The Long Beach Unified School District hosted its first ever Special Olympics event at Wilson High on Tuesday. Here are some great action shots by Joseph Kling.
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JJ Fiddler is an award-winning sportswriter and videographer who has been covering Southern California sports for multiple newspapers and websites since 2004. After attending Long Beach State and creating the first full sports page at the Union Weekly Newspaper, he has been exclusively covering Long Beach prep sports since 2007.
Long Beach City College Notebook: Baseball Wins Playoff Series
Long Beach City College baseball upset No. 5 Ventura College in the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) Southern California Regionals last weekend. The Vikings advance to the CCCAA Super Regionals against No. 1 Orange Coast College this weekend. Ace pitcher Garrett Rennie (8-2) helped LBCC win the first game of the seres at Ventura […]
Long Beach Poly, Wilson Break Records At CIF Swimming Finals
Both Long Beach Poly and Wilson were able to deliver record performances at the CIF Southern Section Division 2 finals over the weekend at the Riverside Aquatics Complex. The Wilson boys’ medley relay team of freshman Hank Rivers, freshman Gray Carson, junior Mazen Abouelela and senior Max Berg broke a 41-year old school record with […]
Millikan’s Laura Faynor Helps Rams Gymnastics Win Again
Millikan’s Laura Faynor and her Ram teammates dominated the Moore League gymnastics finals on Friday at Millikan High. Faynor won the individual title, and the Rams won their ninth team title in the last ten years. After posting the top scores in vault, beam, bars and floor Millikan finished with 172.650 points. Burroughs finished second […]
VIDEO: Long Beach State Men’s Volleyball Wins National Championship
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VIDEO: Lakewood vs. Kennedy, CIF Softball
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Long Beach State Hosting Tailgate Before NCAA National Championship
Long Beach State is taking on Hawaii in the NCAA Men’s Volleyball National Championship game at Walter Pyramid on Saturday evening, and LBSU is inviting the local community to join an official tailgate, pregame reception and watch party outside the ‘Myd before and during the match. You don’t need a ticket to the game to […]
Beach FC 16U Girls Advance In State Cup Championship
The Beach FC 16U girls’ team that won a 2017 National Championship together won another State Cup Championship last month in Norco. This group of young soccer players lost a lot of their 2017 teammates, but have bounced back under the tutelage of Los Alamitos High coach Pat Rossi. Their next regional tournament is in […]
CIF Softball: Millikan, LB Poly, St. Anthony Eliminated
While Lakewood and Wilson both advanced in the CIF Southern Section softball playoffs on Thursday, the rest of the Moore League and St. Anthony were unable to make it past the first round. DIVISION 3 Millikan 5, West Ranch 9 The Rams (17-11) fell behind in the third inning and couldn’t score until late in […]
CIF Softball: Wilson Comes Back For Wild Win
The Wilson softball team trailed by four runs after the fifth inning of their CIF Southern Section Division 3 opener at San Dimas on Thursday. However, the Bruins stormed back to score three times in the sixth, and four times in the seventh to win 8-5. Junior Sinclair Lawhorn was the only Wilson player with […]