Advertisement
Varsity Times Insider

Girls’ soccer: Long Beach Wilson forfeits four games

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
Staff WriterFollow
Share

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts.

As first reported by LBPostSports.com, the powerhouse Long Beach Wilson girls’ soccer team has forfeited four Moore League victories after a player participated in a non-CIF-sanctioned soccer league.

The Bruins dropped from co-champions with Long Beach Poly to fourth place in the league standings as a result of the forfeits, and they will enter the playoffs as a fourth-seeded team instead of a second-seeded team.

Advertisement

The forfeited victories--against Jordan, Lakewood, Cabrillo and Compton--all came after the player participated in the non-CIF-sanctioned league on Jan. 23. Wilson self-reported the violation after it was brought to the attention of Coach Jason Kirkwood.

--Ben Bolch

Varsity Times Insider
Ben Bolch

Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

Advertisement