Runner’s High manager Thom Lacie keeps his Long Beach within sprinting distance

PHOTO by RUSS ROCA
Alamitos Peninsula resident Thom Lacie has been the manager at Runner’s High in Belmont Shore since 1998. This is his Long Beach:
Yoga World “I go three days a week and it’s turned out to be one of the best things I’ve [...]

Marcus Turner creates a football tradition and young men who dream—and work—at Cabrillo High

PHOTO by RUSS ROCA
They’re playing Marcus Turner’s song again.
The UCLA fight song screams from trumpets and other spit-tinted instruments announcing another touchdown, and Turner, who starred at UCLA in the 1980s, can’t be happy about it. Today, Marcus Turner is the head [...]

Thoughts on losing, winning and overcoming my inner USC fan
“I can’t go in there.”
I say this from where I sit on the driver’s seat inside my car, to my friend reclining on the passenger side, staring at the neighborhood Albertsons as we pass it in the parking lot. I say this because it’s Saturday, Game [...]

FRI OCT. 5: FIRST GERALD, THEN OLIVER
Tues | Oct 2 In an effort to save old growth trees from the wood chipper, the Long Beach City Council votes 7-0 to look into creating “meandering sidewalks.” Older trees are many times cut down because they break up sidewalks due to their tendency to have enlarged roots—also, [...]

And other scores from the third week of HS Football
By J [dot] J [dot] Fiddler
Los Alamitos High School quarterback Clark Evans dominated both the air and ground Thursday, scoring all six touchdowns for the Griffins in their 42-20 victory over Wilson at Veteran’s Stadium.
Evans ran in touchdowns on Los Al’s first two drives—the Griffins [...]

By J [dot] J [dot] Fiddler
Poly (2-1) versus Carson (1-1) Veteran’s Memorial Stadium, 5000 E Lew Davis St, Long Beach 90808. Fri. 7pm.
This will be Poly’s first game at home this season. After apparently solving the problems with its offensive line, the Jackrabbits look to keep their momentum as they head towards league play. [...]

Week Two
By J [dot] J [dot] Fiddler
After two weeks of non-league games for the Moore League, it’s becoming apparent that this year is shaping up a little different. Poly already has a blemish on their record. Compton has outscored two opponents 125-7. And guess who’s 2-0? The mighty Panthers of Jordan, who have dodged [...]

And brings the Bucket back
By J [dot] J [dot] Fiddler
Lakewood High dominated the second half, and much of the game, as they reclaimed the Milk Bucket from their cross-town rival Mayfair, 40-3, at Bellflower High’s Ron Yary Stadium on Friday.
The Lancers (1-2) scored 20 unanswered points in the third quarter and didn’t look back [...]

Battle for the Bucket
By J [dot] J [dot] Fiddler
The Moore League hits the road this week after going just 2-5 a week ago. With league play just a couple weeks away, it’s these pre-league games that form a team’s attitude and psyche. If you can win on the road, you can win anywhere [...]

Stuff that happened
By J [dot] J [dot] Fiddler
When choosing a “Game of the Week” you want to pick the game with the best story line and the best chance for a close contest. No matter what game we would have chosen last Friday, chances are we would have been OK. Consider …
Five of seven [...]