With just a month remaining before the Pioneer Baseball League playoffs, it’s the league’s newest team that sits comfortably atop the standings. The Long Beach Coast has continued to roll in its inaugural season, opening August with its 50th victory to become the first team in the league to reach the milestone in 2026. The […]
All photos by Jared Blais/MLB Photos. A busy summer continued for Long Beach Poly catcher Caleb Safotu this past weekend as he attended and competed at Major League Baseball’s Hank Aaron Invitational at the Jackie Robinson Training Complex in Vero Beach, Florida. The annual event brings together 250 high school players from across the country for […]
Photo via Isaiah Vazquez/MLB Photos. Alongside Major League Baseball’s All-Star Week earlier this month, Philadelphia also played host to the Jennie Finch Classic, where the Compton Youth Academy softball team captured the championship with a 12-0 victory over the Houston Academy. The annual U17 round-robin tournament is held during MLB All-Star Week, bringing together nine […]
A standout debut campaign has continued to pay dividends for Millikan alum and Texas Longhorn Anthony Pack, who was recently selected to USA Baseball’s 2026 Collegiate National Team. Pack is currently competing in the inaugural World Collegiate Baseball Championship in Taichung City, Taiwan, which runs from July 11-15. This year’s National Team features players from […]
Photo via Volleyball World. Wilson senior Simrin Adams recently represented Team USA at the U18 Beach Volleyball World Championships in The Hague, Netherlands, where she and partner Sienna Castillo made an impressive run to the quarterfinals. The pair dominated the qualifying stage, earning straight-set victories over Hong Kong, Poland and Türkiye to secure a spot […]
Long Beach is once again home to professional beach volleyball as the Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) kicked off its weekend event at Alamitos Bay on Saturday for Week 5 of the regular season. The last time the AVP stopped in Long Beach was in 2020, when the league played three consecutive weeks without fans […]
Since the Long Beach Century Club’s inception in 1957, there’s never been a president quite like Mike Fillipow—and for unique reasons. From keeping the club afloat during the pandemic to stepping up amid unexpected vacancies among president-elects, Fillipow ultimately served four of the last five years and is finally ready to hang it up. The […]
The Long Beach sports year once again concluded in Clovis, where Wilson continued its track and field dynasty with a fourth consecutive CIF State championship. That sustained success under Neil Nelson and Shannon Fisher once again earned the pair this year’s Coaches of the Year honors. The Bruins took the state title in historic fashion […]
It’s not uncommon to play multiple sports in high school, nor is it unusual to excel in more than one. But winning at the highest level in multiple sports is exceptionally rare. That’s exactly what Millikan junior Sarah Thaut did this year, starring in both soccer and beach volleyball and earning the Aaya McLyn Multisport […]
Veterans Memorial Stadium was home to the city’s longest-running football rivalry between Long Beach Poly and Wilson, and their final game at the stadium before its reconstruction was every bit worthy of The Big Game. Just as they did in the teams’ first-ever matchup at the stadium in 1950, the Bruins defeated Long Beach Poly […]