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—Gazette photo by John FajardoFAMILY RIVALRY. The Poly High School and Wilson High School football game will feature a battle of bloodlines with coaching brothers Carlos Lara and Raul Lara (left) and coach Alfred Rowe and his younger brother linebacker Matt Rowe (right).

By JJ FiddlerSPORTS EDITOR

On a Monday afternoon in early November, the 2010 Wilson Bru-ins football team turned in their pads. Three days prior, they were unceremoniously ousted from the CIF Pac-5 playoffs by Mission Viejo. They didn’t just lose 63-34; they got beat up physically by the Diablos, specifi cally in the trenches. “We called all the returning lineman in for a meeting and chal-lenged them to get in the weight room and get stronger as a team,” says Wilson head coach John Jan-zen. “They took it personally, and we said that day that we wouldn’t get beat up like that again.” The Wilson linemen accepted the challenge, and a year later the offensive front of senior Colby

Weist, sophomore Bruce Yun, senior Austin Lyse, senior Ja-cob Armstrong and junior Kyle Smith now averages 6’0” and 280 pounds and is doing its part to make sure the Bruins are the more physical team on the fi eld every Friday night. Despite using a handful of running backs this year, Wilson has amassed 1,865 yards (6.2 yards per carry) in eight games to go with a stagger-ing 27 rushing touchdowns. “They were up and lifting three times a week at 6 a.m.,” Janzen says. “Along with lifting on their own, they all dedicated them-selves to the weight room.” “We needed to come together and challenge each other to be better,” says Weist, who is the vo-cal leader of the offensive line at left tackle. The two-way starter is

always picking up his teammates and routinely walks off the fi eld with the dirtiest jersey on Friday night. Weist transferred from Sherman Oaks Notre Dame as a sophomore and was All-Moore League honorable mention last season. To his right is Yun, who is only playing his second year of tacklefootball. A Stanford Middle School fl ag football alumni, the sophomore also is a rugby play-er for the Belmont Shore Rugby Club. Janzen loves his mobil-ity and footwork and Yun plays a huge role in the play-action pass-ing game. In the middle is the brains of the operation, senior center Lyse, who earned All-Moore League First Team honors last season in

Wilson Offensive Line Paves Way For Power Running

By Mike GuardabascioSPORTS EDITOR

When Poly’s and Wilson’s football teams meet this Friday, it will be a renewal of Long Beach’s oldest rivalry, one that dates back to 40 years before the fi rst NFL Super Bowl. Both schools are offering “Traditions Lives On” T-shirts with pre-purchase of tickets to the game, and Long Beach his-tory and pride will fi ll the air. But more than history, the accumulation

of torn off calendar pages, what keeps ri-valries new and fresh is people, and stories. Fittingly, Long Beach’s oldest rivalry will have a surprising new twist this week when the teams meet — rivalry aside, the two schools could promote it as the “Brother Bowl.” That’s because Poly head coach Raul Lara will be staring across the sidelines at Wilson’s defensive coordinator Carlos Lara, his younger brother. And Wilson linebackers coach Alfred Rowe will try to

give his team’s offense a few tips on how to get around one of Poly’s best lineback-ers, Arizona State-bound Matt Rowe —Al-fred’s younger brother. All four have Poly roots, having played linebacker for the Jackrabbits at some point in the last few decades. Since then, Raul has become head coach — in his fi rst few years at the head of the program, he actually coached Carlos, with the brothers winning a CIF ring together. Carlos later

Brotherly Battle Spills Into Rivalry

By Ryan ZumMallenSTAFF WRITER

The Servite High hockey team could be forgiven for skating onto the ice and expecting to come away with a victory last Saturday. The team is organized and supported by their school, with access to campus facilities and players that see each other every day. None of those things can be said for their opponents on this day, Long Beach Prep, a new but dedicated team of fanatic players from all over the city. They are students at Wilson, Poly, Lakewood and St. Anthony high schools. They were brought together in a hurry because their schools do not have offi cial hockey teams. They practice whenever they can all manage to get together, and every Saturday they pile into minivans and head to the rink — the same one that the Anaheim Ducks use for practice — to face their more organized foes. And they beat Servite, 8-1. “A lot of times, other teams are assum-ing we’ve just pulled together whoever we can,” says Stephanie Giamonna, whose son Jackson is a junior at Wilson and a standout defender on the team. Giamonna and fellow hockey mom Cheryl Stanovic came together in the spring to organize Long Beach Prep, since there weren’t many other opportunities in the city for hockey players. Stanovic’s older son played on a traveling team that made it all the way to Nationals, but re-ceived little recognition. She didn’t want the same fate for her son Austin, a fresh-man at Wilson.

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—Gazette photo by Stephen DachmanRULERS OF THE TRENCHES. Wilson High School’s return-ing offensive linemen vowed to work harder in the offseason. This year’s starting offensive line is made up of (from left) junior Kyle Smith, senior Jacob Armstrong, senior Austin Lyse, sophomore Bruce Yun and senior Colby Weist.

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coached under Raul and defen-sive coordinator Jeff Turley, win-ning more championships, before moving to Wilson. Alfred also played for Raul, and is in his first coaching gig with the Bruins, as he and Carlos try to inject a little Poly attitude to the maroon and gold side of the rivalry. All four can talk almost as much game as they can play, and

it was a chippy atmosphere when we got them together at Poly last Saturday for our photo shoot. After Alfred complained that the shoot wasn’t taking place at a more neutral site, Raul laughed and said, “You realize you are both still Poly guys, right? Don’t forget where you came from, now.” As an example, he pointed to Carlos’ car, parked outside of Poly’s film room. On the right side of his rear windshield was a Wilson football sticker, familiar

to all involved with the Bruins program. On the left side was a football-shaped scratch mark, which Raul laughed at. “You see that? He scraped the Poly sticker off.” Carlos was just trying to do what the Bruins haven’t been able to do for decades — elevate Wil-son over Poly. When head coach John Janzen hired Carlos and Al-fred during the offseason, he said the impact on the program was immediate. “They’ve brought a whole

new energy to the field,” he said. They’ve also brought knowledge of the Jackrabbits’ Xs and Os that the Bruins have never had. “Oh, I know everything he wants to do,” said Carlos of his brother earlier in the year. “We’ll be ready.” The buildup to the game has been a subject of some good-na-tured ribbing between the family members. When Carlos was seen on the sideline at Poly’s scrim-mage against Bosco, some Jack-rabbits staffers pointed at him and

joked, “Traitor!” Earlier this year, Alfred wrote his projected score for the game on Matt’s football schedule, and had it finishing as a big Wilson win. “We need to get this man’s head examined,” Matt tweeted. But of course, the rivalry aside, and Poly’s recent domination aside, what makes the photo shoot, and this storyline of Friday’s game so fun, is that these sets of brothers act like, well, brothers. Both Raul and Alfred at one point during the shoot attempted (with varying degrees of success) to put their younger siblings into head-locks. When we asked the two pairs to face each other and move a little closer for the picture, Al-fred said, “Please don’t make me stare at this guy,” to which Matt told his older brother, “You need to shave.” Making it difficult on the Wil-son duo is the fact that their fami-lies aren’t exactly remaining neu-tral either. When asked who he’d be root-ing for, Raul and Carlos’ brother Miguel laughed at the idea he wouldn’t root for his Jackrabbits, and Alfred and Matt’s brother Kenny just smiled and shook his head when asked how he thought the Bruins’ chances looked. Of course, Alfred and Carlos, and the thousands of Wilson fans who will pack their stadium for this Friday’s game, disagree. With Poly winning the last three games by a combined 87 points, they have their work cut out for them — but with a new twist on an old rivalry, anything can hap-pen.

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“We thought we could do something that would hopefully spark interest in the community,” Giamonna says. So they put out the word that Long Beach would start a Junior Varsity hockey program in the Anaheim Ice league, which is or-ganized by the Ducks. They pro-vide support and — most impor-tantly — equipment to the teams, including snazzy jerseys that make the teens look like NHL stars. With the helpful backing from the Ducks, newly-formed Long Beach Prep was able to at-tract a roster of 20 players, most of whom are Long Beach resi-dents (new teams are allowed five players from outside their area). “This is the first one that’s re-ally been a district team and not named after a high school,” says Art Trottier, Vice President of

Rinks and the main overseer of the league. “And they’re strong. They have a great coach in Rob O’Rourke and there was no doubt in my mind that the team would improve throughout the season. And they have.” Those players have wasted no time putting their city on the fro-zen map. Led by four goals and two assists from forward Michael Thomas, Long Beach Prep opened an early lead on Servite and never looked back, scoring four goals in the third period alone. At press time, Thomas, a junior at Wilson High, leads the league in both goals (10) and points (14). Gia-monna isn’t far behind, tied for second in the league in points (10) — no easy feat for a defender, and a freshman, at that. But the Servite win was not simply an overpowering offense. Prep showed patience and intelli-gence with the puck, scoring their eight goals on 19 shots for an eye-

popping 42.1% shooting rate. In contrast, Servite blasted 36 shots at Prep goalie Cody McDonough but managed only one goal. No surprise there: McDonough, a junior at Lakewood, improved to a .874 save rate on the sea-son, good enough for third in the league and second in Goals Against Average (2.75). Fuller-ton Union High freshman Nick Paulous contributed two assists and the aforementioned Austin Stanovich recorded an assist to round out the team effort.

Without a doubt, Prep is roll-ing. They have won four of their last five and carry plenty of mo-mentum heading into the middle of the season. The league slows down through November and December but will pick back up in January, as the eight teams scratch and claw for a chance at the playoffs in February. In sole possession of third place, Prep is sitting pretty, but they’ll face a tough road ahead with squads from athletic powerhouses Or-ange Lutheran, JSerra, Edison

and Bishop Amat facing off be-tween the boards. That’s why Prep will rely on their distinguished coach to keep the semi-ragtag group on the right track. Head coach Rob O’Rourke is well known locally for his work with the California Stars traveling club, where he captured National Championships and multiple ap-pearances in the Pacific District championships. His presence on the team will go a long way to-

—Photo courtesy Long Beach PrepWINNING START. Long Beach Prep hockey players show some sportsmanship after their win versus Servite.


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his first year as a starter. Janzen lets the senior check the protec-tion at the line and he has an in-tricate knowledge of the Wilson offensive scheme. “You could see it on film last year,” Lyse says about the battles in the trenches that the Bruins were losing. “We bought in this off season, and we’re not giving up.” To his right is the guard Arm-strong and tackle Smith, both of whom were too big in middle school to play Pop Warner. Arm-strong is playing only his second year of organized football, and Smith is a rugby player with Yun. “This group can move around,” Janzen says. “And we’re going to

have to do that this week against Poly.” The Bruins will host the Jack-rabbits this Friday in by far the biggest challenge in the trenches for Wilson. The Poly front four of junior defensive end Ray Price, sophomore tackle Jason “Pops” Fao, senior tackle Nemo Stepha-novic and senior end Alonzo Wil-liams average 6’2”, 260 pounds and four sacks per game. Price is a transfer from St. John Bosco and is very sound funda-mentally — some Poly fans may compare him to 2008 end Iuta Tepa. Fao is one of the most underrat-ed players in the Moore League and started four games as a fresh-man last year. At the other tackle is Stepha-novic, who rotates with other

offensive linemen as a two-way player. But the biggest issue, literally, is Williams. The 6’4”, 265-pound “Louisianimal” is a transfer who has Big 12 football programs knocking down his door, and for good reason. “They’re so good at reacting to everything,” says Janzen, who talked about the age-old adage of using a defense’s speed against them. Interestingly enough, that’s what Wilson did last week in the fourth quarter against Cabrillo. Trailing the Jaguars 14-7 with starting quarterback Brett Harper on the sideline injured (he will play this week) Janzen kept call-ing the draw play for running back Tonny Lindsey, and the Bru-in front line continued to create huge running lanes. Lindsey finished the night with

130 yards rushing, but couldn’t find the end zone to complete the comeback. That loss to Cabrillo makes this game against Poly a must-win for Wilson if they want to avoid traveling to a place like Mission Viejo in the first round of the playoffs.

“We have to come out and hit them in the mouth,” Weist says of Friday night against the vaunted Poly defense. “We have to send a message that this isn’t the same Wilson,” Lyse adds. “We’re going to fight back.”


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ward recruiting more talent as the Long Beach Prep program continues to grow. And that begs the question, what is the future of the Long Beach Prep hockey program? There is already a desire to ex-pand, as Giamonna says that she would eventually like to see a team in the Varsity League. Many of the current players will be high school seniors next season, and right now there are only three teams in the Anaheim Ice Varsity division, so it may make sense to expand Long Beach Prep sooner rather than later. Still, the process can take time. “It took Servite a couple years to get a varsity team together,” Giamonna says. “And there are

a lot of freshmen on the Long Beach team.” In a city known for its achieve-ments in youth aquatics like swimming, diving and water polo, it’s not too much of a stretch to believe there is an untapped wealth of hockey talent within city limits. Long Beach Prep may be the one to tap that well. For the time being, Long Beach Prep is exceeding expectations on the ice, and drawing inspira-tion from new friends off it. The team has been in contact with the Long Beach State ice hockey team, similarly, a club team that pays their own way and is not an official collegiate program. They’ve made plans to attend each other’s games, but more im-portantly, have joined together to skate a new path for Long Beach hockey.


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By JJ FiddlerSportS Editor

How many times have you seen an improbable comeback or in-credible upset in the wide world of sports and joked that not even Hollywood would believe that story? Well, “rise & Shine: the Jay deMerit Story” is one of those unbelievable tales of a young man with a dream and the drive to see it come true — but this time Hol-lywood bought. the 92-minute documentary is opening all over the country this week and will be screened at the Art theatre of Long Beach at 11:30 a.m. this Sunday, Nov. 6, for soccer fanatics and docu-mentary buffs alike. directed by newcomers ranko tutulugdzua (acupuncturist) and Nick Lewis (lawyer), the deMerit story starts in Green Bay, Wis., and ends at the 2010 World Cup in South Af-rica after years of trying to catch on with a club in Europe. “it’s unique subject matter and the people involved really care

about it,” says Lewis, who is not a professional filmmaker, but met deMerit through his college roommate, tutulugdzua. the two kept track of deMerit after he couldn’t get a tryout with any Major League Soccer teams in America. “He went to Europe with liter-ally nothing,” Lewis says. “No money. No resume. it’s a very compelling story, and Jay is just such a captivating speaker…” With the idea brewing and the World Cup excitement still swirl-ing after deMerit and the USA Men’s National team captivated the nation with their never-say-die attitudes, Lewis and tutulugdzua thought they had a director lined up to start telling the amazing tale, but he dropped out due to family issues, which left the two amateurs holding the camera, so to speak. “We had to do it all,” says Lewis, who traveled over three different continents with tutu-lugdzua and their new cinema-tographer, Zach Salsman, to get

the stories of deMerit’s journey. “We had the film (last december) but we didn’t have the licensing because we’re dealing with some of the most expensive footage in the world… premier League and World Cup footage can be $20,000 to $40,000 per minute.” the team ended up going on KickStarter.com and raised al-most a quarter of a million dollars

with the support of fans, celebri-ties and, “people who believe in this story,” Lewis says. “You can compare this to some Spanish basketball player coming over here, knocking on the Lak-ers door, and asking for a tryout, that’s pretty much what (deMer-it) did,” Lewis says. “He had to go to Europe to find his soccer home, which led him back to his

real home where he got to rep-resent his country in the World Cup… He came out of nowhere from playing in front of 10 people to playing in the biggest stadiums in the world against the best of the best.” For more information on the film and its screening at the Art theatre, visit www.Jaydemerit-Story.com.

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By Mike GuardabascioSportS Editor

Girls’ Tennis Under the leadership of head coach Keri McBride, the Wilson girls’ tennis team wrapped up their third straight year as unde-feated Moore League champions last week, with a 15-3 win over Lakewood. Senior Jessica Cedillo led a 6-0, 6-0, 6-0 singles sweep for Wilson. the Bruins swept the doubles points, as well. Lakewood’s top player was Alexis Yeoman, who went 0-6, 6-1, 6-3. Wilson is now 10-3, with a 10-0 Moore League record. the Moore League individual tournament be-gins this week, on thursday.Girls’ Golf At the CiF-SS Central team divisional last week at Jurupa Hills Country Club (par 71) in riverside, the Wilson Bruins fin-ished fifth and poly tied for 11th. the Bruins were just outside the qualifiers for Finals, as the top four teams advanced. Wilson shot a team score of 429, while poly shot a 457. As for individuals, Wilson’s Alexis Hayes was the top Moore League finisher, followed by her teammates Alicia Arzaga and Shemaiah Javillonar along with poly’s Kristel Estoque at 31st overall.CIF Champions of Character two Moore League athletes were honored in last week’s CiF Champions of Character Ban-quet: poly’s Fatima Sorto and Lakewood’s Chris Caban. Each school chose a representative, and then each league in the Southern

Section chose representatives. Sorto, of poly Cross Country, and Caban, of Lakewood track, were chosen by the CiF as two of their honorees at a banquet last week. Boys’ Water Polo poly performed well in the Steve pal tournament last week, with wins in the second and third round. in the second round, the Jackrabbits defeated La Habra, 9-7. poly trailed 3-1 after the first quarter but a four-goal second quarter put them in the driver’s seat, and they never relinquished the lead. tristan Brightenburg led the Jackrabbits with four goals, with Jorge Cervantes and Nik Hipp each contributing a pair. in the third round, poly beat Fountain Valley 13-8, blank-

ing them 6-0 in the first quarter. Cervantes had five goals, and Brightenburg had a hat trick and four steals. Austin Horton had six steals, and Mitchell Hokanson had five saves and three steals in goal.Girls’ Volleyball in a match for second place last week, Lakewood and poly were both looking for someone to step up on their girls’ volleyball teams. the Lancers’ hero ended up be-ing their youngest player, Megan Kruidhof. the freshman finished with 22 kills, four blocks and two aces in a clutch Lakewood vic-tory, 17-25, 25-19, 25-16, 25-21. “We just had to keep it consis-tent,” said Kruidhof of her team’s effort, “and try to prevent runs.”

it was all poly in the first set, as the Jackrabbits were playing with a lot of pride at home on senior night. they jumped out to a 5-0 lead with setter Zhane Bender serving, and led 10-4, 15-7 and 18-12. the Lancers made it in-teresting with a late run, but af-

ter they pulled it to 19-16, poly closed on a 5-1 run spurred by rachelle Suaava. Senior captain Zana Bowens played phenom-enally in the first set (starting 5/5) despite playing on an injured ankle a few weeks before she was

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Middle School Champs Triumph After Big SeasonBy Mike Guardabascio

SportS Editor

Last weekend at Wilson High School, the beginning of the Sea-son that Almost didn’t Hap-pen proved how exciting Middle School sports can be. Four All-City Champions were crowned, two each in the sports of football and girls’ volleyball. Expanded photo galleries by Jim Cayer at GazettesSports.com.FootballDivision 1: Rogers defeats Hoover, 16-7 rogers was the beneficiary of the return of veteran coach tim Ching. the Mustangs got off to a 7-0 lead, before the Hoover Highlanders tied it up. the Mustangs earned their title by finishing the game on a 9-0 run, this after a semifinal where they edged perennial front-runner Hughes in a 14-13 nailbiter.Division 2: Tincher defeats Cubber-ley, 27-16 the tincher tigers pulled off a big-time upset of the undefeated Eastern League Champion Cubs. the Cubs were 6-0 coming into the championship game, but tim Wed-low’s scrappy tigers were game, and pulled away for the small schools’ championship.Girls’ VolleyballDivision 1: Hamilton defeats Rog-ers, 25-16, 25-20, 23-25, 25-16 the Wolverines, led by coach Mike Lilly, defeated the Mustangs of rogers. this was a battle be-tween the Southern and Northern League champions, and a rematch of last year’s championship (a Hamilton sweep).Division 2: Cubberley defeats Muir, 25-11, 25-14, 25-16 it’s a three-peat for Cubberley, as the Cubs won their third straight small-schools championship, led by coach Jeremy Cook. Muir Middle School made their City Championship debut, but the day belonged to the defending cham-pion Cubs.

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By Tyler HendricksonStaff Writer

Women’s Soccer You don’t always get a second chance, but after two big wins this weekend over UC Davis and Pa-cific, the 49ers have the opportu-nity to exact some revenge in the Big West tournament. the ‘Nin-ers finished with a 6-2 conference record, losing on the road to CS Northridge and UC irvine. as fate would have it, the 49ers will get their chance for a rematch against CSUN, then a likely re-match with #1-seed irvine if they can advance. But this time things may be different. the 49ers will be hosting the Matadors, for one, and they will be coming into the tournament with a renewed offen-sive vigor that was painstakingly absent in their previous defeats. after finally breaking through with some offense against UC riverside, the 49ers turned to the same cast of characters in the weekend opener with Davis. freshman taylor Nelson, who has entrenched herself in the starting lineup as a speedy and creative midfielder, and senior Nicole Sweetman picked up where they left off to lead the attack. after a scoreless first half, Nelson didn’t need long to put up the first tally, scoring with a crafty header in the 54th minute. Sweetman soon fol-lowed with a put-back goal just three minutes later to ensure the 2-0 victory. Sunday’s match with Pacific lent more offensive fireworks as shots aplenty from both sides led to six total goals, with Long Beach getting the 4-2 win. the offense ran through junior Nadia Link, who was able to get back in the score sheet after going score-less in four straight matches. She ended up with two goals and an assist, scoring the game’s first goal and then a go-ahead goal in the 79th minute that proved to be the game-winner. With precious little time left in the season, Link is running out of chances to sit atop the Long Beach State record books, though she has already made a significant mark. for single-season records she is currently second all-time in goals (14) and points (38), and third in assists (10). She is just two goals shy of tying annette fernandez’ 16 goals back in 1984. With the assist against Pacific, Link became just the third 49er

ever to post double-digit assists in a season, but teammate Shawna Gordon (with nine) is right on the doorstep of joining her in that elite group. the postseason gets underway at 2 p.m. thursday when the ‘Nin-ers (13-5-1, 6-2) host Northridge (7-9-2, 4-3-1) in the Big West semifinals. the Big West title match will be Sunday, with time, location and participants to be de-termined.Women’s Volleyball With a pair of sweeps over UC riverside and CS Northridge this past weekend, the biggest worry for the 49ers is that maybe this young team is peaking too soon. they’ve won eight straight in Big West play, giving them a com-manding conference lead heading into the home stretch. they now enjoy a three-game lead in the loss column over a group of teams with just four league matches re-maining. the first time the ‘Niners met riverside represented the low point of the season as Long Beach

surprisingly dropped a five-set match. the Beach hasn’t lost since then, and have looked like a totally different team. it was a sloppy match, but the 49ers will take the win, led by Delainey aigner-Swesey’s 12 kills. Long Beach proved to be much more dominant against Northridge, sweeping the match with a little more ease with sev-eral players getting involved. the Beach outhit their opponents .322 to .064 on the strength of fresh-man alma Serna’s performance. She had 11 kills on 16 attempts without an error, meaning a .688 attack percentage. the eight-game winning streak has the 49ers (16-6, 10-2) on the cusp of clinching the conference, and depending how a few upcom-ing matches shake out, they could lock things up this weekend. at the very least, two Big West wins over the final four matches will give the ‘Niners the title and another trip to the NCaa tour-nament. there will be just one match for the Black & Gold this

weekend as they venture away from Walter Pyramid for a few weeks. they will play at Cal State fullerton (10-13, 5-6) at 7 p.m. Saturday.Cross Country in what is quickly becoming one of the best seasons in his-

tory for the 49ers, another pro-gram record has fallen thanks to senior sensation rosa Del toro. Not only did she set a new school record in the 6K by a whopping 18 seconds, she became the first runner in program history to win

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the Big West Conference Cross Country Championship with a time of 20:27.0. Behind Del Toro’s amazing performance, the women’s team placed second in the event behind UC Davis. It wasn’t just Del Toro who stepped her game up, as all nine runners for Long Beach set personal bests in the race, high-lighted by a gutsy fifth-place fin-ish from junior Michelle Thomp-son (20:44.7). The men’s side didn’t fair too poorly either, posting a third-place finish as a team led by a pair of top-10 finishers. Sopho-more Heath Reedy (23:47.2) placed in third, while senior Matt Maldonado (24:03.9) finished in sixth. The teams will look to keep this momentum going when

they’re back in action on Nov. 12 at the NCAA West Regional at Stanford Golf Course.Men’s Water Polo The 49ers made waves against Pepperdine, needing double over-time to secure a 14-12 victory, their first MPSF win of the sea-son. The 49ers (14-6, 1-3) were led by four goals from Nick Ras-con, including two in the over-time periods to get the win. Long Beach now will look to continue their winning ways to make up some ground in confer-ence. They’ll be on the road on Thursday night against UC Ir-vine (13-9, 1-4) before returning home to play a pair of weekend matches starting Saturday against Stanford (14-4, 3-2), then a non-conference matchup with Air Force Sunday. Both games are scheduled for a noon start in the campus pool.

—Gazette photo by Kevin OulesALMOST KNOCKING HEADS. Freshman Taylor Nelson wins a header during Sunday’s game against Pacific.


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By JJ FiddlerSportS Editor

it’s not quite win or go home yet for the local Long Beach foot-ball teams, but there is plenty on the line this week on the gridiron. despite lopsided victories and staggering point differentials for most of the Moore League this season, we enter the 10th week of games with playoff scenarios open for interpretation. Be sure to go to GazettesSports.com on Fri-day night for LiVE score updates from all the games via our twitter account @GazettesUpdates and

@GazettesSports.Poly @ Wilson, 7 p.m. When these two Long Beach schools started playing their an-nual football game in 1926, bread was 10¢ a pound and the St. Lou-is Cardinals were World Series Champions for the first time in franchise history. over the years, the landscape and social econom-ics of Long Beach has changed drastically, but Wilson Classical High School and Long Beach polytechnic have stood strong and continuously produced the leaders of tomorrow.

Funny thing is, none of that matters on Friday night. it’s still just football, and it’s still just a game, no matter the pomp and circumstance surrounding it. poly

(7-1, 4-0) sits atop the Moore League ladder right now coming off a rout of Millikan, while Wil-son (4-4, 2-2) is trying to bounce back from a disappointing loss at Cabrillo. Last season, poly quar-terback Chaiyse Hales (#10) and the Jackrabbits jumped out to an

early lead and never looked back in a 48-7 win over Wilson. Hales started that game 8-for-9 with 202 yards and two touchdowns, how-ever, this season has been bumpy for the senior. Hales is 57-for-104 in six starts with 711 yards, nine

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an ace, while Bowens had 11 kills, two blocks and an ace. Eg-gers was the leading defensive player with twelve digs. the Jackrabbits bounced back admirably over the weekend in the redondo power Classic, where they may have finally hit their stride. it’s been a long, frus-trating season for the team. After a CiF championship last year, injuries and inconsistent play dropped them to third place in the Moore League this year, with what looked like a dark cloud hanging over their heads. But a week before the CiF brackets come out, the Jackrabbits finally found their rhythm, winning six matches to reach the finals of the tournament. on Friday, they beat peninsula, palisades and Valencia, then de-feated oaks Christian, Buena and palos Verdes, eventually falling to Bakersfield Centennial 15-13 in the final set of the title tilt. that approach worked, even with team captain Zana Bowens only playing on the back line to conserve her strength, as she’s recovering from an ankle injury. “Her spirit helped galvanize the team,” said McGrath. Lindsey ray played one of her best matches as a Jackrabbit, and rachelle Suaava was dominant playing outside. McGrath also praised setter Zhane Bender and the consistency of middle block-er Niki Withers. Brackets will be released this Sunday, and we’ll have them live at GazettesSports.com.


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touchdowns and seven intercep-tions. Last week against Milli-kan, he didn’t dress and backup senior Nick Pope (#11) was very efficient, going 7-for-9 with 168 yards and two touchdowns. Hales and Pope have shared time in oth-er games, so don’t be surprised if you see both under center. For Wilson, the quarterback situation is the same it has been for the last three years: Brett Harper is banged up, but he’s go-ing to play. The three-year starter has one last chance to beat Poly, something Wilson hasn’t done in more than two decades. Harper tweaked his neck last week in the loss to Cabrillo and had to miss most of the second half. Right now Harper is second on the team with 455 rushing yards (five yards per carry) and a staggering 14 rushing touchdowns to go with

a completion percentage of 61% and 12 passing touchdowns to just four interceptions. In the game last year, it was in the second half when Harper found receivers over the middle that Wilson had some success moving the ball. However, as we’ve learned every year in this heated rivalry, the game is won and lost in the trenches, and both of these teams have the running game as their number one priority. We could be in for a fast game with very few passing attempts, but that defi-nitely doesn’t mean there won’t be big plays. Visit GazettesSports YouTube page to watch the 2010 version of this game that included a trick play on the first drive.Millikan @ Lakewood, 7 p.m. This looks like another lop-sided Lakewood victory on paper, with the Rams (1-7, 0-4) strug-gling mightily, but anything can happen when you’re playing for a trophy, and that’s what the two

schools with identical blueprints will be doing on Friday with the Hamilton Trophy on the line. The Lancers (6-3, 3-2) had a tumultu-ous week off the field as they self reported an ineligible player and were forced to forfeit their 54-0 victory over Compton. The play-er in question, a primarily junior varsity receiver who did catch a late-game touchdown, transferred from Riverside before the season, and Lakewood head coach Vince Lobendahn said he wasn’t aware that his hardship waiver had been rejected. It’s unlikely that the forfeit will have too great an impact on the final Moore League standings for Lakewood. The Lancers are now technically in third place at 3-2, but own victories over the second and third place teams, Cabrillo and Wilson, neither of whom have played Poly. The largest possible impact is that a drop from two losses to three could end up hurt-

ing Lakewood’s chances of host-ing a first-round playoff game.Compton @ Jordan, 7 p.m. The Lakewood forfeit makes this game between the Tarbabes (2-6, 1-3) and the Panthers (3-5, 1-3) very interesting. The winner will have two league wins with a chance to get an all-important third next week against Millikan and Wilson, respectively. If Jor-dan can defend the home turf and continue to run the ball the way they have been for the last two weeks, they could beat the Bruins as well and take a playoff spot. The same is true for Compton, since they now “beat” Lakewood, but they would need Wilson to lose to Poly and Jordan, or Lake-wood lose to Millikan, before they play the Rams next week. Both of these teams have strug-gled with injury and ineligible players all season long, so Friday might look like two weary fight-ers in the late rounds of a heavy-weight bout. That will give big play opportunities to both sides,

and the team that takes the lead on a long touchdown might just take this one and keep their play-off chances alive.St. Anthony @ St. Genevieve, @ 7 p.m. Saturday The Saints are coming off a loss to St. Mary’s of Canada last week, and look to get back on track on the road. Genevieve runs the ball very well, and that’s what beat the Saints last week, so the St. An-thony defense will need to pack the box and get off the field when third down comes around.LBCC @ Chaffey, @ 1 p.m. Saturday The Vikings scored a season-high 58 points and also had a season-best 675 yards of total offense in a 58-45 Central West Conference win at Antelope Val-ley College last week. That puts City College in a tie for first place in the CWC at 3-0, and the Vikings will try to stay perfect in conference in the In-land Empire.


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—Gazette photo by Stephen DachmanCARRYING THE LOAD. Wilson’s Derek Norman tries to bring down Cabrillo’s Darren Johnson Friday, but the Jaguars’ offense got the job done in a 14-7 victory over the Bruins.


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Welcome to By the Books, a weekly column where we break down how the local programs are doing in polls and rankings both local and national.Football there was some movement in the CiF pac-5 division poll for Long Beach poly this week, as the Jackrabbits jumped a spot from No. 4 to No. 3 following San Clemente’s loss to Mission Viejo (which dropped San Clem-ente from No. 2 to No. 5). Looks like if the Jackrabbits win out this year, with games remaining against Wilson and Cabrillo, they can count on one of those crucial top four seeded spots in the CiF playoffs. With the way the brackets are constructed, that would guaran-tee the Jackrabbits wouldn’t have to face one of the other top four teams until at least the CiF semi-finals. poly stayed even in the LA Times rankings, at No. 8 in South-ern California. Lakewood moved up from No. 19 to No. 18 in the times’ rankings, and is still in the “Also receiving Votes” category of the CiF poll despite forfeiting their league win over Compton last week due to the use of an in-eligible player.Boys’ Water Polo the Bruins were ranked No. 2 in CiF division 2 to start the season, and after some ups and downs, they’re currently hanging steady at No. 3, in one of those top four seeded spots, with just a few games left before the playoff brackets come out. if they can continue to win the games they’re supposed to, they should be fine.Girls’ Volleyball poly had a sensational run through the field to the finals of the redondo power Classic over the weekend, but not even that was enough to get poll recogni-

tion for a Moore League school, as there are still no local schools in the CiF division 1 top 10 list.Girls’ Tennis Wilson wrapped up another undefeated Moore League sched-ule, but that wasn’t enough for the Bruins to get any polling at-tention, as they didn’t crack the CiF top ten.Cross Country As we approach this week’s Moore League Cross Country Finals, it’s still green and gold in the CiF top 10, with the poly boys’ team ranked No. 8 in divi-sion 1 — the girls’ team hasn’t jumped back into the top ten af-ter falling out last week.LBCC Football the Vikings make their first By the Books appearance of the year, following their third straight conference victory. LBCC is now ranked No. 15 in Southern California in the California Com-munity College rankings; they will play No. 16 Chaffey this weekend.LBSU Soccer the 49ers are No. 51 in the NCAA rpi rankings, which are largely used to decide NCAA at-large tournament bids. that means the 49ers will almost cer-tainly have to win the Big West tournament this week to get into the NCAA bracket. LBSU Volleyball the 49ers continue their slow march back towards the NCAA Coaches’ top 25 poll, currently up to No. 28, and the only Big West team in the top 40. if they continue to take care of business in conference and dominate less-er opponents, and if a few teams ranked above them pick up some losses, they could crack the top 25 before the NCAA bracket comes out towards the end of November.LBSU Cross Country Strong performances recently from the 49ers have kept them in the money, poll-wise. the 49er women are still at No. 9 in the West region (the most competi-tive region in America), and the 49ers’ men’s team is at No. 11 in the West region.

Alonzo Williams, Poly Football Williams is a 6’5”, 255-pound monster se-nior defensive end on the Poly D-Line who’s proven to be nearly unblockable at times this season. That was the case on Friday against Millikan, when Williams had three sacks on the first two Millikan drives (which lasted just seven plays). He helped lead his defense to their first shutout of the year with a truly domi-nant performance, his finest of the year.

Derek Stewart, Cabrillo Football Nobody would argue that Stewart, a senior, had his finest game of the season on Friday night. In fact, he was well below his average in nearly every category, with just 113 yards passing and 17 yards rushing on the ground. But Stewart’s two touchdown passes while under duress were the difference in the 14-7 Cabrillo win over Wilson that makes this the best Jaguars season since 2004, and came a week after his worst performance of the year.

Nadia Link, LBSU Soccer Link got back to her dominant ways in two wins for the 49ers over the weekend, earning her third AOTW award. With a two-goal, three-assist performance, Link has now scored 14 goals this season (second highest in Long Beach State history), and moves into the top 10 career list for goals (sixth) and assists (eighth) as a junior. Link will have at least one more game this season to try and add to her historic tallies.

Rosa Del Toro, LBSU Cross Country The senior Del Toro won this award once before for making 49er history by breaking the school’s 5K record. Now, she’s inked her name in the record books again, by becoming the first runner in Long Beach State history to win the Big West Championship Meet. In win-ning the 6K race with a time of 20:27, she also broke her own school record at that distance by a full 18 seconds.

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The fall season is coming to a close with multiple Long Beach teams a few wins away from lift-ing a trophy or hoisting a banner. Here is everything you need to know about this weekend’s im-portant matchups.

THURSDAYLBSU Women’s Soccer vs. CSU Northridge, Big West Tournament Semifi nal, 2 p.m. @ George Allen Field After two wins over UC Da-vis and Pacifi c last weekend, the 49ers (13-5-1, 6-2-0, 18 pts.) earned the second seed in the Big West Conference Tournament be-hind UC Irvine and ahead of Da-vis and Northridge (7-9-2, 4-3-1, 13 pts.) who will travel to George Allen Field this afternoon. As part of their worst weekend of the sea-son, the 49ers lost at Northridge earlier this month on an 89th minute goal from Matador senior Heidi Farran (#3), who leads the team with seven goals this sea-son. With 1:36 to go in the match, sophomore defender Chloe Mc-Daniel (#14) had a long throw in deep in 49er territory. The ball was fl icked on by the head of ju-nior Katie Russ (#15) and fi nally kneed into the bottom left cor-ner of the net by Farran — who is from San Pedro and has been on Long Beach State head coach Mauricio Ingrassia’s club team. This season, Northridge has only scored 20 goals in 18 games, but junior goalkeeper Cynthia Ja-

cobo has only allowed 24 goals in her 17 games. So it’s no wonder the Matadors have played nine one-goal games. That’s nothing new for CSUN women’s soccer as the team’s record in such contests is 14-10 since the 2009 season. Long Beach State has also played in nine one-goal games this sea-son, so it’s fair to assume we’re in for another battle in tight quarters from the 49ers and Matadors. The winner will advance to the Big West Championship Game on Sunday against the winner of the Irvine/Davis game.

FRIDAYMoore League Football GamesThe oldest rivalry in Long Beach will be our Game O’ Da Week as the Poly Jackrabbits travel to face the Wilson Bruins. Mean-while, Jordan will host Compton and Lakewood will host Millikan. Make sure you follow the LIVE score updates on Friday night at GazettesSports.com. All games start at 7 p.m. and you can read more about them in the High School Notebook.

SATURDAYLBSU Women’s Volleyball @ CSU Fullerton, 7 p.m. The 49ers (16-6, 10-2) have been burning through the Big West schedule as of late with an eight-game winning streak in their pocket when they travel down the road to face the rival Titans (10-13, 5-6) who have lost three of their last four. A narrow fi ve-set victory over the last place

UC Riverside Highlanders (5-19, 2-8) broke the most recent los-ing streak. Four Titans recorded double-digit kills in that game, but senior Leah Maurer (#11) is the unquestionable leader with a team-high 65 total blocks on the season to go with 212 kills.LBSU Men’s Water Polo vs. Stan-ford, noon, LBSU Campus Pool After traveling to play UC Ir-vine on Thursday night, the 49ers (14-6, 1-3) return home for two games in two days against the Stanford Cardinal and the Air Force Academy. Stanford (14-4, 3-2) is one of the best defensive squads in the nation with Brian Pingree in the cage. The senior from Los Angeles is averaging almost eight saves a game in his second straight season as starter.

SUNDAYLBSU Men’s Water Polo vs. Air

Force, noon LBSU Campus Pool The Falcons (6-15) are coming off an improbable upset of No. 19 St. Francis last weekend on a game-winning goal from junior Brad Rajchel (#4) with just one second left on the clock. Junior

Cruz Smithson (#8) leads the team with 35 goals on the sea-son. Smithson went to Servite High and played against Wilson at Belmont Plaza in the CIF Play-offs during his senior year in high school.

—Gazette photo by John FajardoHIGH GROUND. Long Beach State setter Erin Juley, right, battles for a ball at the net in Long Beach State’s sweep victory over Northridge last weekend.

O N T H E W E B~ If you haven’t already, go to GazettesSports.com right now to watch the extended highlight video from the international high school football game last Friday between the St. Anthony Saints of Long Beach and the St. Mary’s Saints of Canada. Saint Bowl IX was an exciting contest and renewed a rivalry that hasn’t happened since 2000. You can also watch any video on our YouTube Channel under GazettesSports.~ Make sure you listen to SportsNight LIVE at noon Thursday on the KBeach Global Radio airwaves. SportsNight is the one and only sports talk show in Long Beach where we will have previews of the local high school football games this weekend and a mailbag full of your ques-tions, which you can leave in our comment section, or send to fi [email protected].~ Don’t 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.

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Belmont Shore48 Roycroft AvenueDuplex ~ 1 Bedroom

with AppliancesHardwood FloorsGarage w/Remote

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Best Kept Secretin Long Beach ~ HUGE 1136 Sq Foot Bungalow1 Bedrm & Den, 2 BathsWood Burning FireplaceW/D Hook Ups in Unit!Acre of Central Garden

BBQ area Pool & Garagein Gated Community! Prime Eastside Location1535 Termino Avenue

$1250/mo., no dogs, forappt Paul 562-597-0830

BIXBY KNOLLS4569 Banner Drive

Completely Remodeled!Upper Large 1 BedrmNew Carpet & Tile FlrsNew Kitchen, All NewAppliances + Sec Gate!$895 a month, no smkrs

Call 562-716-5945

Bluff Heights2069 East 3rd StreetRemodeled Upper 1 Bed1 Bath, Hardwood FloorsGranite Counters, CeilingFans + On Site LaundryBeautifully Landscaped,BBQ Area, Gated $1050Michele 562-438-5924erentlongbeach.comother Apartments AvailBelmont Shore, CSULBLos Alamitos & Cypress

Bluff Heights3123 Colorado Street

"Adorable / Affordable"Newly Remodeled

Bungalow ~ 1 Bedroom1Bath, Hardwood Floors

Fresh Paint, Built InChina Cabinet & ShelvesBrand New RemodeledKitchen, Stove & Refrig+ Washer/Dryer In Unit $1295/month + depositExcellent Credit A Must Cat OK! no smokingCall (562) 244-2425

Belmont Shore, PrivateComp Remodeled 1 Bed with

Walk in closet. In rear overGarages 236 A Corona Av

$1250 no pets 562-857-8000

Bluff Park1521 E Ocean ~ Special

$500 Off 1st Months Rent!Extra Large 1 Bedroom UnitDining & Sun Room, Acrossfrom Beach w/partial OceanView! Refrig, stove, laundryIn Unit, Lots of Closet Space

& Built Ins $1375., cat OKw/dep. smaller 1bd avl $975

Brianna 562-706-9323Professionally Managed ByGJ Property Services Incgjpropertyservices.com

Open HouseSunday 12pm to 2pm

255 Kennebec AveBelmont Heights

Close to Cherry ParkLower 1 BedroomOn Site Laundry,

Stove, + Water Paid$875/mon, no petsStreet Parking Only~ Call Christie ~

(562) 833-3684

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SERVICES SERVICES

Retired School PrincipalLiving in Long Beach

Seeking Caregiving Position

Reading, Cooking,Walking, Driving to Dr’s

Plus More2-3 hr day @ $25.00/hr

I have ReferencesLet’s talk 310-780-7759

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“Mystic Tiger”Is Playing

Wednesday’s8 to 10 PM @

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Sunset Beach, 92649

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FOUND CAT - Grey & WhiteLong Hair Small Male nr LBMuseum/Bch 562-544-0335

FOUND DOG On Saturday 9/10/11

Near 7th/SantiagoSmall Black Dog

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LOST on SUNDAY 10/23Orange Tabby Cat w/ OrangeEyes + Goatee and Mustache

"Snappy" in Cal Hghts area$REWARD$ 562-424-2917

Huge Sale SATURDAY 9a-3pfurniture,computer,s urfboard,fabrics +more 6700 E Ocean Blv

SAT & SUN - 8:00 AMAnitques, Collectibles + More

266 PARK AVE (in alley)

SATURDAY 8:00a - 1:00pfurn/hsehld itms/hm repair/grdn3810 E 5th St, Belmnt Hts

Estate/Garage Sale 8a - 3pFRI & SAT - 1908 Bellflowerfurn/antqs/DVDs/bldng mtrls

Estate Sale on Peninsula57th/Ocean Fri & Sat 9a-2pFurn, 52’’TV, Clothes +MORE

Got Lego?

I Will Buy LEGOFOR $4 PER LB

562-455-0049Ask For Brian

[email protected]

NEW Three Wheel Bike withBattery Assist $999 cash

562-432-2688

iPhone 3GS 32GB -$175Phone is in Excellent

Working Order And InVery Good Condition.

Comes with Charger& Agent 18 Case. AT&TBut Can Be Unlocked.Current iOS 5 RecentlyUpgraded So Need to

Sell - $175 obo. Cash &Pick Up in Long Beach

NO SHIPPING562-852-5144

PENINSULABoat Slips - 8 Ft to 38 Ft

Avl Now Tony 562.277.4016

Boat Bottom &Top Side Service

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

Marine Plumbing

FULL SERVICEAll Types of Boats

Call Pat Colucci

(562) 522-6680

MOTORCYCLES~ WANTED ~

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Crashed,Bad Paperwork,

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

1937 Ford Coupe $15,6001160 mls. Orig all steel body,350 Ram Jet Fuel injectedmotor,700-R4 Chevy trans,Ford 9in rear end, 4 wheeldisc brakes. A/C. For Info: Call 408-329-7378 or Email

[email protected]

CARS & TRUCKS~ WANTED ~

Quality Late Modelor Non-running

KLUNKERS.Bad Tags, Smog Issues,

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We Buy All, CASHPaid & We Pick UP!

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

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BLACK & WHITE & CUTE ALL OVER!

Kittens Klondike and Princess are just two of the black & whitekittens now available at the Seal Beach Animal Care Center!

(They also come in many other colors!) Kittens (under 6months) are $115*, the 2nd is 1/2 Off if you adopt 2! Take

advantage of our low $75 adoption fee* for cats 6 months andolder, & we will waive the fee for the second if you adopt two!

Come and meet our wonderful cats and kittens at the SealBeach Animal Care Center * 1700 Adolfo Lopez Drive * Seal

Beach, CA 90740 * Call 562-430-4993 * www.sbacc.org *Includes spay/neuter, microchip, flea treatment, deworming,current vaccinations, testing for FIV/FeLV and a free vet visit.

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LOST & FOUND

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GARAGE SALE


WANTED

VEHICLES OVER$10,000

PETS

SLIPS / DOCKS

MOTORCYCLE,MOPED / SCOOTER

PETS

FOR SALE

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HOUSECLEANING

LANDSCAPING LANDSCAPING LANDSCAPING

THIS SIZE SPACEFALL

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STYLE & ELEGANCE DEFINED!LONG BEACH $559,900Highly upgraded home w/hardwood fl oors, gour-met kitchen w/SS appliances & granite counters, enormous family room w/FP. Outdoor living space + more! (515826) CALL (800) 490-0562

SPANISH CUTIE!LONG BEACH $545,000Located in Belmont Shore, this charmer has wood fl oors, arched windows & built-ins. 2 patios, en-closed yard & garage. Close to water & fun on 2nd St. This will go fast! (515403) CALL (888) 308-1309

CUSTOM NAPLES BEAUTY!LONG BEACH $1,198,00Completed in 2005, this spectacular 3BR, 3.5BA home has distressed wood fl oors, 3 FPs, gourmet kitchen & interior patio. A perfect Naples home w/so many features! (515401) CALL (888) 305-9043

CUSTOM NAPLES LIVINGLONG BEACH $1,268,000Stunning 3BR, 2.5BA w/approx. 2,600 SF for entertaining. W/great room, hardwood fl oors & French doors to front patio. Master suite w/2 clos-ets & private balcony. (515402) CALL (888) 305-9043

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