Imagine more than 14,000 fans at Long Beach Veterans Stadium rabidly cheering for a high school football game that didn’t even involve Long Beach-area schools! It happened regularly in the 1970s and 1980s when Banning High and Carson High’s teams – the Pilots and the Colts – squared off in their annual Marine League showdown.Continue reading “The Banning-Carson high school football rivalry flourished in the 1970s and 1980s”
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70 years later, Torrance High standout Aramis Dandoy still holds a Rose Bowl game record
Aramis Dandoy was born in Long Beach on Oct. 21, 1932 to Ernest G. Dandoy and Esther M. Gingrich. Soon afterward, the family, which included his brothers, Ernest and Dale, moved to 235th St. in Torrance, where Dandoy grew up. He started attending Torrance High School in the fall of 1947, and it quickly becameContinue reading “70 years later, Torrance High standout Aramis Dandoy still holds a Rose Bowl game record”
