Stephen Dachman has been shooting high school and college sports in Long Beach for more than two decades and has been a professional photographer for more than 40 years. A Philly/Cleveland transplant, he’s been adopted by Long Beach and is a proud local.
A journey that began on the baseball fields at El Dorado, Heartwell, and Whaley Park reached a major milestone on Saturday at Chavez Ravine. Long Beach natives Spencer Steer and Ricky Tiedemann both appeared in the 2022 MLB All-Star Futures Game at Dodger Stadium, placing both players among the brightest young stars in baseball. Steer, […]
Everyone wanted to forget the 2019 Long Beach State Dirtbags season as soon as it was over. The failed campaign started with a 10-game losing streak — the worst start in program history — and included coach Troy Buckley’s firing after a physical altercation with an assistant. It was also the first thing new Dirtbags […]
The 2018 Long Beach State men’s volleyball national championship season is not a Cinderella story. However, the 49ers played like rabid underdogs against UCLA on Saturday at Pauley Pavilion where championship banners hang like pieces of art in a museum of historic success. Mike and I fought for five years at the Long Beach Press-Telegram […]