{"id":64685,"date":"2025-11-22T02:48:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T02:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/64685\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T02:48:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T02:48:07","slug":"long-beach-boys-wrestling-preview-teams-prepare-for-new-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/64685\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach Boys Wrestling Preview: Teams Prepare for New Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This wrestling season in Long Beach features strong competition, particularly from the <a href=\"https:\/\/bvmsports.com\/high-school\/ca\/long-beach\/millikan-high-school\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Millikan Rams<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/bvmsports.com\/high-school\/ca\/long-beach\/poly-high-school-long-beach\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Long Beach Poly Jackrabbits<\/a>. The Rams, led by junior Chris Anguiano, aim for their 16th consecutive Moore League title and a deep playoff run after a quarterfinal exit last year. Poly, despite missing standout Nathan Itchon, is optimistic as they bring back a strong senior lineup and hope to improve on last season\u2019s second-round playoff loss. The rest of the league, including teams like Lakewood, Wilson, and Cabrillo, are also looking to make an impact.<\/p>\n<p> By the NumbersMillikan Rams won all six weight classes from 132 to 170 pounds in last year&#8217;s league finals.Long Beach Poly&#8217;s Alek Carrera finished second at the South Torrance Spartan Kickoff Classic. State of PlayMillikan is considered a powerhouse and is aggressively pursuing another league title.Long Beach Poly is assembling a strong team with 11 returning seniors, aiming to advance further in playoffs.Lakewood, Wilson, and Cabrillo are eager to improve in their league standings and potentially secure playoff spots. What&#8217;s Next<\/p>\n<p>As the Moore League action kicks off in December, teams will be looking to establish their dominance early. The league finals will be hosted by Cabrillo on February 7, 2025, which will be pivotal for teams aiming for playoff berths.<\/p>\n<p> Bottom Line<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming wrestling season in Long Beach promises intense competition, with Millikan and Poly setting the bar high. Teams need to leverage their experience and talent to excel, as playoff aspirations hinge on performances throughout the league.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This wrestling season in Long Beach features strong competition, particularly from the Millikan Rams and Long Beach Poly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64066,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-64685","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\/64685","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=64685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}