{"id":215278,"date":"2026-03-11T19:16:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T19:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/215278\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T19:16:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T19:16:06","slug":"long-beach-boys-golf-season-preview-the562-org","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/215278\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach Boys\u2019 Golf Season Preview \u2013 The562.org"},"content":{"rendered":"

The562\u2019s coverage of Long Beach golf for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Dan and Desiree Gooch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wilson has traditionally been Long Beach\u2019s dominant boys\u2019 golf program. The Bruins won 18 consecutive Moore League titles ahead of the 2025 season \u2014 a stretch that, more remarkably, never included a league loss.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That streak ended when Millikan defeated the Bruins last April. But Wilson\u2019s victory over the Rams later in the season saw the two sides share the league crown.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

With the 2026 Moore League campaign starting Wednesday, last year\u2019s split between Wilson and Millikan signals potentially the most intriguing team title race in the last two decades. The litany of talent across the city could make for an equally competitive chase on the individual stage.<\/p>\n

Wilson<\/p>\n

Defending a shared league crown is unfamiliar for the Bruins, but they have the talent to restore their outright dominance \u2014 starting with junior Bodie Barnes, last year\u2019s Moore League individual champion.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s happy he won the league last year, but he\u2019s trying to elevate,\u201d Wilson coach Paul Henry said. \u201cHe wants to get to that Division One status, and he knows that he needs to step up to do that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Henry said Barnes has averaged just below 70 strokes at Recreation Park, Wilson\u2019s home course, across preseason and non-league action. Freshman John Schroeder \u2014 who\u2019s already averaging scores below par \u2014 has also pushed Barnes\u2019 improvement, according to Henry.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve been going back and forth in terms of number one and number two all through the preseason, \u201d Henry said. \u201cIf you looked at last season \u2026 there was nobody that was competitive with [Barnes]. It\u2019s nice having somebody there that can push him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Four-year varsity scorer Jackson Case provides consistency at Wilson\u2019s No. 3 spot, and a bevy of other seniors fill out the Bruins roster. Henry said depth is his squad\u2019s biggest strength.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re ahead of where we were last year in terms of [team] scoring and rankings in CIF Southern Section,\u201d Henry said.<\/p>\n

Millikan<\/p>\n

The Rams remain Wilson\u2019s greatest challengers in the Moore League despite graduating three seniors from last year\u2019s co-league championship-winning group.<\/p>\n

Senior Daniel Andreson headlines the returning cast after finishing second in the league\u2019s individual tournament in 2025. Fellow senior Gabriel Romero and junior Tyler Carmichael fill out Millikan\u2019s veteran core as the team\u2019s top-three scorers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re working and playing year-round, so I couldn\u2019t ask them to do anything more,\u201d Robert Tomlin said of the trio. \u201cThe three of them are pretty good friends, so it works out pretty good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Outside of the experienced veterans, Matteo Montiel could be a difference maker after joining varsity for a portion of last season. Juniors Ryan Savala and Ryden Kim will round out Millikan\u2019s scoring unit.<\/p>\n

Production from Millikan\u2019s newcomers may be the deciding factor in whether or not the Rams capture an outright Moore League title.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have the talent,\u201d Tomlin said. \u201cIt just depends on who does well that day.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The league campaign will likely come down to Millikan\u2019s meetings with Wilson. The two play at Rec Park on Apr. 1, and meet again at El Dorado Park on the final day of the season.<\/p>\n

Lakewood<\/p>\n

The Lancers have steadily progressed under Spencer McDaniel, and the fifth-year coach is once again expecting growth.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is probably the most cohesive team I\u2019ve had so far,\u201d McDaniel said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Non-league matchups have spurred McDaniel\u2019s confidence. Lakewood shot 199 \u2014 a team best over at least the past 10 years, according to McDaniel \u2014 at Skylinks in a win over Oxford Academy.<\/p>\n

The Lancers wanted to carry that momentum into league play behind Gabriel Campos, Patrick Pascual, and captain Hunter Larson \u2014 who also brings leadership given his time playing football.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHe sent something via our team text the other day that was \u2026 inspiring, something none of my kids have ever done,\u201d McDaniel said of Larson. \u201cIt was a quote about how to make yourself great.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Long Beach Poly<\/p>\n

Coach Bill Dodge acknowledged it may be difficult for his young Jackrabbits squad to compete with Wilson and Millikan, but expects his team to fight for third place in the Moore League.<\/p>\n

Senior Max Ostlund, a co-captain last year, is Poly\u2019s lone senior and will likely be their No. 1 scorer. Josh Delvecchio is entering his first year in the program, but Dodge has already watched the junior inherit a leadership role on a self-motivated team.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cJosh actually played soccer, so he\u2019s already had some competition behind him, so he\u2019s a natural at it,\u201d Dodge said. \u201cThey\u2019re all super personable \u2026 It\u2019s almost like they coach the team themselves.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Jackrabbits fell out of third place last season after losing to Lakewood twice, but Dodge is confident his mature group can overcome their inexperience.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cabrillo<\/p>\n

Jaguars head coach Blake Dorman is expecting continued growth from a roster led by brothers, and multi-sport athletes, Joe Gogue and Joshua Gogue. The former is in his fourth year on the golf team after playing football throughout that time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI 100 percent love all my kids to play other sports,\u201d Dorman said, noting it\u2019s difficult to practice with the boys\u2019 team during the fall since he coaches the girls\u2019 golf team as well.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dorman\u2019s also been pleased with Pedro Leon and Fabian Salcedo. Both started golfing for the Jaguars last season and trained consistently during the offseason. They\u2019ve now broken into the team\u2019s top-four scoring cohort.<\/p>\n

Dorman also credits Cabrillo\u2019s development to The Century Club of Long Beach and Dan and Desiree Gooch, who\u2019ve donated clubs and other resources to the program.<\/p>\n

St. Anthony<\/p>\n

The Saints accumulated eight consecutive Camino Real League titles entering last season. But that run came to an end with 2025\u2019s third-place finish, and St. Anthony\u2019s coach Robert Klenk has tempered expectations for this year, too, but believes his squad can finish in third again to secure another CIF playoff berth.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year it\u2019s going to be a little bit tougher compared to last year, because we only have three returning players,\u201d Klenk said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That isn\u2019t obvious when looking at the Saints\u2019 roster, which features seven seniors. Several hadn\u2019t played golf before this year, though. Given that inexperience, Klenk is looking at co-captains Cruz Ortiz and Kieran Bizzaro \u2014 who are both shooting in the low 40s \u2014 to be leaders.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve been playing golf for the last four years with me in the program,\u201d Klenk said. \u201cThey know how to grind, and take charge, and help the other senior golfers play.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The562\u2019s coverage of Long Beach golf for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Dan and Desiree Gooch.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215279,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-215278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}