 2-2 draw. all of the scoring took place in the first half, as the Vikings (6-6-6, 3-5-4) were able to build a 2-1 lead behind a goal from tim Harty and a penalty kick goal from Kevin Jimenez. the Harbor equalizer came just before the end of the first half and the teams maintained the 2-2 score.

No matched scheduled for this weekend as both teams reach the end of their regular season sched-ules.Men’s Water Polo the Vikings continued their strong season with a pair of wins in the South Coast Conference Championships, including a 14-10 win over Cerritos in the final. this puts Long Beach (24-1, 5-0) into the SoCal Championships starting this friday.

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singles title. Lakewood’s alexis Yeoman beat Wilson’s taylor Burgess for third place. Cedillo and partner tiffany Sanchez flipped the script in the double title, defeating Nguyen and her partner Sabree Snuggs for the crown. Since both Cedillo and Nguyen will compete in the Cif bracket as individuals, nei-ther can compete in the doubles bracket. instead, Wilson’s taylor Burgess and alexandra Dukelis, and Lakewood’s Yeoman and ida-lis rideout will advance to Cif as the Moore League’s doubles rep-resentatives.Boys’ Water Polo it was a turbulent final day in the pool for the Moore League

last week, as the league saw some wild action. Wilson defeated Lakewood 15-7 to sew up another undefeated league schedule, led by five goals from Murphy Slater and three steals apiece from Na-than Golla and Zach Polmanteer. the Bruins led 11-2 at halftime en route to the win. the loss dropped Lakewood to 2-2 in league, which is ex-actly where Poly and Millikan found themselves after the rams beat the visiting Jackrabbits 7-6. it was 3-3 at halftime, but a 2-0 third quarter for Millikan over-came a strong fourth quarter surge for Poly, who were led by tristan Brightenburg’s hat trick and Mitchell Hokanson’s ten saves in the cage. Since only three teams from the league are guaranteed playoff

spots, coin flips determined the Cif seeding order of the Jack-rabbits, rams and Lancers, with Poly winning the flip for second, and Lakewood taking third. that means even though they’re the only team involved who won on the final day of competition, the rams had to cross their fingers and hope for an at-large bid — which they did not receive. Poly and Lakewood both lost in the first round tuesday night.


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After 10 weeks of Long Beach football, it’s all coming to a close

this weekend, and it’s all on the line as the teams try to end the 2011 regular season on a positive note. The Moore League games

will be played today (Thursday) because of the Veterans Day holi-day on Friday. All of the games will have LIVE scoring updates

at GazettesSports.com.Poly vs. Cabrillo, 7 p.m. @ Veter-ans Memorial Stadium The Jackrabbits (8-1, 5-0) will host their little brother from the other side of the 710 Freeway the Jaguars (7-2, 4-1). The winner of this game will take the No. 1 play-off seed out of the Moore League, and if Cabrillo can pull off the up-set, the two will split the Moore League regular season title. It would be business as usual for the Jackrabbits, and world-changing for the Jaguars because while the Poly football history could fi ll a mighty large book, Cabrillo is writing its own history book right now. The Jaguars opened the season with a 35-6 road loss to CIF No. 6 San Clemente, and then proceed-ed to rattle off six straight wins during which they outscored their opponents 224-107. Senior quar-terback Derek Stewart (#5) has paced the high-octane Cabrillo offense with 2,116 yards passing (63% completion rate) and 360 yards rushing (5.79 yard avg.) to go with 19 passing and seven rushing touchdowns. Meanwhile, the Jackrabbits have only a road loss to No. 2 Mis-sion Viejo on an otherwise perfect season with victories over highly touted Grant, Carson, Lakewood

and Narbonne. The defense has been stellar, only allowing 128 points this season and holding their opponents under 14 points in four of the last fi ve weeks. Se-nior linebacker Salamo Fiso (#5) leads the team in tackles with 87 total and 42 solos to go with three sacks and an interception. If Cabrillo wants to have a chance to win in the second half of this game, they need to fi rst hang with Poly’s physicality. The Jackrabbits will come out and try to establish the upper hand in the trenches — like they have done year in and year out against the Jaguars. If Cabrillo can absorb that early pressure and respond with the big plays that have been the key to their offensive suc-cess, then anything is possible with Poly’s passing game strug-gling with inconsistency. In other words: Poly wants a slugfest and Cabrillo wants a shootout.Jordan vs. Wilson, 7 p.m. @ Jor-dan Memorial Stadium If you’ve never seen it, go to the GazettesSports YouTube channel right now and watch last year’s classic Panther comeback win over the Bruins. On the road and trailing 31-6 at halftime, Jor-dan came all the way back— with the help of a few costly Wilson

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turnovers— to steal the 52-44 im-probable victory. “We talked about that game all summer,” says Wilson head coach John Janzen, who was the offen-sive coordinator last year. “It’s about finishing, and we all prom-ised ourselves that would never happen again.” Wilson looks to have accepted that challenge and has finished off big halftime leads with wins over Artesia, Compton and Millikan. However, those games did not mean as much as this one because the winner earns the fourth and final playoff spot from the Moore League. The Bruins struggled to hang with Poly last week after taking the first-half lead, falling 65-13, while the Panthers dominated Compton in a 38-18 win. For Jordan (4-5, 2-3) the offense was cruising, mostly because it was the John Ross (#2) show as “The Boss” had a kickoff return for a touchdown, a fumble recovery for a score and two touchdown grabs to go with 63 yards receiving. For Wilson (4-5, 2-3) the offense was sputtering, mostly because the rushing attack sets the tone (the team has 1,865 rushing yards on the season) and it was only able to amass 48 yards last week. So, the game plan seems clear for both defenses. For Wilson, it’s all about stopping Ross, and for Jordan, it’s all about stopping

quarterback Brett Harper (#8) and the Bruin rushing attack.Millikan vs. Compton, 7 p.m. @ Millikan High Football Stadium Even though these teams have a combined one win in the Moore League this season — that win coming via Lakewood forfeiture — the Tarbabes (2-7, 1-4) and the Rams (1-8, 0-5) will be playing for pride tonight. In high school football, that is a powerful thing, especially when kids are playing for their coaching staff’s future. Compton head coach Brian Collins took over the job after the second week when Don Markham left his post, and even though the

losses have been piling up, these Tarbabes have stayed in games and played hard for their new captain. They were trailing Poly by only three at halftime, and were leading Cabrillo until the fi-nal drive of the game. Millikan head coach Kirk Di-ego has heard the greatly exag-gerated rumors of his demise ever since his team went 1-9 and 0-6 in the Moore League last season. The aging Diego still has fight left in him, and don’t think for a mo-ment the Rams are unaware of the uncertain future for Diego and the Millikan football program. St. Anthony vs. Salesian @ Clark Field, 7 p.m. (Friday) The Saints (3-6, 1-2) are com-ing off a blowout loss to St. Gen-

evieve last week, but a win and some help could possibly earn them a playoff birth. They will need another big game from ju-nior running back Javen Lopez (#24), who already has 1,119 yards rushing and 18 touchdowns this season.Long Beach City College vs. Cirtus @ Veterans Memorial Stadium, 1 p.m. (Saturday) The Vikings (5-4, 4-0) are on an absolute tear right now. After losing their first three games of the season, they’ve won five of the last six, including four in a row to take over first place in the Central West Conference. The winner today will earn the CWC title and a spot in the Central Di-vision Championship Bowl.

—Gazette photo by John FajardoRUN, GERARD, RUN. Poly running back Gerard Wicks breaks free for one of his two touchdowns; the Jackrabbits rushed for 365 yards and eight touchdowns on just 30 carries.


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ten years ago, Marcedes Lewis was standing on the Long Beach poly rally stage as a Jackrabbit. He and his teammates helped to pump the students up at lunch-time before big games, like the first high school national champi-onship, against de La Salle, or the 2001 CiF championship, which poly won 42-28 against Edison. Last week, Lewis was once again standing on the stage at lunchtime — but this time as a Jacksonville Jaguar. the NFL pro Bowler returned home on his bye week to give the school a big gift: $20,000, which is going to ben-efit the boys’ basketball team, the girls’ volleyball team and the poly North camp program. “it’s nice to be on the rally stage for a different purpose,” he laughed. “For me, this is a dream come true.” An odd statement from a man

who’s giving away a big chunk of his own money, but not a state-ment that surprises those who knew Lewis at poly. Current poly athletic director rob Shock was Lewis’s tight end coach, and the two have remained close friends since Lewis’s graduation. “He’s what you want from ev-ery kid who leaves here,” Shock says. “it doesn’t surprise me that he gives back so much, because that’s how he’s always been.” Lewis’s donation already has helped keep the doors open for poly North, boosted the amount of instruction that girls’ volleyball team can afford, and purchased a state-of-the-art shooting machine for the basketball team. the machine is programmable in every way, allowing players to customize workouts, and even print out a “receipt” of their per-formance. “We’ll see the results of this immediately,” basketball coach

Sharrief Metoyer says of his de-fending CiF champion squad. Lewis numbers among the play-ers he’s coached, and he let Lewis see the fruits of his donation by setting him up with an elbow-to-

elbow shooting workout after the rally stage presentation. “You really can’t put a value on it,” Metoyer says. “the kids are already working on it every day.” in addition to the donation — which was really a ceremonial presentation, since the programs have already received and spent their money — Lewis has been hosting his annual football camp at poly for the last few years, and has more plans to help the school in the works. When asked why he wasn’t donating to the football team, where his professional ca-reer got its first big boost, Lewis smiled. “We have big things in motion,” he said. “that’s all i’ll say.” As bizarre as it was for some of Lewis’s former teachers and coaches to see him returning to the school as a pro, a few of the attendees had their own unique perspective. to Cody and Niki Withers, who both play volleyball at poly, Lewis isn’t just a famous alumni of their high school — he’s their older brother. “it’s great to have him home, i haven’t seen him for a few months,” Niki said after the rally presentation. “He’s actually only been back for a few hours, but he wanted to do this before he re-laxed.” in the end, it’s not just that Lewis gives back to poly that makes this a story — it’s that so

many others don’t. poly has pro-duced more NFL players than any other high school in the country, but despite all those pro alumni, it’s something of a rarity for a player to return and give gener-ously of his wealth, as well as his time. Lewis said it wasn’t just that he had a good time at the school that leads him to be so charitable. “it’s not just my experience, it’s what’s in my heart,” he says. “i always wanted to be able to give back. i promised my mom i’d buy her a house and a car when i was 10 years old — i did that. once that was checked off it was like, ‘What’s next? What can i do?’” it’s that kind of thinking that has had people talking about Lewis across the country — and not just for his football skills. When co-principal Victor Jarels was on vacation in New Mexico with his wife earlier this year, he found himself in a conversation with another couple, who were from Jacksonville, and astounded to hear that he worked at poly. “they asked me, ‘isn’t that where Marcedes Lewis went to school?’” he said. “And they wanted to talk about how he’s the best guy in the world, and what a good person he is, and how if ev-eryone on their team was like him they’d have no problems.” thanks to Lewis’s big-hearted generosity, his high school may end up feeling that way, too.

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—Gazette photo by Mike GuardabascioPAY BACK. Poly alum and NFL Pro Bowler Marcedes Lewis unveils his $20,000 donation for the school in front of athletic directors Rob Shock and Crystal Irving, and Poly basketball players.


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Welcome to By the Books, a weekly column where we break down how the local programs are doing in polls and rankings both local and nationalFootball With just one week left in the regular season, all eyes are turn-ing towards the CiF pac-5 divi-sion football poll. the poly Jack-rabbits are looking good to hang onto one of the coveted top four spots, which are seeded so that none of the top four teams would face each other until the semifi-nals. poly is currently No. 3, be-hind Servite and Mission Viejo and over Santa Margarita, who plays Servite on Friday. if poly can beat Cabrillo, the Jackrabbits should have no problem stay-ing in the top four. Lakewood is ranked No. 10 in the poll. Apparently the Jackrab-bits’ 52-point win over Wilson didn’t impress the LA Times, who dropped them from No. 8 in Southern California to No. 9. Lakewood’s 25-point win over Millikan moved them up from No. 18 to No. 14.Boys’ Water Polo the regular season is finally over, and Wilson did it — they hung onto one of the top seeded spots in the CiF division 2 poll. When the brackets were released last weekend, Bruins fans were relieved to see their team still in the No. 3 spot, not only seeded but high enough to receive a first-round bye in the playoffs.Girls’ Volleyball After a long absence, the Moore League finally had a showing in the CiF division 1 top ten poll, as Wilson’s undefeated league run was good enough to net the Bruins the No. 10 spot in the final poll of the season.Girls’ Tennis the Bruins’ tennis team’s un-defeated league run was similarly impressive in hindsight, as the

CiF coaches finally recognized Wilson in the final poll of the sea-son for this sport, as well. Wilson makes an appearance in the CiF division 3 poll at No. 8.LBSU Soccer Monday morning’s NCAA Bracket release showed why coaches and fans are getting more and more into checking rank-ings. the coaches’ poll is fun, of course, but it is the rpi poll that’s used for tournament seeding and host determination. Long Beach State had been hovering on the edge of the coaches’ top 25, and even with a conference champi-onship win over UC irvine, aren’t likely to jump up into it. their win, however, raised them to No. 31 in the nation in rpi — exciting for Long Beach fans because this year there are 32 hosts in the NCAA tourna-ment, instead of the usual four-team regional approach. Unfor-tunately for Long Beach, the Selection Committee decided to send them on the road, to play pepperdine, No. 10 in rpi. How close were they to hosting their first ever NCAA match on cam-pus? only two schools higher in rpi than Long Beach are hitting the road this weekend.LBSU Volleyball the 49ers inch a little closer to regaining a spot in the NCAA Coaches’ top 25 every week, and the latest poll is no exception. this week they’re up to No. 27, just shy of cracking the list. they’re only No. 50 in rpi, which means it’s a good thing they’re going to win the Big West, because they quite likely wouldn’t be given a 25th consecutive NCAA tourna-ment berth without the automatic qualifying spot. Next year, win-ning conference might be a little tougher — after all, Hawaii is joining the Big West. the Wahine are currently ranked No. 6 in the nation.LBSU Water Polo it’s more good news for the 49ers, who rebounded from a big loss to No. 4 Stanford with a vic-tory over unranked Air Force, to climb a spot in the national rank-ings, from No. 8 to No. 7.

John Ross, Jordan Football John Ross, “The Boss,” certainly earned both his nickname, and his second Athlete of the Week Award with his performance against Compton. In a must-win game that now puts Jordan into a playoff play-in game against Wil-son on Friday, Ross shone, with four catches for 63 yards and two TDs, a kickoff return for a TD, and an 83-yard fumble return for a TD. Ross scored one more touchdown than the whole Compton team.

Cindy Nguyen, Millikan Tennis Nguyen is a junior on Millikan’s tennis team, who turned a lot of heads at last week’s Moore League Individual Finals. It wasn’t the bright yellow Pikachu hat that she competed in that was generating buzz, either — it was her singles title win over Wilson’s Jessica Ce-dillo. Nguyen finished third in the tournament as a freshman and second as a sophomore, so it was only fitting that she cap her junior season with a Moore League title.

Alex Balcer, LBSU Soccer Offense wins awards (including Athlete of the Week, usually), but defense wins champi-onships. Balcer’s smothering play on the back line, along with that of her fellow defenders and goalie Kaitlyn Gustaves, helped Long Beach State post two shutouts in the Big West Tournament en route to a championship. In addition, Balcer assisted on the game-win-ning goal in the title game, helping the senior to earn the Big West Tournament Most Valu-able Player award.

Claudia Toledo, LBCC Soccer Toledo, a sophomore out of Cabrillo High School, is the leading goal-scorer for the Vi-kings this year. In fact, she may be one of the leading scorers in the Southland at the rate she’s been going. Over the weekend against LA Harbor, Toledo exploded for four goals in an 8-1 victory. Saturday’s domination is at least her fifth multi-goal game of the season. The Vikings have two games left this week.

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While local football fans enjoy some Thursday night lights, Long Beach State fans are gearing up for a huge weekend as some sea-sons are coming to a close and others are just beginning.THURSDAYMoore League Football Games Because of Veterans Day, all lo-cal football games are tonight and Game O’ Da Week will decide the Moore League champion(s). The fi rst-place Poly Jackrab-bits will host the second-place Cabrillo Jaguars and the winner will take the one-seed from the Moore League. Meanwhile, Wil-son will be traveling to Jordan and the winner there will clinch a playoff spot, while the loser’s season is over. Compton will be playing Millikan. Follow LIVE score updates on Thursday night at GazettesSports.com. All games start at 7 p.m. Read more about them in the Football Preview.FRIDAYLBSU Women’s Basketball vs. Utah Valley, @ 7 p.m., Walter Pyramid The 49ers open the 2011-2012 season Friday on Armed Forces Night in the Walter Pyramid as they take on Utah Valley. The Wolverines opened their season last week with a 73-57 exhibition win over Western New Mexico. Utah Valley was led by forward Sammie Jensen (#11, 6’0”) who fi nished with 15 points and 14 rebounds. The junior was named Great West Conference Newcom-

er of the Year last season while averaging a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds per game.SATURDAYLBSU Women’s Soccer @ Pepper-dine, NCAA Tournament @ 1 p.m. Entering their third NCAA Tournament in the last four years, the 2011 Big West Champion Long Beach State 49ers will have to travel once again, this time to see the No. 8 team in the na-tion. The Waves (15-1-4, 7-1-0) are winners of seven of their last eight games in which they’ve out-scored their opponents 13-to-3 on their way to the fi rst West Coast Conference crown since 2008. The two teams share six com-mon opponents on the schedule with California, Cal State Fuller-ton, UC Santa Barbara, Cal Poly,

San Diego and Saint Mary’s. Long Beach State lost to Califor-nia at home early in the season after Pepperdine went on the road and beat the Golden Bears, 2-1. However, the Waves tied Cal Poly and only beat Saint Mary’s 2-1 after the 49ers beat both of those teams, 6-0. Pepperdine is unbeaten at home this season and are anchored by ju-nior goalkeeper Roxanne Barker, who has nine shutouts on the year to go with 77 saves. The Wave de-fense has only allowed opponents to take 193 shots (9.6 per game) and 88 on frame. Meanwhile, the Pepperdine offense has been pep-pering the opposing defense to the tune of 315 shots (157 on frame, .498 SOG pct) and an average of two goals per game. Junior forward Anisa Guajardo (#10)

leads the team with nine goals and 22 points, but the Waves are very balanced with four players in double-digit points and nine players with more than one score. The 49ers will have to keep one eye on the freshman phenomenon Lynn Williams (#25) who has six goals and a team-high eight as-sists to go along with two game winners. At Bullard High School in Fresno, Williams set the school scoring record with 117 career goals, including 50 as a senior as she led her team to a Central Sec-tion Division I title. Follow LIVE score updates at GazettesSports.com on Saturday, and come back Sunday for full coverage and a highlight video.LBSU Men’s Basketball vs. Idaho, @ 2 p.m., Walter Pyramid After the Homecoming festivi-

ties in the parking lot are done, head coach Dan Monson will lead his basketball team against his alma mater. The Vandals scored 114 points in their second exhi-bition win before this season of-fi cially gets underway, and Idaho head coach Don Verlin told the media afterwards that, “I’m never worried about us scoring the ball — we’ve got a lot of weapons out there.” Sophomore guard Ste-phen Madison led the way in that 114-73 win over Willamette, who showed Idaho full court pres-sure for almost the entire game. Junior Kyle Barone (#33, 6’10” 220 lbs.) senior guard Deremy Geiger (#35, 5’11” 170 lbs.) and junior forward Dazmond Starke (#0, 6’6” 255 lbs.) each added 14 points, going a combined 14-for-24 shooting.


—Gazette photo by Stephen DachmanGOING FOR IT. Wilson’s Maxwell Irving takes a shot in the Bruins’ big win over Lakewood, which sealed another undefeated Moore League season for the team.

O N T H E W E B~ If you haven’t already, go to GazettesSports.com right now to watch the extended highlight video of the Long Beach State women’s soccer team beating UC Irvine for the second straight year in the Big West Con-ference Tournament Championship. The 49ers scored fi rst and held on to earn their third NCAA Tournament appearance in four years. You can also watch any video on our YouTube Channel under GazettesSports.~ Make sure you listen to SportsNight LIVE at noon Thursday on the KBeach Global Radio airwaves. SportsNight is the one and only sports talk show in Long Beach where we will talk about LBSU men’s basket-ball and Homecoming as well as preview the local high school football games this weekend and break out the mailbag full of your questions, which you can leave in our comment section, or send to fi [email protected].~ Tonight when you’re at one of the local football games, you can follow the LIVE SCORE UPDATES from the other games at GazettesSports.com and our Twitter account. You don’t have to have a profi le on Twitter to follow the feed on the web site, but if you do have an account, make sure to follow @GazettesSports and @GazettesUpdates.

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Beach Front Studio inBelmont Shore! KitchenetteSec Bldg $820/mo utils paidgar avl $80., 562-439-4554

Beach Studio ~ 20’s Charm1528 E 1st St Stove, Refrig

Lndry, sharp landscapd bldg!$725/month (562) 433-9501

Belmont Heights425 Coronado AvenueFew Blocks To Ocean

IMMACULATE!Studio & 1 Bedroom

Large Balcony, Large BathrmWall to Wall Vanity MirrorFull Kitchen, Disposl, DW

Refrig, Stove, Dinnette AreaClosets & Shelving, ElevatorLaundry, Garage, StoragePool & Rec Room in Quiet

sec entry bldg $885 - $1050Call 562-439-0551

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Belmont Shore233 1/2 Granada Av #CBlocks to Ocean & 2nd StClassic Spanish Style BldgCommon Front Patio! GreatLocation! Large Studio, Full

Bath, Renovated KitchenRefrig, Stove, Fresh Paint

Hrdwd Flrs, Lots of WindowsPriv Balcony/Porch. no pets$900 inc utils 562-201-3308

Belmont Shore & Heights80 Bennett Avenue

Upper Studios, Full Bath& Kitchen with Refrig &Stove + Laundry $895

3516 East 3rd StreetStudios with Full Bath

& Kitchen with Refrig &Stove $775 a month

No Pets 562-438-9758JTM Property Mgmnt

Blocks to Ocean956 East Appleton StSharp Studio with

Full Bath, Full KitchenDining Area, Walk InCloset, New Carpet &

Paint, Refrig, Stove + OnSite Laundry in Sec Bldg$750/month, Gas Paid!Fernando 562-704-9468

Studios

Eastside GardenApartments

Starting At $680Charming OlderBuilding in theArtist’s Village

Call 562-951-5032

Studio, Huge walk in closet laundry 3211 E 2nd St no pet$825., 987-3812, 437-6997

Alamitos Beach1700 East Ocean BlSteps To The Sand!

Studio $880 a monthWith Lease!

1 Bedroom 1Bath$1099 a month

All Include ParkingAnd Access to Beach!

+ Pet Friendly!Call (562) 951-7171

StudiosNear Downtown

Charming GardenApartments

starting at $600Parking Availabl

562-951-5032

Open Saturday 1-2p3024 East 3rd Street

Belmont HeightsVery Spacious StudioNew Carpet & PaintNew Tile in Bathrm

Large Full Kitchen wDining Area & Stoveplus On Site Laundry$695/month, No Pets

Call Jeremy562-437-0111 x5063Yvette 562-624-2450

Super Nice Shore Studio110 La Verne Avenue $775.,

Laundry On Site, UpperEarl or Tyler 562-438-2902

OPEN HOUSETuesday - Saturday

4467 1/2 Le Park DriveLe Park South Apts

in Bixby KnollsStudios & 1 Bedrooms

On Site Laundry inGated Area $850 - $950.,Call for Appointment

562-595-8217Professionally ManagedGJ Property Services Incgjpropertyservices.com

Blocks to Ocean1245 East Appleton St

Remodeled StudioFull Bath, Full Kitchen

New Carpet, Fresh PaintRefrigerator and Stoveplus On SiteLaundry

in Secure Building$795/month, Gas Paid!

Fernando (562) 704-9468

Naples Large StudioGarage Apartment ,Steps from the Water!2 Closets, Private Bath,Kitchenette, Storage &

Laundry Facility. PerfectFor The Professional,

Active Single. $1050/mo+ dep. Includes Utilities,Cable & Wi-Fi. No Pets.Available December 1st.Call 562-209-3769

Upper Studio with View!1044 Appleton Street

with Appliances $675/mo562-436-8888

HOLIDAY SPECIAL!December FREE withYour Pay Check 3xRentWalnut Pacifica Apts

1060 WALNUT AVENUEStudio, balcony, fresh paint

carpet, dw, refrigerator, stoveelevator, laundry & gar prkng

Marcus at 562-599-0650Or Cell 323-356-2200

only $750 a month

$100 Move In 1st MonthRec Park Area

1205 Bennett Avenue(2) 1 Bed Apts Available(one has enclosed yard)both have Carpet, StoveRefrigerator + On Site

Laundry & Parking Spc$950 & $1050/monthCall 562-597-49914645 BELLFLOWER

NEARLong Beach City College

Upper 1 BedroomCeiling Fans, CeramicTile, Stove, Refrigerator+ Coin Laundry On Site

$900 a monthagt 562-881-5555

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4 Blocks to Ocean!377 Freeman Avenuenear Buses & Shopping!

1 Bedroom Unit withNew Carpet, Fresh PaintRefrigerator and Stove!

$925 a monthGarage AvailableMike 562-235-6786

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Across From Park1422 Orizaba AvenueRear Tri Plex downstairs1 Bedroom 1 Bath with

Small Private Back YardGranite Countertops

Stove + On Site LaundryLow Rent For QualifiedTenant $825 a monthJohn 562-799-1870

Alamitos Bch 3800 Ocean1 Bed Parking $1150 incldsAll Utilities 562-552-7288

Alamitos Beach108 Gaviota Avenue

Block To Ocean/Downtown!Charming Spacious 1 Bed1 Bath, Hardwood FloorsDining Room, Fresh PaintCeiling Fans, Mini BlindsStove + On Site Laundry

1st Month FREE!! $1050/moCall 1 (800) [email protected]

Alamitos Beach1259 East 3rd Street

Blocks To Ocean425 Square Foot

Upper 1 Bed 1 BathCarpet, Tile, Stove

Refrigerator + On SiteLaundry & Parking

$900/mo/yr lease req Inclds some utilitiesGood Credit Only

Pet Friendly!David (562) 221-6762

Alamitos Beach1328 1/2 East 1st Street

1 Block to Ocean1 Bedroom 1 Bath Apt

with Clean CarpetRefrigerator plusWasher/Dryer in

Private Laundry RoomStorage and AssignedParking $1095 a month

no pets (562) [email protected]

Alamitos Beach330 Hermosa AvenueCharming Spanish Style

House For RentSpacious Rooms with

1 Bed + Den & Garage$1700/month inclds gas& electric. Pets WelcomeBlocks to Beach, Bars &

restaurants 408-203-5855

Alamitos Beach Quiet Lwr1425 Appleton 1Bed 1Bath$1000 Move In Special! Catok 562-208-4475 439-9172

BEAUTIFULBelmont Heights

100 Mira Mar AvenueSpacious and Bright

1 Bedroom 1 BathHardwood FloorsStove, Refrigerator

Coin Laundry On Site& Single Car GarageLots of Light! Walk to

Beach & Belmont Shore$1295 a month

AGT 562-881-5555SEE IT ON YouTube

Beautiful Bluff Park1835 East 1st Street

Large 1 Bedrm 1 Bathwith Refrigerator and

Stove plus On SiteLaundry! $1150/mo

No Pets 562-438-9758JTM Property Mgmnt

Belmont Heights232 Termino Avenue2 Blocks to Beach!

Bright Airy Upper 1 BedsOverlooking Courtyard!

with New Granite CountersNew Electric, Ceiling Fans

New Stove, New RefrigeratorOn Site Laundry $1195/moor $1095/mo., sml pets ok

Call 702-499-1975

Belmont Heights3231 East 2nd Street

Charming Lower1 Bedroom 1 Bath

with Laminate WoodFloors, Ceiling FansRefrigerator, Stove

plus Laundry On Siteand Shared Back Yard

$1050 a monthSee It on YouTubeAgt 562-881-5555

Belmont Heights4312 East 2nd Street #16

@ Bennett AvenueOpen Saturday 12-4 PM

Beautiful 1 Bed 1 Bathin 1 Story Spanish

Courtyard Complex!Hardwood Floors,

Refrigerator, Stove + OnSite Laundry. Block to

Belmont Shore & Ocean!$1095 a month, Water& Gas Paid. No PetsSharon 562-439-2148

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Belmont Heights500 Ximeno AvenueAVAILABLE NOW!

Great Location!1 & 2 Bedroom ApartmentsNear Wilson, CSULB TheBeach, 710 & 405 Fwy’s

Blinds, Carpet, RefrigeratorRange + On Site Laundry &Large Courtyard, SwimmingPool, BBQ Area & PuttingGreen! + Plans for a GYM!

1 Parking Included!1 Bedrooms $1065/mo2 Bed 1 Bath $1375/mo2 Bed 2 Bath $1425/mo

Call 562-433-1005

Hey Bob Jones, Thank youfor my experience with the Grunion Gazette.

My Ad which started Friday, Spectacular View aTop Signal Hill, is rented. Wow, that was fun and

fast. The fellow that rented it is an avid reader of thepaper, and told me about the coupons that you also

print out for the keys made at Ace Hardware.Which Ido alot. So I’ll have my Mom save them for me. I stillhave the apartments to rent, so we will see how those

do. Once again, pleasure doing business with you.Thank you, Cheri Hoffman

Brockman PropertiesCALL 562-597-0676

Happy Thanksgiving Long Beach!

1 Bedroom 1 Bath Unit650 Junipero Avenue $775 a month1424 East 2nd Street $950 a month40 ~ 63rd Place $1125 a month

2 Bedroom 2 Bath Unit3437 East Ransom Avenue $1250 a month2611 East Broadway $1295 a month

2 Bedroom 1 Bath Units1109 Ximeno Avenue $1300 a month1135 Martin Luther King Avenue $875 a month224 Pomona Avenue $1375 a month3509 East Broadway ~ with Garage ~ $1695/mo

675 Coronado Avenue ~ House ~ $1295 a monthAttention: Property Owners!

Let us show you what We CAN DO!3720 East Anaheim St #201 in Long Beach

Call 562-597-0676 Today! Or [email protected]

Belmont Heights625 1/2 Roswell AveOne Bedroom withOff Street Parking,

Private Yard,New Appliances,

and FREE Internet!$1100 a month

Call 562-572-2356

Belmont Heights827 Grand AvenueHugemungus Upper

1 Bed 1 Bath, Priv PatioPlush Carpet, Fresh PaintDW, Microwave, RefrigStove +On Site Laundry& Private Garage $1050.,Call 1 (800) 400-8030

[email protected]

Belmont Shore210 Granada AvenueClose To The Beach

Upper Spacious 1 Bed1 Bath w/AppliancesWindow CoveringsCarpeting + On SiteLaundry $1150/mo

No Pets 562-494-2010

Belmont Shore220 Quincy Avenue

$1400 Move In Special!Upper Level 1 Bedrm

1 Bath, Fresh PaintBlinds, Hardwd FlrsRefrigerator, Stove

plus On Site Laundry$1225 a month562-438-5115

[email protected]

Belmont Shore4100 East Broadway

(Corner of Belmont Ave& Broadway) Blocks toBeach! Move In Special!Upper 1 Bedroom 1 BathLarge Pvt Balcony/PatioFireplace, Large ClosetsRefrigerator, Stove + On

Site Laundry & GatedEntry. Quiet neighborhood$1050., 310-702-2971

Belmont Shore, PrivateComp Remodeled 1 Bed with

Walk in closet. In rear overGarages 236 A Corona Av

$1250 no pets 562-857-8000

BIXBY KNOLLS4569 Banner Drive

Completely Remodeled!Upper Large 1 BedrmNew Carpet & Tile FlrsNew Kitchen, All NewAppliances + Sec Gate!$895 a month, no smkrs

Call 562-716-5945

Dwntwn nr St Mary Hosptl1 Bed 1 Bath, New CarpetElevator 800 Linden $875.,310-619-6566 (5)439-9172

Dwntown 1Bd House & Aptnew carpt, stov/frig $700 to$800 no pet 562-435-3840

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