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By JJ FiddlerSPORTS EDITOR

Minutes after the Jordan boys basketball team beat California High School in the fi rst round of the CIF Division 1AA Playoffs last week, Joel Rosborough was all smiles. He had just won his fi rst playoff game in his second season as Panthers head coach, and his team was headed for the biggest marquee matchup of the second round against the highly touted Loyola Cubs on Tuesday night. Were going to pack the gym, match wits, and see what hap-pens, Rosborough said. Well, the gym was packed and

the wits were matched, but no amount of home court advantage or junior guard Kaleahl Ferguson could help Jordan upset Loyola. While Ferguson played inspired basketball and led all scorers with 25 points on 10-of-15 shoot-ing, Cub sophomore guard Parker Jackson-Cartwright paced a bal-anced attack and led his team to the easy playoff victory, 95-76, to advance to the quarterfi nals. We played good, but we knew we were going to need to be al-most perfect, Rosborough said after falling to the No. 4 seed Cubs (23-4). Their size was hard for us to handle, but we scrapped as hard as we could. We got beat

by a superior team tonight. The diminutive sophomore sen-sation Jackson-Cartwright posted a team-high 17 points on 7-of-12 shooting while seniors Julian Harrell (65) and Khaliq Bedart-Ghani (66) took over the paint-ed area with 12 and 15 points, respectively. Jordan lacked that size with no players over 63 on the roster, and thus were running uphill the entire game. In other words, Loyolas easy buckets were answered by hard-work points from Jordan, and eventually that style wore down the Panthers. Interestingly enough, thats classically what

Loyola Too Much At J-Town

Gazette photo by William JohnsonLONG RANGE. Jordans Raushead Johnson gets off a jump shot Tuesday night against Loyola.(Continued on Page 3B)

By Ryan ZumMallenSTAFF WRITER

The arena shakes and rumbles, then explodes as another three-pointer rips through the net. Up top, theyre packed three deep along the standing-room-only railing that looks down onto The Great-est Show On Surf, the Long Beach State mens basketball team. At the center of it all, 510 senior point guard Casper Ware stands tall. Often the smallest player on the court, his legs have lifted Long Beach to new heights in his four-year career; his shoulders have borne the crushing pressure of expectation and emerged with another late-game dagger. Poised to win 20 games for the second straight season, with triumphs over Top 25 programs like Pittsburgh and Xavier, the 49ers are a trendy pick to play Cinder-ella at this seasons ball, and its brought pandemonium to the Long Beach State campus. Ware has passed every test thrown at him over four years the most over-achieving player on a team composed al-most entirely of overachievers like fellow seniors T.J. Robinson and Larry Ander-son. So how did an unknown high school player with no jump shot catapult himself into National Player of the Year talks? How did he turn a fl ailing mid-major pro-gram into a national darling that is now toying with an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament? Whats the secret? The biggest secret about Casper Ware, is that theres no secret at all. Ware doesnt have a work ethic so much as he has an unwavering obsession with basketball. By the time his Long Beach State career is over, tales of Wares vigorous late-night shooting sessions in the Walter Pyramid will be the stuff of legend. Over the past four years he has systematically eliminated weaknesses

Casper WaresExcellenceElevates Team

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By Mike GuardabascioSPORTS EDITOR

First year Poly co-principal Joe Carlson, recently returned to the school a few years after a long, successful stint as athletic di-rector, was taking in a soccer game a few weeks ago when he made an observation. Were having a pretty good winter, arent we? he asked. Well, yes, as it turns out, Jackrabbits not only didnt hibernate this winter, but in fact posted one of the most successful seasons across all sports in recent memory. Obvi-ously, playoff fates remain to be written, but during the regular season, the Jackrab-bits took the Moore League by storm.

Heres a look.Girls Water Polo The girls water polo team had the least successful Moore League season of any of the six winter sports, given how close they came to winning a title, which would have been their fi rst in the sport. Since the Moore League added girls water polo 15 years ago, Wilson has won the title 14 times, with Millikan the other champ. This year, Poly took Wilson to overtime in the Moore League title game, after com-ing back from down 7-3 to start the fourth quarter. The Bruins prevailed to dash Polys hopes of reversing history, but the Moore League title has never been closer

to landing at 1600 Atlantic Ave.Wrestling Poly hadnt won a Moore League team wrestling title since the 1988-1989 season, and they came up short this year, too. But in the Moore League Individual Finals, the Jackrabbits did something no team has done since the league added the sport 45 years ago. At the Finals, taking place at Jordan, Poly won a meet record 10 of 14 events, with the Poly crowds excitement rising with each successive pin. In the CIF Team Championships, the Jackrabbits fell by only two points to North Torrance High School, who then

Poly Success Dominates Winter Season


Gazette photo by Mike GuardabascioCELEBRATE IN STYLE. The Poly High School girls soccer team goes into a silly string frenzy after clinching a historic Moore League title during the winter sports season a time that saw a lot of success for Poly athletes.

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In a strange turn of events, last Saturdays annual Pink Game (Breast Cancer Awareness Night) was cancelled at Long Beach State. The womens basketball teams scheduled game against Pacific had to be postponed due to widespread illness among the Tigers. The Tigers played with their whole roster sick against Northridge last Thursday, as their head coach said they were shuf-

fling players in and out based on who couldnt stand up any lon-ger. Nine players were hospitalized as of Friday evening, making the Saturday game impossible. Its a difficult turn for the 49ers, who were expecting several thou-sand fans to be in attendance for their annual Pink Game, and who were riding the positive momen-tum of their Thursday night vic-tory over UC Davis. In lieu of the

game, Long Beach State hosted an open practice at 4 p.m., and a poster signing afterward. The game was eventually re-scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28, meaning the Cal State Fullerton home game will be moved from Feb. 29 to March 1, also at 7 p.m. No word as of yet on whether the Pink Game pro-motion still will take place with the rescheduled Pacific game or not.

Food Poisoning Sidelines Annual Pink Gamewent on to win the CIF title.Girls Soccer The Poly girls soccer team beat Wilson twice this season, which might not sound like a big deal except that they hadnt swept their rivals in a decade. The Jackrabbits were awarded a Moore League title in 2008-2009, a season that saw Wilson forfeit games due to an ineligible player. 2011-2012 was the first time since 1999-2000 that they earned sole possession of the league crown on the field. After their clinching win over Cabrillo, the Jackrabbits cel-ebrated by hosing each other with a few dozen cans of silly string, and toasting to the season with Martinellis sparkling cider. Then, a week later, they hosted a first-round CIF playoff game and beat Murrieta Valley, 1-0. It was the first time theyd won a home playoff game since, you guessed it, 10 years ago.Boys Soccer The Jackrabbits boys soccer team had a tumultuous season, and at the close of the Moore League season, they felt theyd earned at least some kind of Moore League title, call it on-field, or what you will. Thats because they went 6-0 in the sec-ond round for the first time in at least 10 years, including victories over Cabrillo and Millikan. The final game of the season, against the Rams, would have been for the league title, had the Jackrab-bits not had to forfeit the point

they earned in a first-round tie with Millikan. With that behind them, Poly hosted Leuzinger in the first round of the CIF playoffs, and beat them, 1-0. It was their first postseason win, on any field, in seven years.Basketball Theres certainly nothing his-toric about another pair of Moore League titles for the Jackrabbits boys and girls basketball teams. Since the start of the new millen-nium, the Poly girls have won every Moore League title (shar-ing it with Millikan in 2008, and ultimately forfeiting the 2006 league title because of an ineligi-ble player). The Poly boys team are the defending Moore League champs, and had won two straight titles coming into this season. So, the fact that both teams re-peated as league champs didnt make any history. But, as the boys extended their league win streak to 38 games and the girls extended theirs to 60 this season, they did so in historic fashion. The margin of those victories was unprecedented. The boys only had two victo-ries come by single digits, and their average margin of victory was by 31.75 points in league. For the girls, it was 43.16 points. The Poly freshman, sophomore and JV teams also swept league titles. Add all of that up, and you get a pretty historic winter season, at a school with as much history as any in California. Or, in the words of Carlson, A pretty good winter.

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Jordan teams have done to the Moore League. No one went to the press quicker than recently re-tired Ron Massey in his heyday. However, he rarely did it with the type of players that Loyola head coach Jamal Adams has to work with. We press about eight different ways, Adams said after the game. We kept searching and eventu-ally found one that worked. We caught them off guard, and were so quick and long, we were able to get some deflections. Rosborough said that his team was prepared for the pressure, but didnt do what they needed to do against it. We went against our game plan, he said. We practiced for it, but we didnt go out and ex-ecute. Loyola senior guards Justin Childress (16 points) and Jacob Hazzard (13 points) sparked the offense in the first half, but fresh-man Max Hazzard (14 points) got steals and buckets to extend the Cub scoring run to 40-16, taking their biggest lead at 91-64 with just three minutes left. The Panthers hoped that their home gym would get extra loud in order to rattle the visiting Cubs, but Loyola was unaffected by the atmosphere. Every game weve played has been in front of a lot of people, Adams said. His team took road trips to Washington D.C. and the Nike Extravaganza, where they

were playing in front of thousands of fans. We had 4,000 fans in our face at Harvard-Westlake last month. Youve got people yelling and screaming all the time, and we have a lot of experience, thats one of our strengths. The 15-year-old Jackson-Cartwright was comfortable in the J-Town Gym as well, saying, Weve been in hostile environ-ments before. It didnt scare me one bit. Asked about the point guard

standing across from him, Jack-son-Cartwright was complimen-tary of Fergusons game. Hes a good player, he said. It was hard stopping him. Every time we made a run, he made a big play and thats what good players do. Thats the good news for Pan-thers fans, Ferguson and several of his Panthers teammates will be back next year to try to go deeper into the playoffs. They took a big step forward this season, and los-

ing to one of the best teams in the state doesnt put a damper on their phenomenal run. As for Loyola, they may have moved one game closer to fac-ing a second Long Beach oppo-nent in the 2012 playoffs and a familiar one at that. In early De-cember, Loyola used a 9-0 fourth quarter run to take out the Poly Jackrabbits in the 60th Annual Pacific Shores Tournament cham-pionship game at Redondo Union High School.

Sitting on opposite sides of the bracket with quarterfinal games on Friday (Feb. 24), two more wins from both Loyola and Poly would set up a rematch in the CIF Southern Section Division 1AA Final. To see the highlight video from this Jordan/Loyola game, as well as the Poly/Loyola game from the Pac Shores Tournament, go to GazettesSports.com.Staff Writer Tyler Hendrickson con-tributed to this report.

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from his game, picking them off one-by-one like an experienced rifleman at the Six Flags shooting gallery. Hes at his best in the spotlight, dropping 28 in the Pittsburgh win,

26 at San Diego State, 29 at North Carolina and 21 in a nationally televised slugfest at Creighton. Hes averaging a career-high 17.3 ppg this year, good for third in the Big West Conference, and its due entirely to his dedicated practice and attention to weaknesses. Its difficult to explain how

unlikely this all was when Ware sauntered onto campus a skinny, cornrowed teenager from nearby Cerritos. He preferred to drive and dish, and the shaky jumper led to a paltry 37.2 FG% in his sophomore year. But something changed be-tween his sophomore and junior

seasons. Ware bulked up tremen-dously and became an elite de-fender, becoming the first player in conference history last year to be named Big West Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year in the same season. He ditched the braids and high-top fade for a tight, all-business cut. The biggest transformation has been with his jump shot now lightning-quick with jaw-drop-ping range. As his body filled out and the shooting motion matured, Ware added the long-range bomb to his arsenal and has made 143 three-pointers since last year. Hes become so adept at three-point shooting that Long Beach may rely on it too much. Although his natural game is more Chris Paul than Allen Iverson, Ware has moved off the ball and into a pure scoring role this season, shooting more and attacking the basket less. As a result, his three-point attempts are way up and his free throw attempts are way down hardly a recipe for efficiency, but one that takes pressure off his ball-handling duties and has worked for the red-hot 49ers thus far. Point guards, particularly short ones, normally only fit into one of two molds: Play-calling maestros or tunnel vision shooting ma-chines. Wares value is that he can balance his passing and shooting based on what the team needs, a skill set rare in the mid-major landscape. With the ability to distribute and run an offense, plus the range to keep defenders honest and the ability to create space against taller guards Ware is also the schools all-time assists leader and is closing in on the steals re-cord 49er fans are watching the construction of an NBA point

guard before their very eyes. In fact, Ware has looked like a le-gitimate pro prospect over the last two seasons, and depending on his play and the 49ers success down the stretch, some experts predict he will sneak his way into the first round of the NBA Draft this June. Watching Ware operate now is like watching a surgeon recon-struct knee ligaments while run-ning the 400-meter hurdles. For all the damage his jumper inflicts, Ware is still best off the dribble. He is forever under control, al-ways fast without hurrying, push-ing and pulling his defenders like marionettes. It used to be that NBA teams drafted players based almost ex-clusively on their wingspan mea-surements. But in the age of the second round All-Star, Linspira-tion and mid-major diamonds in the rough, basketball is back to being about skills, not just poten-tial. Ware is a prime example. That isnt to take away from his obvious natural gifts and basketball bloodline his fa-ther, Casper Sr., is a Los Angeles streetball legend but it proves the old idiom that practice makes perfect. The legacy Ware leaves at Long Beach State will be one of unequaled passion and dedica-tion, but it wont mean nearly as much if the 49ers fail to win the Big West Tournament and reach the Big Dance. Wares legs and shoulders have taken him and the Long Beach State program a long way and back in four years, but theyve got one more set of reps to lift. However the season ends, Ware will leave Long Beach State much like his once-ugly jump shot: Much better than he found it.

Gazette photo by Jim CayerSTEADYING PRESENCE. Casper Ware starts a drive against Fullerton earlier this year.

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The annual Southern Califor-nia Yachting Association (SCYA) Midwinter Regatta is the biggest sailboat racing event of the win-ter in our area. It attracts boats and sailors from all over the West Coast (and in fact all over the United States). It also takes the wind out of the sails of all the local sailors, as it is frequently the season opener for many racing programs. Re-gatta organizers recognize this, which has led to an unusual condition there is no sailboat racing scheduled for the coming weekend. But, boy, did the local clubs make up for it last weekend! Over the two days of the Midwinter Regatta, last Saturday and Sun-day, Feb. 18 and 19, three local yacht clubs hosted a total of 120 boats in 15 classes or divisions, with 500 sailors on the water. Alamitos Bay Yacht Club host-ed the largest numbers 87 boats competed in 11 divisions. They came from such locales as Seat-tle and Phoenix as well as Utah, Wisconsin and New York. Local sailors often did well. The Cal 20 class was won by Stan Gibbs and Pat McCormick, both of Long Beach, while Harbor City resi-dent Tim Carter led his team to victory in the Viper 640 class. Two local families were out in force. The Golisons had two gen-erations on the water. Youngest brother Jay was the top finisher, taking first in the Laser Master class, while older brothers Bruce and Mark were second and third, respectively, among the Lido 14 A division, the latter sailing with his wife as crew. Even the kids got into the act: Marissa Golison beat her cousins Emily and Beth in the CFJ class. And a brother-and-sister pair were top finishers: Adam Elsharhawy was winning crew in the Lido 14 A division while sister Nora was winning crew in CFJ. Long Beach will be the site of the world championship for the F-18 catamaran class, and 15

boats came out for the first event of the year in Long Beach. While more than half the entrants were skippered by ABYC members, the winner was a team from San Diego, Matt Struble and Damon LaCasella, who won every single race. As befitting the interest, there were teams from as far east as Utah and as far north as Wash-ington state on hand, as was the French president of the interna-tional class. Over at Seal Beach Yacht Club were a total of 29 boats compet-ing under the Performance Hand-icap Racing Fleet (PHRF) handi-cap system for keelboats. In the PHRF A division, Long Beach Yacht Club member John Snook in Jim was the top finisher, correcting out for two wins and two second-place finishes in the four-boat fleet. Chris Mewes in Shadowfax out of Navy Yacht Club Long Beach won the 14-boat PHRF B division, just ahead of a trio of ABYC skippers. The PHRF C win went to the Brown/Patterson from Dana Point. But the most resounding win was in the four-boat PHRF Non-Spin-naker division, where Ross Hen-dricks of SlBYC in Windhaven had a perfect score of four first-place finishes in four races. Long Beach Yacht Club hosted a single fleet, the venerable Cal 25s, and only four of them; but the competition among the old boats was fierce. LBYC members Art and Scott Melendres were ly-ing in third place at the end of the first days racing, but only two points separated them from the first-place boat. By the end of the regatta, the Melendreses in One Time battled back to win the class. Full results on these clubs parts of the 2012 SCYA Midwin-ter Regatta can be found on each clubs websites: ABYCs website is www.abyc.org, visit the LBYC at www.lbyc.org and Seal Beach Yacht Clubs website is www.sealbeachyc.org. Or, visit www.scya.org.

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By JJ FiddlerSportS Editor

the slings and arrows of a baseball season, at least a college baseball season, dont wait for the dog days of summer, and the Long Beach State dirtbags got that harsh lesson over the opening week as they took the series from

VCU before falling to USC, 4-2, on tuesday night. there were positives and negatives in each game, so here are three up and three downThree Up Starting Pitching Head coach troy Buckley said last week that his pitching staff would be, a

body of work on the mound, and so far, so good. Starters Shawn Stuart, Matt Anderson and ryan Strufing combined to pitch 17 of the 27 innings against VCU and only allowed five earned runs and three walks while striking out 17 rams. the three starters also lim-ited VCU to six extra hits on their

18 base knocks. Strufing had the most dominant performance in the rubber match on Sunday, go-ing 6.2 innings with eight hits, two runs, three strikeouts and no walks. The Frye Man Speak-ing of good pitching, sophomore right-handed pitcher Josh Frye, Millikan High School alum, has quickly found a cozy spot under Buckleys wing. the lanky Frye showed some great raw skill as a true freshman in limited relief ac-tion (15 appearances, 1.72 ErA, 7 r, 3 Er) and hes picked up right

where he left off. in Friday and Saturdays games, Frye pitched 1.1 innings and only gave up one hit while striking out two and picking up the win on Saturday. Buckley expressed concern in the offseason that he didnt have a clear-cut tuesday starter, but he could have a fine option with this local boy. Its A Suicide After tying the game up at 2-2 in the fifth inning of Sundays game against VCU, Juan Avila stood at third base with one out and catcher Kellen Hoime at the plate. Hoime, who sat out most of last year nursing injuries, has been one of the best bunters on the team since he started as a true freshman. Buckley and his coaching staff decided to roll the dice and have Hoime lay down the suicide squeeze bunt because, it was perfect timing. When you just got scored on, tendency is to hang your head a little, said Buckley. i could see the situation in my head, said Hoime, who put the bunt down with Avial charging home. it would end up being the winning run to take the weekend series. i saw the sign and was committed to taking a team at-bat. thats what we do, said Avila of the small ball approach. When you need a run, you do what you do best. Nice to see dirtbag baseball is still the same old dirtbag base-ball.Three Down Holey Gloves Not the kind blessed by a priest. A year after the dirtbags committed 75 field-ing errors in 56 games played (33 by the starting shortstop and second baseman) they started this season with six gaffes in the first three games. When Buckley said after the weekend, we need to clean it up, he wasnt talking about the bleachers at Blair Field. interestingly enough, in the one game the dirtbags dropped to VCU, they were clean in the field. it was during the two wins when they committed the errors. Fresh Meat the highly touted freshman outfielder rich-ard prigatano was thrown into the fire this weekend with three starts, 10 at-bats and no hits. He struck out only once, but grounded into two double plays. Buckley says his at-bats got better as the week-end got longer, and he expects prigatano to stay in the starting lineup for now. Easy Eddie Junior closer Eddie Magallon had an inauspi-cious start to his season with a blown save on opening night. protecting a two-run lead, the paramount native gave up five hits and four runs in just 0.1 innings, but Buckley said he wouldnt give up on the righty.

Dirtbags Opening Week Underway

Gazette photo by Kevin OulesNOT SO FAST. Senior center fielder Brennan Metzger gets caught stealing third during the Dirtbags win against VCU.


By Tyler HendricksonStaff Writer

the mens basketball team completed the most difficult non-conference schedule in the na-tion this past weekend, suffering a heartbreaking 81-79 loss at the hands of the Creighton Bluejays. So ends the 12-game winning streak for Long Beach, as they failed to strengthen their case for at-large consideration into the NCaa tournament. it was yet another example of the 49ers playing well on the road, but coming up short of the result, as they picked up their first loss of 2012. they held a lead from the first bucket until the last, but that last shot, with just a few ticks left, gave Creighton the win. Casper Ware and tJ robinson each had more than 20 points for Long Beach, who shot 59% as a team. Such a hot shooting per-formance usually leads to a win, but with Creighton shooting 50% themselves behind 36 points from stud Doug McDermott, it wasnt quite good enough. the difference was on the glass, as the Bluejays pulled down 13 offensive rebounds, which led to several key second-chance buck-ets. Creighton made a late charge in order to grab the win, includ-ing a 10-2 run to end the game. antoine Youngs floater over tJ robinson with just 0.3 seconds remaining prevented overtime and sent the rowdy home crowd of more than 16,000 into a frenzy. in fact, the student section saw fit to rush onto the floor. even though it was a tough loss, it may not be such a bad outcome

for the 49ers. if Long Beach had hoped to run the table, it would have meant a 20-game winning streak to close the year, which is a tough task. it now appears that the Nin-ers will need to win the Big West Conference tournament in order to make the Big Dance, but thats what is expected of this team (12-0 in conference) anyway. four games are left before the Big West tourney. Womens Basketball returning home has always been a good thing for Long Beach State, and this past thursday the 49ers got another win in the Myd, improving their home record to 9-2. it was supposed to be a two-game weekend homestand, but some unexpected circumstances changed the Big West schedule, making the 67-55 win over UC Davis the only game of the week. the game against the aggies was unconventional in its own right, as the 49ers won a hard-fought contest while allowing just 13 made field goals. in fact, the aggies were held to just one bucket during a 16-minute stretch spanning both halves. the ag-

gies free-throw shooting kept the game close, and forced the Beach to grind out a victory. fifteen points from tipesa Moorer and 13 from alex Sanchez helped carry the day. the 49ers offense continues to develop, and last week it looked polished, with 18 of the 49ers 22 buckets com-ing on assists. On Saturday, their scheduled game with Pacific was postponed because the entire tigers roster was severely afflicted with food poisoning. that game will now be played at a later date. the 49ers (11-14, 6-6) will hit the road for games thursday at Cal Poly (13-12, 9-3) and Satur-day at UC Santa Barbara (11-14, 5-7) during their final regular-sea-son roadie. that could spell trou-ble; while theyre 9-2 at home, the 49ers are just 2-12 on the road.Mens Volleyball their season needed a serious shot in the arm following a hum-bling pair of losses against Stan-ford and Pacific. With the infusion of freshman John La rusch into the starting lineup, the 49ers got the offensive boost they so sorely needed with a 25-16, 25-18, 20-

25, 25-27, 15-9 win over UCLa, the No. 1 team in the nation. replacing senior captain Jim Baughman in the starting unit, La rusch put down a career-high 21 kills in the first home start of his career, and it added a source of offense his team needed. in the spirit of unexpected heroics, the Niners got a huge game on friday night from Col-ten echave, who had a team-high 17 kills while hitting an astonish-ing .654 for the night. His perfor-mance led to a needed four-set win against UCSB. the win put the 49ers over .500. the 49ers (7-6, 3-5) now begin a four-game road trip, featuring some tough tests. theyre at UC irvine (10-3, 6-3) friday, at UC

San Diego (3-11, 1-8) Saturday, then at UCLa (14-2, 9-1) next Wednesday.Softball the 49ers have been alternating wins and losses, and stand at 5-5 after their first two tournaments. their success has hinged on the efforts of pitcher erin Jones-Wesley, who has all five of Long Beachs wins (the Niners are 0-4 in games she hasnt started). Hannah De Gaetano has been the offense for Long Beach, lead-ing the team in rBis (5), Home runs (2), and Slugging % (.677). the Beach will play their third tournament this weekend in Palm Springs, and then play a home-opening doubleheader Wednes-day vs. Maine.

LONG BEACH STATE: NOTEBOOK


By Mike GuardabascioSportS Editor

in the opening rounds of the CiF Winter playoffs last week, Long Beach proved its postsea-son mettle, as 17 of the 24 local teams that made it into CiF got at least one win, the highest total for the city in the last five years. of the 10 local schools to qualify in either boys or girls soccer, eight got a victory, and one of the two

first-game exits, Cabrillos boys team, lost in penalty kicks. Entering the second week of playoff action, 11 teams are re-maining in four sports, all hop-ing to survive for at least another week.Boys Basketball Four of the five Long Beach schools in boys basketball got a victory, with Cabrillo the only team ousted without a win, fall-

ing 56-50 on the road to the No. 5 team in division 1A, El toro. For a team that went 0-12 in league last year to come so close to up-setting a ranked team on the road in the postseason is obviously its own win, and the fact that Cabril-lo was the only team settling for a moral victory was a good sign for the depth of Long Beachs hoops programs. poly blew through King in the first round, 73-35, with 21 points from roschon prince and 17 from rJ Strickland. Jordan Bell had a shot at the triple-double (10 points, 9 rebounds, 7 blocks), but spent too much time on the bench in the blowout. in the second round, on the road against Knight (in palmdale), poly won, 54-32. Jordan went on the road against California, who they beat 69-64 thanks to a monster game from

deontae North, to set up the high-ly anticipated second round game against Loyola on tuesday night. the panthers fell short, which you can read about on page 1B. Compton beat San Bernardino 71-59 in the first round, giv-ing them a trip to Mira Costa on tuesday, where they were able to cruise against the Mustangs, 83-71. Four tarbabes scored in double-digits in the offense-filled effort, with Victor robbins and isaiah Bailey each putting in 15. the tarbabes will host Colony at 7 p.m. Friday at in a CiF quarter-final game. And St. Anthony got a nice win in the opening round, beating Santa Monica Crossroads, 66-56, thanks to Alexander Nailes 14 points. the Saints run was ended in the second round by Cantwell Sacred Heart and Jose Estrada; Estrada scored 49 points for Cantwell.

Girls Basketball it was the same story for girls basketball in Long Beach, where the local teams proved their qual-ity, with four of the five Long Beach teams getting a first-round victory. the only team to fall, Lakewood, dropped a close game on the road to AB Miller. poly kept their annual tradi-tion of cruising through the first round alive with a 65-26 win over Valencia, behind 14 points from Justyce dawson, who went 6/6 from the field. that puts them into a second round game on the road against Silverado. Wilson got a big-time 21-point performance from Michaela reed to help them push past San Clem-ente, and Millikan got 20 points from Erin Hagan to beat Chaffey on the road. raneisha duncan added 18. Both Wilson and Milli-kan hit the road for second round

MOORE LEAGUE: ROUNDUP

Gazette photo Stephen DachmanCONCENTRATE NOW. Senior Captain Alex Loveless leads Wilson during a 10-7 playoff win versus Riverside Poly.


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games this week. In the first round, St. Anthony handled Chadwick, as Kendall Cooper went 12/13 from the field for a 24-point, 11-rebound per-formance in a big Saints win. The two-time defending CIF champs fell in the second round to heav-ily-favored Muir, however, as top sophomore recruit Emoni Jack-son shredded St. Anthony for 24 points.Boys Soccer Aside from the aforementioned heartbreak for the Cabrillo boys team, and a tough first-round loss for St. Anthony, it was a good week to play soccer in Long Beach. Wilson won a wild-card game against Edison, 2-0, on two scores from Oscar Marrujo before falling to Palos Verdes in their next game. Millikan and Poly, the Moore Leagues top two teams, are still alive and kicking. Millikan, the two-seed in Division 1, failed to blow out their first-round oppo-nent, Chaminade, but still had a convincing 1-0 victory. Hugo Gonzalez scored on that rarest of sights on the high school field, a bicycle kick goal, to give Millikan a lead that their defense wouldnt let slip away. In 30 years of coaching, weve had three of those, said a grin-ning Millikan coach Rod Petk-ovic of the score. Millikan then advanced to the second round, which saw them traveling to Montebello. Against the Oilers, Marc Wilson and Luis Ortega both got scores as the Rams won with a little more com-fort on the road. That means an old soccer rivalry will be renewed when the Rams host Los Al in the

CIF quarterfinal round at 3 p.m. today, Thursday. Poly hosted Leuzinger in the first round, and also won by the slimmest margin, 1-0, on a score in the 58th minute on a beautiful strike by Jose Martinez, and then held the lead thanks to a clean sheet from goalie Kifikalani Ca-brera. Poly then visited San Clemente in the second round, where their excellent season came to an end in a 4-0 loss. The Tritons put eight shots on frame, and four of them found the net as the 19-4-4 San Clemente squad advanced to the quarterfinals.Girls Soccer With all of Long Beachs sto-ried history on the hardcourt and in the pool, it was surprising that girls soccer was the citys best sport in the postseason this year, with all five playoff teams getting at least one victory. League champs Poly posted a narrow win over Murrieta Valley, thanks to a score from Kirstyn Nold, who slipped one by the Ohio State-bound Carson Dukes, one of SoCals top goalies. That sets up a second round visit to Dos Pueblos this week. Wilson cut the suspense with a 6-2 victory over visiting Pasa-dena, with Sierra Skelly, Saman-tha Reinhard, Ausset Hood and Marie Mendez all getting scores (Skelly and Reinhard had two apiece). That win sends the Bru-ins to Upland this week. Millikan is still alive, too, thanks to a 2-1 victory over Cres-centa Valley, with two strikes from Alex Karlowitsch, which has them hosting Sunny Hills this week in a rare home game for an LB team. Lakewood got a wild-card win over Burroughs, 4-0 with a hat

trick from Kendahl Fisher, before falling 5-0 to Buena. St. Antho-ny won a thrilling PKs decision against New Community Jewish, with the final kick coming from Alana Herndandez, and then had their season ended by Saddleback Valley Christian, 4-1.

Water Polo Wilson was the only Moore League team of those that quali-fied for the playoffs to make it out of the first round, beating River-side Poly 10-7, thanks to great de-fensive play from goalie Melanie Slater (seven saves) and the rest

of the team. Ranya El-Tawil had a hat trick, and Alex Loveless had two goals, four assists, and four steals. The Bruins season then ended in the second round at Mater Dei, where they lost 11-4 to Division 2s top team.

Gazette photo by Stephen DachmanFINISH THEM OFF! Wilsons Oscar Marrujo scores the final goal on a penalty kick versus Edison in a 2-0 CIF wildcard win.

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this season has seen a resur-gence of the LBCC womens basketball program under sec-ond-year head coach Michael an-derson, and the Vikings finished the regular season strong with a 52-45 win at el Camino. the road has been a safe haven for the Vi-kings, as they finish with a solid 10-2 record in away games. Over-all, they stand one win shy of the coveted 20-win plateau at 19-6. three Vikings scored in double figures, including the usual ap-pearance of Keshonda Moore as the teams leading scorer with

13. She was joined at that mark by Kala amico, who also had a team-high five assists. Kaaron King played 21 minutes off the bench, putting in 10 points while grabbing six steals. Long Beach was outrebounded 43 to 31, but forced 26 turnovers to make up for the discrepancy on the boards. it closes an incredibly successful regular season for the Vikings, who continue to hold a top-20 ranking in the state and hope to find success in the post-season. theyll begin the journey at home at 7 p.m. friday, feb. 24, against Cypress College, a team the Vikings beat in November.

Mens Basketball as the womens team surged to the finish, the mens basketball team limped there, losing their last three games and five of their final seven. an old habit poked its ugly head for Long Beach as they reverted back to losing close games. their final three losses were by a combined eight points, including road losses to el Cami-no and La Harbor last week. it was a pair of games the Vi-kings needed, but couldnt muster enough to win away from home. the Vikings were 6-2 in the Hall of Champions this season, but just 4-14 in all other games.

against el Camino, LBCCs defense couldnt contain the in-side presence of the Warriors in a 79-74 loss. the starting post play-ers for el Camino combined to score 60 points on 22/40 shooting. Long Beach tried to counter with the perimeter game, but 4-for-21 shooting from long range did the Vikings in. Will ervin remained a force off the bench with a team-high 20 points and five steals as the fresh-man looks to be a key figure in the attack moving into next sea-son. Kristien Owens scored 17 for Long Beach while pulling down a team-high seven rebounds.

the Vikings (10-16, 7-6) dont expect any playoff consideration, and end their season on a sour note. it was a decent bounce back from their 0-8 start, but falling short of the playoffs means they didnt meet their goal.Mens Volleyball the Vikings are rolling with five straight wins to start their season. in fact, theyve only dropped one set during that time, winning four times via sweep and defeating a strong irvine Valley team 3-1. LBCC defeated Palomar this week, with 12 kills from JoLon Clark, the freshman outside hit-

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ter from Poly. The versatile Max Wechsung, playing opposite and setter, had eight kills, four blocks and spread around 21 assists. Orange Coast College is next on the schedule as the Vikings play host at 6 p.m. Friday night.Softball Conference play opened with an impressive 11-1 win at East LA, followed by a 4-3 extra-in-ning loss at El Camino. The El Camino game was a thriller, with LBCC scoring three runs in the seventh inning to take the lead, but allowing a run each in the seventh and eighth innings to lose it. Leadoff hitter Liz Me-lendrez combined for fi ve hits, three runs and four RBIs in the two games.

Long Beach (6-7, 1-1) hosts LA Harbor at 3 p.m. today, Thursday, in another league contest.Baseball Last week, the Vikings (2-4 overall) split a pair of close games against Antelope Valley, winning the fi rst at home, 2-1, before fall-ing on the road, 4-3. In the home win, the game was tied at one after the fi rst inning, before the Vikings took the lead in the bot-tom of the fi fth on a groundout RBI by Millikan product Avery Flores, who drove in Jaime Valle for the score. Sophomore Steven Gallardo continued to impress on the mound with nine strikeouts, scat-tering fi ve hits over seven in-nings. LBCC plays three games this week, including one at home, at 2 p.m. today, Thursday, against Golden West.

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~ A baseball fan can go years without seeing a suicide squeeze bunt that brings home a winning run. Its the biggest roll of the dice in baseball, and if it pays off, its something you remember for a long time. Well Dirt-bag fans, go to GazettesSports.com today and search VIDEO Dirtbags to watch catcher Kellen Hoime squeeze home the winning run against VCU. Also, go to the Gazettes Sports YouTube channel to subscribe and get the videos as soon as they hit the web!~ Make sure you come to GazettesSports.com and listen to Sports-Night live at noon today, Thursday. Its the one and only sports talk show in Long Beach, and 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 comment sections or send to fi [email protected]. Just click the SportsNight story at the top of the website, and if you miss any show, come back after for the podcast version.~ Dont have a question for SportsNight, but want to make your voice heard around the LBC? The comment section on every story is a perfect place to do so. Send a good luck to your favorite team on a game pre-view, shout out a player on a game recap, or ask Mike and JJ a question about the week in Long Beach sports.



Welcome back to By the Books, where we break down how all the Long Beach teams are doing in polls both local and national. Baseball High school baseball season starts on Friday, Feb. 24, and so the first major preseason polls are out, with CiF rankings to follow next week. Good news for local fans, too, as area powerhouses Lakewood and Wilson arent expected to be down after last years successes, where the two teams both made the CiF divi-sion 1 finals. ESpNs national top 50 has the Lancers in the top 10, at No. 9. their write-up points out that Lakewood has more than 1,000 wins since the school opened in 1958, and that no school in Cali-fornia has a better record since 1960. in the LA Timess SoCal rankings, Lakewood is No. 3 and Wilson is No. 4. Both teams will likely see di-vision 1 competition from Mater dei, who are No. 2 in the Timess poll and No. 2 in the nation ac-cording to ESpN.Poly Basketball CiF rankings are done for the year, but were still tracking the Jackrabbits boys and girls teams in the national rankings. the boys team is up a spot to No. 22 in the nation on ESpNs list, and up to No. 18 in the na-tion on Maxpreps.com. USA To-days Super 25 has poly up a spot to No. 13 in the nation, while the same poll has the Jackrabbits girls team at No. 19. the poly girls are No. 9 in America on Maxpreps, and No. 14 on ESpN.

Millikan Soccer Millikans regular season-end-ing loss to poly didnt affect their CiF seeding, but it did hurt the rams in ESpNs National top 50 rankings. though just their sec-ond loss of the year, it sent Milli-kan tumbling from No. 10 all the way down to No. 29.LBSU Basketball After the 49ers loss to Creigh-ton, all eyes now turn towards the 49ers rpi score. if you dont know what that is, its the rat-ings performance index that helps the NCAA Selection Com-mittee pick the NCAA tourna-ment at-large bids, and seed the whole tournament. Long Beach actually benefitted from their loss, moving up from No. 41 to No. 36. they only have three Big West games remain-ing, each of which will move them down the ladder (yes, wins against low rpi teams are worse for your ranking than losses against good teams). Assuming they win out, the 49ers will have an at-large kind of rpi. Unfortunately, they will then play as many as three more games in the Big West tourna-ment. right now, it seems that Long Beach (the Big Wests top seed) is on a collision course with UC davis (the Big Wests worst tournament qualifier) in the first round of the tourney. UC davis rpi is third worst in the nation, at 342, so that game alone could dynamite Long Beachs at-large hopes. the 49ers are still getting votes in the USA Today and Ap polls, however, where theyre coming in at No. 35 in the nation.LBSU Volleyball the 49ers posed an interesting quandary to NCAA coaches in their weekly rankings. After all, the team has lost to No. 10 pa-cific and No. 15 Northridge. on the other hand, they handed No. 1 UCLA their second loss of the season. the 49ers had previously been ranked No. 10, and, given the conflicting evidence, volley-ball coaches decided to leave the dilemma alone, moving them up just a spot, to No. 9.

Deontae North, Jordan Basketball This weeks Jordan/Loyola game has had everyone talking, but we wouldnt have that game without the Panthers first-round victo-ry over California High, and Jordan wouldnt have gotten that win without North. The 62 sophomore guards athleticism was too much for the slower California players, and he finished with 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 steals. The final rebound, on the offensive glass, let Jordan run an extra 30 seconds off the clock at the end of the game.

Michaela Reed, Wilson Basketball After Wilsons womens baksetballs first-round playoff win last week, the junior Reed admitted she was sick of getting booted out of the playoffs. So, she decided to do something about it. I could see it in her eyes, said her coach, Lionel Garrett. She will take it upon herself and will us to win. She always does. Reed had a game-high 21 in the Bruins 63-55 win, and scored five straight field goals to start the second half.

John La Rusch, LBSU Volleyball The Poly alum and 49er freshman may be the years unlikeliest AOTW selection. Com-ing into the 49ers home match against the nations top team, UCLA, La Rusch had only even seen the floor in about a third of the 49ers matches, and wasnt being used much. UCLA had won 10 straight, only losing four sets in that stretch, but La Rusch pounded down 21 kills to lead the surprising upset. His previous career high in attempts was only one more than that nights kill total.

Kellen Hoime, LBSU Baseball Athletes of the Week display statistical dominance over a seven-day span; theres no doubt that Hoime failed to do that last week. The catcher only played in one of the teams three games, and went 0-2 in that game. But his well-placed bunt on Sunday scored team-mate Juan Avila on a suicide squeeze, giving the Bags a W, and their first opening-weekend series victory since 2008. That Hoime missed all of last year with a serious neck injury made the squeeze all the sweeter.

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THURSDAYCIF Boys Soccer Playoffs, Milli-kan vs. Los Alamitos @ 3 p.m. the rams will return to Long Beach to host the Griffins after a second-straight 1-0 playoff vic-tory on the road against Monte-bello. the clean sheet is the 17th for goalkeeper Steven Barrera and the Millikan defense, which ties a school record.FRIDAYCIF Boys Basketball Playoffs @ 7 p.m. of the 24 local high school teams who each started their CiF playoff runs last week only 11 came into this week looking to extend their season even further.

After tuesdays games, only two boys basketball teams are alive. poly will host Eisenhower after beating Knight on tuesday, 54-32, while Compton will host Col-ony after handling Mira Costa on the road in the division 2 second round, 83-71. Stay tuned to Ga-zettesSports twitter accounts for live score updates throughout the entire playoffs.Dirtbags vs. California, 6:30 p.m. @ Blair Field the three-game weekend se-ries starts tonight as the dirtbags host the 2011 College World Se-ries participant California for the second time in three years. the Golden Bears started their sea-son last weekend with a sweep of pacific by a combined score

of 24-7. they were led by ju-nior tony renda (#14) who won the 2011 pac-10 player of the Year and was named a 2012 first-team preseason All-American by Baseball America, a second-team preseason All-American by Collegiate Baseball and one of 50 players on USA Baseballs Golden Spikes Award Watch list as the nations top amateur base-ball player. renda went 6-for-11 over the opening weekend and had four walks and a double to go with four runs scored. He also stole four bases on five attempts.LBSU Womens Basketball, 7 p.m. @ Cal Poly After a tumultuous weekend that included a win and a resched-uled contest, the 49ers (11-14, 6-6) sit in sixth place in the Big West Conference with four regu-

lar season games remaining on the schedule. Luckily for Long Beach, two of those four games are against teams above them in the standings, including this one against the Mustangs. in the first meeting between these two teams a month ago, when the 49ers edged Cal poly, 74-67. the 49ers led by three with one minute remaining before junior Jhakia Mcdonald sparked a late spurt, making 4-of-6 free throws down the stretch and taking a key charge with 10 seconds left, to help Long Beach secure the seven-point win. SATURDAYLBSU Mens Basketball vs. UC Riv-erside, 4 p.m. @ Walter Pyramid the 49ers (19-7, 12-0) are in the middle of their final home stand of the season, and tonight they take on the dark horse of

the 2011-12 Big West Confer-ence mens basketball season, the UC riverside Highlanders. When Long Beach traveled to riverside on Jan. 26, senior guard Casper Ware scored 11 of his team-high 18 points in overtime to lead the 49ers to a 77-70 victory. After the Highlanders took a late lead when their star guard phil Martin (#12) hit a fadeaway three pointer, Long Beach junior James Ennis, who finished with 16 points and four steals, hit a three of his own to put the 49ers up for good. riverside did climb back within one, 69-68, but could never get any closer as Ware scored the 49ers final eight points, six on free throws, to clinch the win. that loss sent the Highlanders reeling as they dropped six of their next eight games.


Long Beach sports fans got a rare treat on Sunday evening at the pool on the Los Alamitos Joint Forces training Base. Not only was the USA womens water polo playing for a Holiday Cup championship against archri-vals Canada, but Wilson grads Lauren Silver and Lauren Wenger both played major minutes in the game. the two Bruins are among the couple dozen local athletes ex-pected to compete in the olym-pics in London this summer, a fact that both Silver and Wenger say gives an extra sense of urgen-

cy to everything their team does this year. our ultimate goal has always been late July, early August in London, Wenger said after the game. the Holiday Cup is just icing on the cake, as the Americans al-ready qualified for the big show with a pan-American champion-ship last year, but beating Can-ada always means a little more, thanks to a fireworks-packed ri-valry. the last time the two teams played, they both survived regular time and overtime, and the game was ultimately decided by a 27-26 shootout round in favor of the Americans.

We have a great history with them, so we always know we need to step it up for these games, Wenger said. the US went just 2/8 on power plays, but played great defense when they needed to. Canada started hot with a 4-1 lead just four minutes into the game. Silver tied the game at five with two minutes left in the half, but the U.S. quickly fell into a hole down 8-6 in the third. But the U.S. scored three straight goals in the third quarter, including the go-ahead by Silver, to take a 9-6 lead. the Canadians surged with two more goals, but the U.S. quickly

answered each, and kept their lead comfortable to the end of the game, where they got the in-surance score from Brenda Villa to put the game out of reach. the final score was 11-8 USA, with Silver having scored two crucial goals, and Wenger playing great two-meter defense. Afterward, Wenger and Silver both said they love their shared history, and look forward to help-ing represent Long Beach in Lon-don. We know where we came from, and thats Long Beach, Wenger said. We love that, we talk about it all the time. Silver said that most of the team

actually lives in Long Beach, giv-ing Wenger and she a special role on the team of true natives of the city. oh, everyone likes to pretend theyre from Long Beach now, she laughed. Silver and Wenger, of course, dont have to.

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(nice place to live)both Clean and Fresh

with Appliances.OTHERS AVAILABLECALL 562-436-8888

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 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 BEACH1140 East Ocean Blvd

The Queens ViewOCEAN FRONT CondoOn BLUFF ~ 3rd Floor1 Bedroom 1 Bath with

Private Patio, appliancesLaundry, Pool + Parking

$1395 a month, Call562-433-9991 Fleming

Alamitos Beach1218 East 2nd St #7

Gated Courtyard1 Bedroom 1 Bath

with New BlindsRefrigerator, Stove

plus On Site Laundry$875 a month

562 . 498 . 0159abetterproperty.com

Belmont Heights942 Loma Avenue

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

$775 a monthCall Matt at562-673-6108

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 & Assocs

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 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 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!Belmont Heights772 Mira Mar AveBright & Sunny

1 Bedroom 1 BathHardwood 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 Shore111 Bennett Avenue #ALower Front 1 Bed 1 Bath

with Lots of Windowsand Hardwood Floors

Fresh Paint, RefrigeratorStove +On Site Laundry$1200/month sm. pet okCall 310-529 9545or 310-908-4776or 310-259-5388

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

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

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

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

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

2001 GEM 4-Seater Electric CarBrakes and Battery 1 - 1 1/2

Year New ONLY $4500Call 562-899-1528

FOR SALE

1974 MGBSame Owner 18 yearsStored For Last 5yrsRuns Good, Lots ofNew Parts/Extras.

Needs Clutch MechanismFixed & Some Elec Work

Perfect Project CarONLY $3,000

Jonathan 562-400-5550

FOR SALE

2009 Kia Sportage 4WD Only 22k mi-60k Warr., White,All Power, Exclnt Condition $15,999 Call 562-688-8000

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]

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

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

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

FOR SALE FOR SALE

PETS PETS

VEHICLES OVER$10,000

VEHICLES UNDER$2,500

VEHICLES$2,501 - $5,000

SLIPS / DOCKS

MOTORCYCLE,MOPED / SCOOTER

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