Zach Pettway was surprised when he made the Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American Team after an impressive first year at UCLA. The Wilson High alum got a text message about the news from roommate and fellow honoree Holden Powell, but he couldn’t believe it was real. “This season was a lot of fun,” Pettway said. “It […]
Long Beach Poly’s softball program is coming off a dream year. The Jackrabbits won the first CIF Southern Section championship in program history, and boast a roster packed with Division 1-bound talent. It was the type of year that kids and their families remember forever. With so many big-time players returning, it’s the type of […]
For most of the last century, high school baseball teams who learned they were taking on a Long Beach opponent in the playoffs were scared–or at least not very happy about it. From 1914 through 2008, a Moore League baseball team appeared in the CIF Southern Section’s highest division baseball championship game 38 times out […]