Long Beach Completes 11-0 Season
In a football game that lived to its high-scoring expectations, Long Beach College defeated Valley, 59-49, before about 9,000 Saturday night in the Strawberry Bowl at Cerritos College.
The Vikings are expected to be named the mythical junior college national champions this week when the final polls are announced. Valley entered the game top-ranked nationally by USA Today and Long Beach by the J.C. Grid-Wire. The Monarchs were ranked No. 1 in the state by the J.C. Athletic Bureau and Long Beach was second.
Long Beach (11-0) completed its first undefeated season since 1964, when the Vikings won the Junior Rose Bowl and were national champions. Valley finished 10-1 for the second consecutive season.
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