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By Ryan ZumMallenSTAFF WRITER

In the chain-link cage of the El Dorado Park basketball court, Al-lan Valente and Jesse Taylor are trading jumpers on a cool Sunday morning. Their backgrounds couldn’t be more different — Valente grew up on the Westside of Long Beach and played four years of basketball at St. Anthony High, while Taylor is from a rural Or-egon town and talks of annual summer bear hunts — but they’ve had equally rewarding love af-fairs with basketball. Having known each other for only a few months, Valente and Taylor are now linked in their determination to pass their love

of the game along to the students they teach. To do that, they’ll have to build a basketball team from scratch. Opportunities For Learning, a charter school with six sites serv-ing the Long Beach area, provides one-on-one instruction for high schoolers pursuing independent study. There are no classrooms. Teachers change their instruction on the fl y, from student to student, and must be ready to tackle any-thing from ninth grade anatomy to AP Government. For some students, it’s an al-ternative to the traditional school setting. Others are pursuing de-manding passions: One of Tay-lor’s students is a world-class musician who plays seven instru-

ments. Valente abruptly cuts off his jump shot to talk about anoth-er student who aims to complete high school in two years. The schedule is fl exible and the one-on-one attention is invaluable. At the same time, the teachers meet only once per month and students never see each other. There are no sports. Valente came to his full-time OFL position in late 2010. With his fi re for basketball always burning strong, he began host-ing informal practices known as Hoop It Up to assess both student interest and ability, with the ulti-mate goal of forming a team. Taylor arrived at OFL last spring and learned of Valente’s

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—Gazette photo by Ryan ZumMallenHOOPS FANATICS. Allan Valente, right, and Jesse Taylor are using their enthusiasm for basketball to form a new team.

By Mike GuardabascioSPORTS EDITOR

Some basketball teams get so pumped up over a particular rivalry or game that they’ll circle a date on their calendar when the schedule comes out. Long Beach basketball fans, on the other hand, may as well just circle the entire February page of their calendars. That’s when the CIF playoffs take place, and that’s when the city’s hoops programs have been at their best over the last two decades. Consider, on the boys’ side of things: in the last 23 years, Long Beach or Moore League teams have played in 16 CIF championship games. Girls’ basketball teams from the area have played for 14 CIF titles in the last 17 seasons, including the all-Moore League fi nal between Poly and Millikan in 2008. This year, with three teams seeded in the top two in their respective CIF brack-ets, that trend shows no signs of slowing. 2012’s playoffs also will afford every local team a chance to win a championship, as between their boys’ and girls’ programs, all seven Moore League schools and St. Anthony have at least one basketball team in the playoffs. A lot of the local championship pedi-gree has come from Poly, of course, as the Jackrabbits have appeared in a CIF cham-pionship game every single year since 1994 with one exception (2001). The girls’ team had a run of nine consecutive CIF appearances from 2002-2010, and the boys’ team went eight times between 1994 and 2004. Between them, there have been 11 Division 1 championship banners hung in the Ron Palmer Pavilion since 1994. That gym will host fi rst-round openers for the No. 1 seeded girls’ team and the No. 2 seeded boys’ team this weekend.

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—Gazette fi le photoTAGALONG. Long Beach State senior catcher Juan Favela catches up to a CSU Northridge player who had wandered too far from third base during a game last year. Favela is one of six seniors returning with good game experience for the Dirtbags.

By JJ FiddlerSPORTS EDITOR

Not often does an NCAA Division I ros-ter boast equal parts youth and experience with the same crop of players. However, that’s exactly what second-year head coach Troy Buckley and the 2012 Dirtbags have. With just six seniors and 23 underclassman on a roster that returns 24 of 30 letter winners and seven starters, ex-pectations are right where they’ve always been. “Our goal is postseason play, we’re try-ing to get to Omaha,” said Buckley, refer-ring to the College World Series in Nebras-ka, where the Dirtbags haven’t been since 1998. “With 24 new players out of 35 last year, we didn’t know what we had, but we

got guys now who know how to prepare and work at this level. You have history and numbers on paper here now that we collec-tively need to improve on.” The baby-faced 2011 Dirtbags (29-27, 12-12 Big West for fourth place) had their highs and lows as one might expect, but showed real grit with comeback wins against some of the best teams on the West Coast. The 2012 schedule is just as tough, with home series against California (2011 World Series), Arizona State, USC and UCLA and road trips to Oregon, Wich-ita State and CSU Fullerton before Big West Conference play starts at the end of March. It all starts this weekend (Feb. 17-19) as Long Beach State hosts Virginia Common-

wealth University and senior Shawn Stuart takes the ball on Friday night. The righty from Turlock, Calif., pitched 74 innings last season and racked up 70 strikeouts with a 3.16 ERA using his sinker-slider ap-proach. On Saturday, Buckley will hand the ball to junior transfer from Chaffey Commu-nity College, Matt Anderson. The righty has the best fastball and slider on the team, according to some scouts, but this is not a team with one dominant ace. “We are a body of work on the mound,” says Buckley. “There’s not a (Andrew) Ga-gnon or a (Jered) Weaver where you can mark down nine wins (before the season). We’ve got 14 live arms… I’m looking for-

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At 7 p.m. Friday, first-round boys’ basketball games will see Poly hosting M.L. King, Comp-ton (the No. 1 seed in Division 2A) hosting San Bernardino, Jor-dan visiting California High in Whittier, Cabrillo traveling to El Toro, and St. Anthony welcoming Crean Lutheran. All teams that win will advance to the second round, with games next Tuesday (quarterfinals are next Friday).

Poly coach Sharrief Metoyer decided not to worry too much about where the bracket had his team’s path traveling. “The way I see it, if we want to be champions again, we have to beat everyone, so it doesn’t re-ally matter who we play,” he says. “I’m thinking more about how we’re playing and what we need to do as a team.” The Jackrabbits’ possible path after the first round would see them playing the winner of Los Al/Knight in the second round,

and eventually a possible matchup with Etiwanda in the semifinals. If that sounds familiar, it’s because Poly’s played four postseason games against the Eagles in the last two years, once in CIF and once in state. Beyond that could lay a championship game with number one seed Mater Dei, who ended Poly’s season last year. Compton dropped from Divi-sion 2’s top team to number two in the last week because of a non-conference loss to Price, which surprised head coach Tony Thom-as, especially as they’ve already beaten the team who took their place atop the rankings, Mayfair. “We have to travel a little fur-ther,” he says, “But that’s okay, I can’t complain.” Several of the local coaches gathered at the CIF office for the bracket day were looking to the potential second-round matchup for Jordan.

“I don’t like to look ahead, but it’s pretty obvious,” Jordan coach Joel Rosborough laughs. The Panthers have a potential second-rounder with No. 3 seed Loyola, who, should the match-up come through, would have to travel to J-Town for the game. “Hopefully if that happens we can pack the gym, and get every-one in there,” the coach said. The Panthers will have some added depth for the first-round game with the return of Semaj Moore, who’d been suffering from an ankle injury. The girls’ games (also played at 7 p.m.), begin on Saturday, with second round games next Wednes-day, and quarterfinal games next Saturday. Poly will host the win-ner of a wild card game between Valencia and Knight, as Division 1AA’s top seed. Winning three games would have them playing likely either Edison or old foe

Brea Olinda; Mater Dei is the two-seed. Wilson will begin their jour-ney at home against San Clem-ente, and a win would put them against undefeated Corona San-tiago (the three-seed) in the sec-ond round. Millikan will travel to face Chaffey in a game the 10th-ranked Rams are favored to win, while Lakewood, in the 1A bracket, will visit AB Miller. St. Anthony, the two-time de-fending champion of the 4AA Di-vision, start on the road at Chad-wick, and could face Muir in the second round. History says one or more of these teams is likely to end their season a month from now, in a CIF championship game. But at the outset of that postseason jour-ney, every high school in the city has a chance, and a first step on what they’re all hoping will be a long run.

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Playoffs

—Gazette photo by Stephen DachmanSTRAIGHT TO THE CUP. Kamika Mason drives to the hoop for 2 or her 13 points during Wilson’s win last week against Cabrillo that clinched second place for the Bruins.

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program. When he introduced himself during a regional teacher meeting in October, they immedi-ately clicked. “Once I met this guy, I felt like I’d known him a long time,” says Valente, as he shoots in a game of H-O-R-S-E. “Sometimes you can just read people. You know when they’re authentic and when you share a passion.” They also share a skill set that hasn’t rusted much over time. Valente drains a few long jump-ers and has a sharp handle on the rock. Taylor, though, possesses what can only be described as “Country Range,” and steps just inside half-court to nail a 40-foot-er with his normal shooting mo-tion. Basketball can open doors, he says, speaking from experi-ence. His passion for the sport took him through four years of college ball at small schools in Oregon and Northern California, and even a professional tryout in Germany. “(A basketball team) would be, I think, life-changing for some of our kids,” says Taylor.

“Like basketball was for us,” Valente agrees. “It’s not just put-ting a ball in a hole. It’s about teaching life lessons through bas-ketball and encouraging academ-ics.” Tryouts were held on Valen-tine’s Day, and they’ll hold two more tryout-slash-practices and then “throw them into the fire,” as Valente says. A weekend tourna-ment in Orange County is sched-uled for early March, and OFL will then prepare to dive into a summer league while they try to figure out their plans for a full season in the fall. Eventually, the ultimate goal is to join CIF play, but it’s hard to find teams that will commit to playing against a squad that — as of this moment — only exists in the minds of two independent study teachers. Though the road ahead will be hard, it’s not exactly uncharted water. A few years ago, Valente noticed the passion that Filipi-nos in Long Beach have for the game — anyone who has played pickup ball around the city can attest to this — and started a Fili-pino travel team called Top Flight Basketball. The experience went

well until the players went on to college, and it landed Valente an assistant coaching job at Anaheim High School for four years until he came to OFL. Though their Long Beach sites are currently sans sports, Oppor-tunities For Learning is no strang-er to fielding school teams. Some sites in the Inland Empire and San Fernando Valley have a multitude of sports ranging from basketball and volleyball to tennis and golf. But the spirit hasn’t reached the Long Beach Region yet, and so there was never any need to select a mascot or school colors. The prospect of a forthcoming basketball team changed that, and excited teachers gathered for a vote. When they take the floor for their tournament in March, the OFL Eagles will be draped in blue and orange. Valente and Taylor can’t help but dance around the blacktop making “Ka-kawh!” sounds and flapping their arms. At the mo-ment, these two screeching adults are the closest that OFL Long Beach has ever come to fielding a basketball team. It will be a long road ahead to compete through the summer

and into a full season next year, but Valente and Taylor have left themselves no other choice. To-gether, they say they will turn the OFL Eagles program into one based around leadership, dedi-cation, community service and academic excellence. They just have to, because they believe in the power that it can have in their students’ lives. “These kids need something other than just independent study,”

Valente says. “It was a positive thing for me and we always tell the kids it teaches life lessons. Some of our kids need that.” “Even if we only practice two or three times a week, that’s two or three times a week that they’re not out getting into trouble,” Tay-lor says. And they’ll learn how to spell H-O-R-S-E, too. Not a bad day’s work for a couple of dedicated teachers.


OFL Team

—Gazette photo by Mike GuardabascioConstruction began on the 1.97-mile and 11-turn track for the 38th Annual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.

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ward to seeing where everyone fits.” While Buckley is excited to see his pitching staff mature, most Dirtbag fans are looking forward

to seeing Richard Prigatano in the Long Beach State pinstripes this season. Prigatano was named the No. 14 draft prospect in the fresh-man class by Baseball America after being the 16th round draft choice of the Toronto Blue Jays before electing to attend LBSU.

Prigatano will wear #29 this season as an outfielder/first base-man after hitting .494 with 39 hits, including eight doubles and six home runs, as a senior at St. Francis High School. Buckley says the buzz is well deserved be-cause, “of his presence, he plays hard, and he’s consistent… He’ll be fun to watch.” Buckley also acknowledged that the freshman will take his lumps, but he has the guys around him who can help with that tran-sition. Junior Matt Duffy was thrown into the starting lineup as an underclassman after leaving Lakewood High, and now he’s at the top of the list of this squad’s possible MLB Draft picks. Duffy will play shortstop this season after moving around the infield last year and hitting .266 with five doubles and a team-high 31 RBI. The youngest and biggest bat in the lineup besides Duffy and Prigatano will be sophomore Ino Patron, who had three home runs, seven doubles, 24 RBI to go with a .277 batting average. Once again setting the table at the top of the lineup will be senior center fielder Brennan Metzger. The diminutive righty from San Marcos has typified the Dirtbags’ effort for the last two years in the spacious confines of Blair Field. With a staggering .994 fielding percentage (one error), Metzger carried a .371 on base percent-age last season plus a team-high 13 doubles and 11 stolen bases on just 15 attempts. Behind the plate, everyone in the clubhouse is happy to see Kellen Hoime back, healthy and ready to go. The senior from Sac-ramento suffered a rash of inju-ries last season and will share duties with sophomore Royce Murai, who started 27 games as a true freshman and committed only two errors while struggling with consistency at the plate with a .231 average. How much will Hoime and Mu-rai play? That’s just one of many question marks that Buckley will allow the season to answer. “We’re playing good teams and trying to win every series, so each game will offer a challenge that will answer questions like that,” Buckley says. “Do we have a Tuesday starter? Who’s solidi-fied the second closer role? Can (Jeff) Hill hit left-handed pitch-ing? Can (Juan) Avila play third base like we know he can? “Hopefully by the time we get to conference we will have those answered and we can move for-ward to our ultimate goal of win-ning the Big West and moving on to postseason play.”


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—Gazette photo by Mike GuardabascioHigh school Athletes of the Year in all sports were honored last week at the annual Century Club Sports Night banquet at The Grand.

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O N T H E W E B~ The Long Beach Century Club held its annual awards banquet last week at The Grand and more than 500 local members of the sports community were on hand to celebrate all generations. If you missed our coverage from “the Oscars of Long Beach Sports” including a video re-cap, go to GazettesSports.com today and search “VIDEO Century Club” and also go to the Gazettes Sports YouTube channel. Subscribe now to get the videos as soon as they hit the web!~ Make sure you come to GazettesSports.com and listen to SportsNight live at noon today, Thursday, the one and only sports talk show in Long Beach, where we will talk about all of the local playoff games this week plus a mailbag full of your questions, which you can leave in the com-ment sections or send to fi [email protected]. Just click the “Sports-Night” story at the top of the website, and if you miss any show, come back after for the podcast version.~ Is this weekly print edition not enough Long Beach sports for you? Sign up for our daily email newsletter from GazettesSports.com. Every morning you can wake up to a rundown of everything on the web site right there in your inbox just like a daily sports section. To sign up you can enter your email address in the “Sign up for our Email Newsletter” box below the advertisements on the right.

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By Chris Ericksen There are plenty of seasonal traditions: the groundhog either does or doesn’t see his shadow in February, the swallows come back to Capistrano in March, Mother’s Day falls in May — and newspaper columnists write about them. There is a seasonal tradition in this column, too. Every February, an entire column is dedicated to a single event — the Southern California Yachting Association (SCYA) Midwinter Regatta, tak-ing place this coming weekend. Back in 1928, Southern Cali-fornia was in the full fl ower of its gilded age. Both immigrants and tourists were fl ocking to the land where there was “perpetual sum-mer” and no winter. While East Coast and Great Lakes sailors were icebound, Southern Cali-fornia sailors were racing. This fact was not lost on the Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce and the then-very-new Southern California Yachting Association, and they combined to host a sailboat race in win-tertime. That fi rst one might not have been named the Midwinter Regatta, but by the early 1930s, it surely was (there was also a Mid-summer Regatta in those days). The 2012 edition is touted as the “83rd annual” running of the event, which it is most assuredly not: the regatta’s own history re-ports that “the war years blacked them out,” and it was not raced for at least two years and prob-ably three. But it was renewed in 1946, and it has absolutely been conducted every year since. The regatta originally was sailed solely in the western end of San Pedro Bay, but the fi rst ex-pansion was into Alamitos Bay, probably in the ’60s. Now fi ve area clubs host classes for the Midwinter Regatta. Alamitos Bay Yacht Club will host primarily small boats on two venues. Lido 14s will race on Alamitos Bay while a mix of dinghies (5-0-5, C-15, CFJ, Finn, I-14, I-420 and Lasers), multi-hulls (F-18s) and keelboats (Cal 20, Etchells and Viper 640s) will compete on a course set in the Long Beach Outer Harbor off the Peninsula. There will be a sepa-

rate start for the Cal 20 class and a fl eet of Mercury keelboats sail-ing out of Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club in San Pedro. Long Beach Yacht Club and Seal Beach Yacht Club will each host classes of boats racing under the Performance Handicap Rac-ing Fleet (PHRF) handicap rule for offshore-capable keelboats. LBYC also will host such one-designs as Catalina 37, Schock 35, Santana 30/30 and Cal 25. Sportboats will sail in a special PHRF division at LBYC — non-spinnaker boats will compete un-der PHRF at SlBYC. They’ll race both inside and outside the Long Beach Breakwater. There is something for ev-eryone. The Helmsman Model Yacht Club will host two classes of radio-controlled sailboats, the 12 Meter and Soling One Meter, on the lake in El Dorado Region-al Park. Shoreline Yacht Club, our neighbors in the downtown Shoreline Marina, will host a pre-dicted-log event for motor-driven boats as well. Most of the racing will take place over two days, Saturday and Sunday, Febr. 18 and 19. Model boats will race on Satur-day only while the predicted-log race will happen tomorrow, Fri-day, Feb. 17. And the regatta happens not just in San Pedro Bay. Yacht clubs and sailing associations from Santa Barbara to San Diego will host portions of the event while the Arizona Yacht Club will of-fer races on two different ven-ues, one on Tempe Town Lake, a dammed stretch of the Salt River, and one on Lake Pleasant, a res-ervoir west of Phoenix formed by the damming the Agua Fria River that was completed the year be-fore the Midwinter Regatta fi rst occurred. I recommend you go to the Southern California Yachting As-sociation’s website, www.scya.org, and look for a link there on the homepage. The Midwinter Regatta website includes full data on all of the racing as well as a history of the 83-year-old event. You could also check the websites of each of the local host clubs for information on their portion of the regatta.

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By JJ FiddlerSportS Editor

When this year’s Moore League soccer season began, the marquee matchups were expected to be Millikan vs. Cabrillo on the boys’ side and Wilson vs. poly on the girls’ side. these local rivalries

did not disappoint, with the rams and Jackrabbits winning the big games, and the league titles. However, the biggest storyline of the season is how strong the Moore League is behind those four traditional powers. And with the brackets looking like they do, there could be unprecedented success for the boys in division 1 and the girls in division 2.

the most tumultuous and sur-prising season was that of the poly boys’ team and first-year head coach ryan Casey. With re-turning starters on the backline, Casey implemented a flat four defense instead of the sweeper system the Jackrabbits ran last season. it took senior defenders Jose Chavez, rafael Arroyo, Jose Martinez and sophomore Grant Lewis a few pre-league tourna-ments to solidify the new look. they gave up nine goals in 10 tournament games before only al-lowing five goals in the 12 Moore League contests. “it all came together at the Marina tournament,” Casey said. “those guys have been around, so they know each other, which helped a lot.” they’ve also done it with two different goalkeepers, and that’s the story line that everyone will remember from the 2012 regular season. it all started at Cabrillo on Jan. 18 when the Jackrabbits and Jaguars played to a score-less tie. Early in the second half, poly goalkeeper Johnathon Gar-cia came to the top of the 18-yard box to play a ball and his momentum carried him over the line. Garcia was given a straight red card for the handball, junior Kifikalani Cabrera replaced him and preceded to make three huge saves to preserve the clean sheet. the next game was at Millikan two days later, and with Cabrera in goal, the Jackrabbits played to a second straight scoreless tie. However, Garcia was spotted in the stands during the game, and CiF rules state that any player or coach that gets a red card is not allowed to attend the following game. Millikan reported it to CiF, and poly was forced to forfeit the game. Flash forward to last Wednes-day when the rams traveled to poly for the regular season finale. the game didn’t decide anything in the standings box because of the points lost due to the forfeit, but the Jackrabbits played like it was for a Moore League title and handed Millikan its first loss since dec. 3. After the poly win, both teams celebrated. “We said let’s come out and win the Moore League on the field,” Casey said. “And yes, take second in the standings. As of right now, we’ve won every game we’ve played since that forfeit [poly went a rare 6-0 in the sec-ond round], and there aren’t many teams we’re scared of.” “there were no speeches to-

Moore League Adds To Soccer Strength

—Gazette photo by Stephen DachmanGO FOR IT! Wilson forward Sydney Wells goes for the ball during last week’s match against Cabrillo.



day,” said senior captain Tanner Padian, who scored the game winner against the Rams. His work rate typifi es the Jackrab-bit personality. “We knew what we needed to do on the fi eld, we know we’re a strong team.” Poly will host Leuzinger in the fi rst round (at 3 p.m. today, Thurs-day) and a win there will set up a likely matchup with South Coast League champion San Clem-ente. That’s a tough second round match, much like the one that likely awaits the Millikan Rams on the girls’ side. Second-year head coach Tino Nunez has his veteran squad playing fabulous soccer right now and they’re one of the hottest teams headed into the Division 2 bracket. After opening the season with an Ocean View Tournament title and an 18-game unbeaten streak, the Rams lost back-to-back 1-0 decisions to the Wilson Bruins. Those would be the only losses of the regular season for Millikan as it fi nished the year with four wins

and a tie. The fi nal win came at Poly just days after the Jack-rabbits celebrated their second Moore League title in four years. Seniors Olivia Bedard, Katelin Fricke, Kelly Johnson, Megan Mayo and Alex Palomino led the

way for a 3-1 win at Poly to fi nish their collective three years on the varsity level. Bedard only gave up one goal to the Jackrabbits this year while Fricke and Johnson solidifi ed the back line. Palomino added an assist and Mayo had the

equalizing goal at the end of the fi rst half. “We’re playing so well together and attacking from everywhere,” said Johnson, who moved to de-fense after playing up last season. The Rams have been able to build play from the back and tallied 25 goals in the fi nal fi ve games since their losses to Wilson. “We have the experience to do something

special. These past few years we’ve played some of the best teams in CIF, so we’re ready.” Millikan will start their play-off push at Crescenta Valley, and a win there will set up a game against the top seed in the brack-et, Sunny Hills. Stay tuned to GazettesSports.com all weekend for the playoff coverage.

—Gazette photo by Stephen DachmanSORRY, TRY AGAIN. Wilson senior forward Oscar Marrujo is denied by Cabrillo goalkeeper Danny De Haro during last week’s match.


Soccer Playoffs


—Gazette photo by William JohnsonTony Hawk puts on a demonstration Saturday at the opening of the McBride Skate Park. Hawk’s foundation helped pay for the new park.

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By Tyler HendricksonStaff Writer

the LBCC men’s basketball team’s explosive offense almost got them a big conference win over La Southwest this past week, but they came up short in the final minute, losing 90-88.

the regular season wraps up this week, and it will be interest-ing to see how Long Beach fin-ishes off what has been a recla-mation project this season. five Vikings scored in double figures against Southwest, led

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by Raynard Tyler’s 23. He also added seven rebounds and a team-leading four assists to that tally. Will Ervin again had a nice game scoring off the bench with 17 points, six boards, and a pair of steals. The Vikings were in a full of-fensive rhythm to start the game, scoring 57 first-half points, but only mustered 31 in the second, allowing Southwest to make a comeback. With the loss, Long Beach remains in second place in the South Coast Conference South Division, behind only Southwest. The season finale for the Vikings (10-14, 7-4) comes at 6 p.m. this Friday at LA Harbor.Women’s Basketball The Vikings took care of busi-ness in their last weekend of regular season play, grabbing two home wins against LA Southwest and LA Trade Tech. Keshonda Moore scored 35 points combined in the two games to lead LBCC in what proved to be a pair of blowouts. LBCC forced 36 turnovers and assisted on 25 of their 33 buckets in a 77-48 drubbing of Southwest. They got 28 fastbreak points and also found success in the paint as Kaaron King had 16 points and

11 rebounds down low. The Long Beach bench got plenty of action against LA Trade Tech, scoring 30 points in a 74-46 win. Kala Amico ran the show for the Vikings, grabbing six boards and three steals while dishing out a game-high nine assists. LBCC stands at fourth in the South Coast Conference with a 10-5 league record, 18-6 overall, and have been ranked in the top 20 in the state for most of the sea-son.Baseball The season started with a vic-tory for the LBCC, but the road has been much tougher since that opening game. Long Beach dropped three straight games against an Orange Coast College buzzsaw to put their record at 1-3. Freshman first baseman Manny De La Rosa was one of the lead-ers offensively for the Vikings, going 3-for-11 with two doubles and a pair of RBIs. LBCC’s roster has some local flavor to it, as five Moore Leagu-ers graduated from their high schools and are now suiting up for the Vikings. Long Beach has a home and away series with Antelope Valley this weekend, with the home con-test happening at 2 p.m. Thurs-day.

Softball Things were equally as frustrat-ing on the softball diamond as the Vikings have dropped four games in a row. It’s a disappointing turn after Long Beach won four in a row and five of their first six games to start the season. The most recent game was a narrow 6-5 loss at home against Antelope Valley. After taking a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first, the Vikings quickly gave the lead away and never got it back. Once again it was errors that cost them, as all six of the runs allowed were unearned. Nancy Montanez did a great job in relief, pitching 3.2 scoreless innings while allowing just one hit and one walk. The Vikings will begin a three-game homestand at noon this Fri-day, as they take on Santa Ana in a non-conference game.


City College

—Photo courtesy of Leslie SmithStudents at Patrick Henry Elementary sit at an assembly last week featuring Olympians Pat McCormick and Joan Van Blom in prepa-ration for the Olympic-themed fit-a-thon on Friday, Feb. 17.

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By Mike GuardabascioSportS Editor

the Moore League winter reg-ular season is officially over, with more of a whimper than a bang.

League titles in every sport were more or less decided going into the final week of play, allowing the league’s powers in basketball, soccer and water polo to turn their

attention to the CiF postseason.Boys’ Basketball the only thing left to be de-cided during the last week of the regular season was who would

take fourth place, and the league’s final playoff spot. Cabrillo lost to Wilson to let the decision fall to the final day, but then took care of business against last-place Milli-kan, 91-48, to clinch it. they were led by 27 points from tylen douglas and 25 from Jordan Augustus. Malcom Glenn scored 17. poly got a final playoff tune-up from Jordan, as they hosted the panthers on thursday. the game turned into a foul-off, with 52 whistles in a 32-minute game, which saw the Jackrabbits pre-vail 75-62 behind 20 points from roschon prince, and yet another big-game triple-double from Jor-dan Bell, who had 12 points, 15 rebounds and 10 blocks. All the Moore League teams now turn their attention to the postseason, which begins at 7 p.m. on Friday, with poly, St. An-thony and Compton all hosting games.Girls’ Basketball Last week was expected to be a little more dramatic, with poly and Millikan possibly playing for the Moore League title. But Mil-likan’s losses to Wilson and Lake-wood made it academic, with poly winning on the strength of 12 points from olivia Montgomery, and eight points and five boards from Airica Carmon. Millikan was led by 15 from Erin Hagan. the rams then clinched the three-seed in the Moore League (behind Wilson) with a win over Cabrillo, led by raneisha dun-can’s 18 points, 10 rebounds, 6 as-sists, 6 steals and 3 blocks. Frosh guard Madeline dopplick had 11 points, and dionna Henley had 12 boards. the first round of the playoffs begins on Saturday, with poly and Wilson hosting 7 p.m. games.Boys’ Soccer it was as strange a finish as you could imagine last week for the Moore League. After poly de-feated Cabrillo, the Jackrabbits

played Millikan in a league finale like no other. the rams had al-ready clinched the Moore League title, thanks to a one-point boost from a forfeit poly had to offer up after the two teams’ first-round tie. that forfeit was due to a poly player who’d been red-carded in the previous game sitting in the stands, which CiF rule forbids. thus, a tie with one point apiece turned into a Millikan win, worth two for the rams and zero for poly. As luck would have it, that point decided the league title. Nonetheless, poly beat Millikan 1-0, setting off league title cel-ebrations on both sidelines, Mil-likan celebrating the “standings” championship, which is what the record books will record, and poly celebrating their “on-field” championship. As his players posed with a Moore League champions poster, on the opposite side of the field from poly’s celebration, Milli-kan coach rod petkovic down-played the result. “Not to take anything away from them, but we didn’t play five guys today. We’re just getting ready for CiF, so we played some freshman and sophomores, and moved positions around. they deserved to win, they played hard.” Attention now turns to the first round of CiF, to be played starting at 5 p.m. today, thursday, with Millikan hosting Chaminade and poly hosting Leuzinger. Cabrillo will travel to Bell Gardens, and Wilson will travel to face number three seed palos Verdes. on Valentine’s day, the Bruins gave their fans a 2-0 victory over Edison in the wild card round, in lieu of chocolates or flowers. Both goals came off the foot of oscar Marrujo, who stole a goal kick in the fifth minute and squeezed it by the Chargers’ keeper. then, after outplaying Edison all game

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—Gazette photo by Stephen DachmanSLIP BY. Wilson’s Ian Thomas sheds a Cabrillo defender. The Jags lost, but beat Millikan later in the week for a playoff spot.


long, Marrujo took a penalty kick in the 83rd minute to seal it. Wil-son put 12 shots on frame to the visitors’ 3 in a dominant effort. Also in the Wild Card round, St. Anthony was defeated by Ga-nesha, 5-0 on Tuesday afternoon.Girls’ Soccer Poly entered last week needing a win over Cabrillo or Millikan to clinch their Moore League title. They almost won it by default, as Cabrillo had to scramble to get enough players to Poly for the game, which they had thought started at 4:30 p.m., instead of 3 p.m. The game actually started 11 vs. 9. Poly waited until after the five minutes that Cabrillo needed to get to full strength to score, as Celeste Dominguez scored on a nice long run in the 11th minute, and then Morgan McCullough pounded in a mis-cleared ball. After the win, which clinched the Moore League title, the Jack-rabbits celebrated with several cans of silly string and a toast with Martinelli’s. Millikan got to celebrate on Poly’s field on the last day of the season, after beat-ing the Jackrabbits 3-1. “We wanted to treat this like a playoff game,” said Millikan head coach Tino Nunez. “And you al-ways want to get a win over the league champs.” It was the first time in eight seasons that Millikan has won at Poly. Wilson won two games eas-ily, beating Cabrillo 5-0 and Jor-

dan 5-1, as Sierra Skelly, Madi Grieve, Samantha Reinhard, Claire Oates, Meagan Furr, Katie Pratt-Thompson and Diana Ro-sas all scored for the Bruins. The first-round of the CIF play-offs is Friday, with Poly hosting a wild card winner, Wilson hosting Pasadena, and Millikan visiting Crescenta Valley. Lakewood and St. Anthony played late games this week; results at www.ga-zettessports.com.Girls’ Water Polo As expected, Wilson handled Millikan last week to clinch an-other Moore League title, their 10th in the last 11 years and a league record sixth in a row. The Bruins got five goals each from Jessie King and Alexis Anger-mund to win 14-7. “Winning the Moore League championship is great for our team,” first-year Wilson head coach Katlin Sherrin said. “The girls came out wanting to win and they proved it. Now we need to come together and work hard in the CIF playoffs.” Wilson, Poly, and Millikan all head to the CIF postseason now, with games at 5 p.m. today.



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—Gazette photo by Stephen DachmanIN MEMORY. Members of Skip Rowland’s family gather at the Wilson Baseball Alumni Game Satur-day. The event began with a rededication of Skip Rowland Field to the recently passed Bruins icon.


By Tyler HendricksonStaff Writer

the 2011-12 athletics season at Long Beach State has seen sever-al school and conference records fall, and the men’s basketball team is currently taking their turn at rewriting the record books. a pair of wins this week tied the 49ers for their best start ever in conference play (12-0, in 1973-74) and keeps them on the path for a potential clean sweep of Big West opponents. they have just four games remaining in confer-ence, with three of them at home, giving them a legitimate chance at achieving perfection. Casper Ware made sure that his team would start their road trip on the right foot, putting the team on his back with a career-best 38-point explosion last thursday. He shot a blistering 8/15 from three-point range, scoring more than half of Long Beach’s points in a 74-66 win at Pacific, and ty-ing the school record for made three-pointers in a game. it’s the fourth time this season that Ware has improved on his ca-reer-high in points, each time do-ing it on the road. it will certainly aid his ongoing campaign for the Cousy award, which the Long Beach State athletic department has been promoting heavily. Once he got to Davis, he took care of a different piece of history, dish-ing out his 508th assist to become LBSU’s all-time leader in that category. the 49ers dominated the game in the first half and kept

the aggies at a distance all night, cruising to an 89-69 victory. tJ robinson recorded the 51st double-double of his career with 14 points and 11 rebounds, while making some Big West his-tory. He is now the conference’s all-time leading rebounder with 1,119. eugene Phelps had a solid night as well, dropping 23 points and nine rebounds on the aggies, moving him just 47 points shy of reaching 1,000 in his 49er career. Before Long Beach continues their run through the Big West, they’ll play one last non-con-ference game at Missouri Valley Conference foe Creighton. the Blue Jays looked to have been a formidable foe, holding a top-15 ranking when the matchup was announced as a bracket-buster, but they have fallen into quite the tailspin. they’ve lost three straight conference games to tumble out of the rankings, mean-ing the value of a road win over Creighton diminishes while a loss becomes less forgivable for the

‘Niners. even so, Long Beach has yet another opportunity to display their skills on the national stage and improve their postseason out-look. it will be 49ers (19-6, 12-0) against Blue Jays (21-5, 11-4 MVC) on eSPN2 at 7 p.m. Pt Saturday. the Beach will back that game up with a key home matchup with UC Santa Barbara (13-8, 8-3) at 8 p.m. next Wednes-day night, also on eSPN2. these are two of the toughest tests re-maining on the schedule for the ‘Niners, who are still looking to build a resume worthy of at-large consideration for the NCaa tournament.Women’s Basketball Just when you thought you knew what to expect from this team, they turn around and pull off their most surprising and im-pressive win of the season. in the final game of a four-game road trip, facing the best team in the Big West, Long Beach defied the odds and upended Northridge

75-72 in double overtime. it was their first road conference win of the year. tipesa Moorer was the leading scorer in the matchup for Long Beach, putting in 19 points. Hall-ie Meneses played a team-high 42 minutes on her way to 14 points, four steals and three assists. the win is a great confidence booster as the 49ers (10-14, 5-6) return home for a pair of games against teams above them in the Big West standings. they’ll look to improve their 8-2 home record with games thursday (7 p.m.) against UC Davis (15-8, 7-4) and Saturday (4 p.m.) against Pacific (14-9, 7-4). the Pacific game will be Breast Cancer awareness Night at the Pyramid.Softball the 49ers began their season at the fresno State tournament, going 3-2. they alternated wins and losses, getting victories over Sacramento State, toledo, and the host Bulldogs. Sophomore ace erin Jones-Wesley — the returning Big West Pitcher of the Year — was in the circle for all three wins, notching a 1.64 era and 24 strikeouts in her 22 innings of work. the most exciting of her wins came in the final contest against fresno State as the ’Niners got a three-run homer from Nalani St. Germain in the eighth inning to grab the extra-innings win. Offensively, the ’Niners got a great showing from freshman out-fielder Leilani tupua-tautalatasi, who hit her first collegiate home run in the tournament while going 7-for-19 at the plate. the 49ers

(3-2) will be in Las Vegas this weekend for the Louisville Slug-ger Desert Classic, scheduled for five games beginning with a fri-day afternoon contest against in-diana.Men’s Volleyball Sitting in 10th place in the MPSf with just one conference win in six tries, 49ers’ head coach andy read needed to change something in his lineup tuesday to get his team on the right track. He made the decision to replace senior captain Jim Baughman on the right side with freshman John La rusch, who would be making the first home start of his career. it worked. La rusch put down a match-high 21 kills, obliterating his previous high of 12, in leading the 49ers to a 25-16, 25-18, 20-25, 25-27, 15-9 upset of national No. 1 UCLa. “He made me look like a genius out there tonight,” said a smiling read. “John gave us strength out of the back row and offense on the outside, something we haven’t had consistently. He’s a natural born right side hitter.” it was a needed about-face, as the 49ers dug themselves deeper into a hole with a pair of home losses earlier last week. the ‘Nin-ers had a great chance to knock off the No. 4 team in the nation, taking a two sets to one lead over the Stanford Cardinal. But they couldn’t finish the job on friday, losing the final two sets. after the demoralizing defeat, the 49ers came out uninspired against Pacific and lost 3-1. the 49ers host UC Santa Bar-bara at 7 p.m. friday.

Long Beach State: NOTEBOOK

—Gazette photo by John FajardoA Stanford player celebrates as Ryan Meehan and Jim Baughman of Long Beach State try to figure out what to do next.


Tanner Padian, Poly Soccer Not many players have a higher work rate than Padian, the Poly senior who constantly harasses opposing defenses. Padian’s coach, Ryan Casey, says his captain “would do any-thing to win,” and last week Padian proved it. Scoring in back-to-back games, he led his teammates to victories over Cabrillo and Mil-likan, Long Beach’s two best programs, his-torically. The Jags and Rams have the history, but right now Poly has the momentum headed into the playoffs, largely thanks to Padian.

Raneisha Duncan, Millikan Basketball When a team is in a slump, sometimes they look to a top player for a funk-busting per-formance. After Millikan lost its third straight game (to Wilson, Lakewood and Poly), the Rams needed a win last week to clinch the third seed in the playoffs from the Moore League. Duncan responded by scoring 17 points, with 10 boards, 6 assists, 6 steals and 3 blocks in a win, giving the Rams third place and, they hope, a boost into CIF play.

Casper Ware, LBSU Basketball Casper Ware had what can only be de-scribed as an amazing week. On Tuesday night, Long Beach State awarded him their Male Athlete of the Year honor at the Century Club Sports Night Banquet. On Thursday, he scored a career-high 38 points in a road win over Pacific, tying a school record with eight three-pointers. Then on Saturday, at Davis, he recorded his 508th assist, making him the all-time record holder at the school.

TJ Robinson, LBSU Basketball Not to be outdone, Ware’s teammate TJ Robinson set an even more impressive record in the game at Davis on Saturday. In the midst of what would become the 51st double-dou-ble game of his career, Robinson notched the 1,119th rebound of his career, making him the all-time leader in Big West Conference history. Robinson broke a record held by Fullerton’s Tony Neal since 1985. He is the only active player in the nation with 1,000 career points and 1,000 career rebounds.

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Welcome back to By the Books, where we break down how all the Long Beach teams are doing in polls both local and national. this week’s rankings will be the last time we have CiF polls to talk about for the winter sports, as the postseason begins this week.Boys’ Basketball it was good news for poly and bad news for Compton when the CiF brackets came out, along with the final rankings of the winter season. poly retained their No. 2 ranking in division 1, guaranteeing that they won’t have to play top-seed Mater dei until the final, if at all. Jordan, also in division 1, stayed ranked at No. 14. Compton, on the other hand, suffered a surprising setback. the tarbabes had been the top seed in division 2, and were expected to remain there even after a narrow final week non-league defeat to price, who are No. 4 in division 4. But Compton slid to No. 2, meaning they’d play the No. 3 team in the semis instead of the No. 4 team. Making matters slightly more confusing is the fact that the tarbabes defeated the team who jumped over them, Mayfair, ear-lier this season. poly is still No. 19 in the nation on Maxpreps.com, and moved down a spot in the ESpN rank-ings to No. 23. in the USA today poll, they’re up two spots to No. 14, however.Girls’ Basketball poly retained their hold on the No. 1 spot in division 1, which is good news for poly fans who want to see the Jackrabbits back in the title game. Millikan is No. 9 in division 1 and Lakewood makes their first appearance in the 1A poll, at No. 14. Curiously, that means the first,

third, and fourth place teams in the Moore League are ranked in CiF, while second-place Wilson (who went 1-1 with Millikan and 2-0 vs. Lakewood) is unranked. St. Anthony is No. 11 in division 4AA. in the national polls, USA To-day still has the Jackrabbits at No. 20, Maxpreps.com has them at No. 12, and ESpN has them up a spot to No. 16.Boys’ Soccer Millikan lost their final Moore League game of the year to poly, but coach rod petkovic’s asser-tion that he played subs as the game was meaningless seeding-wise held sway with the CiF vot-ers, and the rams remain the No. 2 seed in the division 1 bracket. poly’s 6-0 second round perfor-mance was suitable to get the Jackrabbits their first nod, at No. 10 in division 1. Millikan is also up to No. 10 in the nation on the ESpN rankings, and No. 17 in the Maxpreps.com rankings.Girls’ Soccer ironically, the poly girls’ final-game loss to Millikan, equally as meaningless to the standings as the boys’ side, did cost the Jack-rabbits. poly slipped out of the seeded positions down to No. 5. Wilson is ranked No. 10.Girls’ Water Polo Wilson is the only ranked team in the area, at No. 8 in CiF divi-sion 2.LBSU Basketball the 49ers’ rpi is down again, from No. 36 to No. 42, a result of playing UC davis. the 49ers moved davis’s rpi up from 344th (worst in the nation) to 343. Long Beach is up to No. 3 in the nation’s Mid Major top 25 poll, and are getting three first-place votes (they’re behind Murray State and Gonzaga). the 49ers are tied for No. 31 in the nation in the Ap poll.LBSU Volleyball two losses last week dropped the 49ers a spot, from No. 9 in the nation to No. 10. their next two matches are against the No. 1 and No. 15 teams in the country.


—Gazette photo by Mike GuardabascioA skiier performs tricks on the stairs last week during a special demonstration by the Long Beach State Snow team outside the Walter Pyramid.

SNOW DAYBy JJ FiddlerSportS Editor

THURSDAYCIF Boys’ Soccer Playoffs @ 3 p.m. it’s the first full day of the playoffs, and division 1 Boys’ Soccer gets underway with Mil-likan hosting (Chaminade/New-bury park, who won its wild card matchup) and poly hosting Leuzinger, the No. 2 seed from the Bay League. Moore League No. 3 Cabrillo has a tough road ahead of them with a trip to Bell Gardens in the first round, and the likely the overall No. 1 seed in the bracket, Servite, waiting in the second round. CIF Girls’ Water Polo Playoffs @ 3 p.m. the Moore League once again belonged to the Wilson Bruins, but they got a tough draw in the division 2 bracket. if they’re lucky enough to get past poly/riverside today, they have to face the top seed in the bracket, Mat-er dei, on Saturday afternoon. However, an upset there would put the Bruins on a fast track for the final.FRIDAYCIF Boys’ Basketball Playoffs @ 7 p.m. Five different local teams are in four different brackets and they all start tonight. in the highly touted division 1AA, the Moore League champion poly Jackrab-bits are No. 2 seed in the bracket and will start at home against the Big Viii League at-large team, M.L. King. the No. 3 seed from the Moore League, Jordan, is on the opposite side of the bracket as the No. 14 team and on the road at California High. the Cabrillo Jaguars are in the division 1A bracket with a tough matchup against the No. 5 team in that bracket, El toro. down in divi-sion 2A, the Compton tarbabes are the No. 2 overall seed and they will host San Bernardino. Finally in division 4A, the St. Anthony Saints are the overall No. 12 in the bracket and hosted Crean Lutheran on Wednesday night, so the second round game

will be tonight.CIF Girls’ Soccer Playoffs @ 3 p.m. the draw looks good for the Moore League in division 2 as league champion poly will open play against a wild card winner and league No. 2 seed Wilson will host pasadena on the other side of the bracket. Millikan has a tough road as they travel to pa-cific League No. 2 Crescenta Val-ley with top-ranked Sunny Hills waiting in the second round next Wednesday.SATURDAYCIF Girls’ Basketball Playoffs @ 7 p.m. the poly Jackrabbits are lead-ing the way today as the No. 1 overall seed in the division 1AA bracket when they host a wild card winner. the Wilson Bruins have to play No. 14, San Clem-ente, but they do get to host the contest while the No. 10 Millikan rams have to travel to Chaffey. Lakewood also is ranked, but at No. 14 overall and in division 1A, and the Lancers will travel to AB Miller. Finally in division 4AA, the St. Anthony Saints are No. 12 overall and they will trav-el to Chadwick.LBSU Men’s Basketball @ Creigh-ton, Omaha, Neb. 7 p.m. (PT) this game is halfway across the country, but it’s the biggest regu-lar season date left on the 49er schedule as they travel to see the Bluejays in what ESpN’s Andy Katz called “the best matchup” in the BracketBusters series — a three-day men’s college bas-ketball event pitting potential NCAA Championship hopefuls against each other with 13 games on ESpN. When the game was decided, Creighton was in the midst of a 10-game winning streak and were ranked No. 12 in the nation. Un-fortunately, just this last week the Bluejays have lost three games in a row, including a 20-point loss at home to Wichita State where star sophomore doug Mcdermott (who is averaging 22 points per game) was limited 13 points on 14 shots.


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2 Bedroom 2 Bath Units3437 East Ransom Avenue $1250 a month2611 East Broadway $1275 a month1441 Locust Avenue $1100 a month

2 Bedroom 1 Bath Units1135 Martin Luther King Avenue $875 a month3509 East Ocean Boulevard $1750 a month

Attention: Property Owners!Let us show you what We CAN DO!

3720 East Anaheim St #201 in Long BeachCall 562-597-0676 Today! Or email

[email protected]

Open HomeSunday 11am to 4pm

1333 Ohio AvenueEastside Long BeachCompletely Remodeled!

1 Bedroom 1 BathNew Appliances

New Carpet & Paintplus Fenced Yard

$700 - $1000 ~ no petsCall 925-787-0369

Open Tues - Saturday4467 1/2 Le Park Drive

Le Park South Aptsin Bixby Knolls

1 BEDROOM APTOn Site Laundry in

Gated Area $950/monthCall for Appointment

562-595-8217Professionally Managed

GJ Property Services Incgjpropertyservices.com

Walk to beach ~ 20s Charm1Bd, Sharp landscap’d bldgstove, refrig, $895. gar avail

1528 E 1st St 562-433-9501

DOWNTOWN840 Cedar AvenueNewly Refurbished

Spacious 1 Bed 1 BathLarge Patio Off Living Room

New Carpet, Fresh PaintNew Stove Top & Wall Oven

New Refrig & Laundry!Near Pine Av RestaurantsFarmers Market, Beach &

Blue Line $895/mo Cats OK!N/S Call 562-438-3170

[email protected]

READY TO MOVE IN!

1435 East 7th St. #CStudio with Full Bath

Parking Included!$725/rent + $730/dep

1417 East 7th StreetRemodeled 1 Bedroom

All New Appliances& Parking Included!$995/rent + $1000/dep

Kellie 562-987-3241Pabst Kinney & Assoc

SIGNAL HILLCrestview Apartments2251 East 21st Street

OCEANS VIEWS!1 Bedroom 1 Bath

New Carpet & PaintStove plus On SiteLaundry, Carport

2 Swimming Pools &Garden Courtyard~ No Pets Please ~

Call 562-494-5133

4 Blocks to Ocean!377 Freeman Avenuenear Buses & Shopping!1 & 2 Bedrm Units withNew Carpet, Fresh PaintRefrig, Dshwshr & Stove$895-$1295 Garage avail

Mike 562-235-6786Move In Special Avl!Professionally Managed ByGJ Property Services Incgjpropertyservices.com

ALAMITOS BEACH1140 East Ocean Blvd

The Queen’s ViewOCEAN FRONT CondoOn BLUFF ~ 3rd Floor1 Bedroom 1 Bath with

Private Patio, appliancesLaundry, Pool + Parking

$1395 a month, Call562-433-9991 Fleming

Alamitos Beach1065 East Third St #7

Very Spacious 883 Sq FtGround Floor Vintage

1 Bed Condo, BeautifulHardwood Floors, FreshPaint, Vintage Wall Oven& New Cooktop, Large

Windows, SharedCourtyard plus On Site

Laundry and Garage$1095/mon/year lease No Pets ~ By ApptGreg (562) 987-3242

ALAMITOS BEACH1405 East 1st St #12

588 Sq Ft Upper 1Bed 1BathBlinds & Shutters, Slate Tile

& Carpet, Crown MoldingRecessed Lighting, MarbleCountertops, Breakfast BarStainless Steel, DW, Refrig

& Stove + On Site Laundry &Parking. $1200 a month +$1000 deposit. No Pets

$200 Off 1st Month Rent!Jason 562-344-3558Greg 562-987-3242

Pabst Kinney & Assoc’s

Alamitos Beach34 Bonito Ave Apt 38

1/2 Block to Beach2nd flr X-Lrg 1Bed 1BthHardwood Flrs, Private

Garage, Stove, FreshPaint + On Site Laundryin Sec Quiet 4 Plex nearPike & Shoreline Village$1175 call 562-494-6693

Alamitos Beach535 Cerritos Avenue

6 Blocks To OceanRear Tri Plex ~ Lower

Remodeled 1 Bed 1 BathNew Carpet, Fresh PaintNew Cabinets, Granite

& Tile, New Windows +Shared Yard. $795/mo

Call 562-498-1360

Beautiful Bluff Park1835 East 1st Street

Large 1 Bedroom 1 BathRefrigerator, Stove plusOn Site Laundry! $1150.,

Beautiful Bixby Knolls719 Carson Street

Upper 1 Bedroom 1 BathRefrigerator, Stove plusOn Site Laundry! $950.,No Pets 562-438-9758

JTM Property Managemnt

Belmont Heights218 Quincy Avenue #E

Large Back House1 Bed w/Office & ViewNew Hardwood FloorsExtended Kitchen, New

Bath, Laundry Room$1600/mo Garage Avail

small pet ok562 . 498 . 0159

abetterproperty.com

Belmont Heights221 Termino Ave

Rear Private UpperSpanish Style Unit1 Bedroom 1 Bath

Balcony, Dining AreaHardwood Floors

Mock Fireplace, StoveRefrigerator and

Washer/Dryer Incld!Lots Of Closet Space

& Storage $1250/monthCall 562-439-6377

Belmont Heights3020 East 3rd StreetUpper 1 Bedroom1 Bath, with BlindsCarpet & LinoleumStove & Refrigerator+ On Site Laundry

$900 a monthNo Pets, No Smoking

Call Dorothy(562) 597-2481

Belmont Heights3733 East 4th Street

Rear UpperApartment

1 Bedroom 1 BathA/C and Heater

Fresh Paint, HardwoodFloors, Ceiling Fans

Refrigerator and Stoveplus On Site Laundry

$895 a monthGarage Available

~ PET FRIENDLY ~Call (562) 400-3135

AVAILABLE NOW!Near Bluff Park & BeachClean Sunny Upper 1 Bed

Sep Din Room, Stove, carpet$1050/month 562-494-0274

Belmont Heights772 Mira Mar Ave

Bright & Sunny1 Bedroom 1 Bath

Hardwood Floors, Stove,Refrigerator plus On Site

Laundry, Parking &Shared Yard $975/moAlso, 420 Almond Av1 Bedroom $725/moCall (714) 848-0355

To View Pictures:gildermanapartments.com

Belmont Heights942 Loma Avenue

~ Duplex ~ 1 Bed ~1 Bath, New CarpetRefrigerator & Stove

$775 a monthCall Matt at562-673-6108

Belmont HeightsTownhouse Apartment

1 Bedrooms1140 Belmont Avenue

All Appliances + W/D inUnit! & Sec Parking in

Newer BuildingCall 714-747-8864

Ask ForMove In Special!

Belmont Shore 1 Bed AptW/Appls $1075. No Pet, N/S224 Nieto Ave 562-439-8727

BELMONT SHORE254 Santa Ana Ave

Newly RemodeledVery Nice Courtyard Unit1 Bed 1 Bath, Fresh PaintLaminate Wood Floors

Microwave, RefrigeratorStove + On Site Laundry

$1250 a monthNo Pets No Smoking

Call (562) 592-2933

Belmont ShoreShort Term Rental

3655 East Ocean BlvdFully Furnished LargeRecently RemodeledBeautiful Upper Unit

1 Bed 1 Bath with NewHardwood Floors & Carpet52" Flat Screen TV + On SiteLaundry & Garage Parking$1100/mo inc FiOS, cable &utils. call Greg 562-212-6860

Blocks To Ocean1900 E. Appleton St.

Completely Remodeled1 Bed 1 Bath Fresh Paint

Hardwood FloorsRefrigerator, Stove + On Site Laundry

$850 a monthFernando 562 .704 . 9468McConkey Appleton Apts

Blocks to Ocean956 East Appleton StSharp 1 Bed 1 BathFull Bath, Full KitchenDining Area, Walk InCloset, New Carpet &

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

BLUFF HEIGHTS1739 East 1st St #7

Open Daily 10am - 7pmUpper 1 Bed 1 BathNew Blinds, StoveLaminate & CarpetLaundry $950/mo

Small Pet Welcome!562 . 498 . 0159

abetterproperty.com

BLUFF HEIGHTS334 Gladys Avenue

Spacious 800 Sq Ft BriteFront Unit 2nd Flr 1 Bed1 Bath, Lots of WindowsNew Carpet, Fresh PaintDishwasher, Refrig, Stove

+ On Site Laundry, StorageSecure Garage ParkingPool, BBQ & Intercom

Entry Buildg $1200/mo/lseBeautiful Sunset Views562-985-4575 426-4691

Carroll Park4 Blocks To Ocean

347 1/2 Junipero Ave ~ COTTAGE ~ 1 Bedroom 1 BathHardwood FloorsRefrigerator, Stove

Wash/Dryer, GarageFront Yard! Pets OK!

$1325 a monthCALL 949-305-0196

RENTAL ALL RENTAL ALL

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DOMA PROPERTIESis Offering

Free Real EstateLicensing Program forLong Beach Residentsand CSULB Students.

you pay only state fees &materials at costWe Are Hiring!

Agents Earn an Excessof $70,000Call Today

562-481-3875 www.domaproperties.com

Expanding WellnessBusiness is Seeking

Leaders & Team Playersto Fill Part-Time andFull-Time Positions.Possible Earnings of

$100,000 a YearOR

$100,000 a Monthin the Next 3-5 Years.

Full training providedCALL TODAY

562-293-3070

The Crab Pot Restaurantis Looking for

Experienced Servers& Cocktail Servers

Apply withinTues-Thurs. 2-5pm

215 Marina Dr.

or Email Resume:[email protected]

Large LocalReal Estate FirmNow HiringTrain Now

(562) 216-5849 orActionREtraining.com

Century 21 Action!2679 Redondo Ave

Alpenglow HospiceSeeks Dynamic,

Committed & MotivatedProfessional for Our

Wonderful Hospice TeamFull Time ~ Certified

Home Health Aide1-2 Years Hospice

Experience Requried.Please Come See Us&Experience Our GreatWorking Environment

Fax Resume toAttn: Joan Pimentel

562-494-7817Call 562-494-7687 or

Email Resume toJpimentel @alpenglowhospice.com

The Crab Pot is Looking for

Friendly,HardworkingLINE COOKS

with a minimum of2 years experience.

Email Resume:

[email protected]

Upscale, Fast PacedRestaurant

Now HiringDaytime Bookkeeper

Must Be Profiecent in QuickBooks & MS Office3yrs Experience in OfficeAdmin & Bookkeeping.

Flex Hours & SalaryFax Resume: 562-433-1174

RE Agents Wanted!

Want a change?

No Desk FeeHigh Payout

[email protected] Properties

3737 E. Broadway St.Long Beach, CA 90803

Found Dog On Beachat Granada & Ocean

Mixed Female, Not FixedCall to Identify:

562-754-1047

FOUND SMALL DOGAbout 20lbs Female

Jack Russell/Chiuaua Mix562-439-7002

LOST Kitten in Belmont ShoresSiamese White w/ Orange Ears

*REWARD* 562-544-0335

Frigidaire Stackable ElectricW/D $400/OBO 562-310-9651

Hollywood Bike RackFor Car, Holds 3 Bikes

Hitch Up To Car InA Couple Minutes.Very Sturdy and In

Great Shape With AllThe Ties, Etc..$75 / OBO

CALL 562-852-5144

Toshiba 50A6150-Inch Projection TV

Amazing PictureGreat Condition

$299 OBOFree Delivery

Call 909-472-7324

SOCCER REBOUNDGOAL WITH NET7 Foot by 14 Foot

Easy To Set Up WithHeavy Duty Posts &Crossbar. Ideal ForSetting Up In BackYard. $75 / OBO

CALL 562-852-5144

BLACK IS BACK!

February is the month of love - what better time totake home one of our beautiful black cats! Mallory

and Jitterbug are just two of the 30+ black cats at theSeal Beach Animal Care Center! For the month of

February, the adoption fee for any black cat will bejust $50! We are also continuing to offer any cat three

years of age or older for a $50 adoption fee.Seal Beach Animal Care Center

1700 Adolfo Lopez Drive, Seal Beach, CA 90740562-430-4993 * www.sbacc.org

Holistic Pet CenterPresents

Anesthetic FREE PetTeeth Cleaning In

Your Home.Group Discount!

Call to Schedule :(562)754-5401

50ft BOAT SLIPNaples Island Portofino

Direct Access to Channel$925/Month 714-319-3454

Boat Bottom &Top Side Service

Dock Maintenance AlsoCall Bob 949-759-0773www.DockWorks.US429-0 Shoreline Village

MOTORCYCLES~ WANTED ~

Any Condition!Not Running,

Crashed,Bad Paperwork,

Any Bike Considered.I Pay CASHand PICKUP.(562) 684-0901

FOR SALE

’94 Honda Accord LX4 Door Automatic,

160k mi, Gold Color,Fair Cond. $1500

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$CASH FORALL CARS

TOP $$ PAIDRunning or Not

Junk Cars, Nice Cars$100 to $10,000

Free Pick Up/Tow 24/71- 800-864-5781or 562-304-7798

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

CARS & TRUCKS~ WANTED ~

Quality Late Modelor Non-running

KLUNKERS.Bad Tags, Smog Issues,

Bad Paperwork,Crashed.

We Buy All, CASHPaid & We Pick UP!

(562) 684-0901

FEB. VEHICLE AD SPECIAL

ONLY $59 w/ Pictureor $39 Text Only

Call or Email Jess TODAY:562-433-2000 ext.112

[email protected]

HOIST FORJEEP WRANGLERBrake Winch System forJeep Wrangler/Unlimited

Only used a couple of times.Easy to set up in garage and

Comes with Harness andInstructions. Sells for$275 new. $75/OBOCall 562-852-5144

HELP WANTED HELP WANTED

LOST & FOUND

FOR SALE

PETS PETS

VEHICLESMISCELLANEOUS

VEHICLESMISCELLANEOUS

VEHICLES UNDER$2,500

SLIPS / DOCKS

MOTORCYCLE,MOPED / SCOOTER

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