CIF Southern Section Baseball Division 3 Semifinals, 3:15 p.m. Long Beach Wilson (21-11-1) vs. La Salle (17-10) Arcadia County Park (405 S. Santa Anita Ave.) Wilson is having a memorable playoff run after six postseasons full of disappointment for the Moore League. The Bruins are playing in their first semifinal since 2011 when they lost […]
The six Long Beach State track and field members headed to Eugene, Ore., for the NCAA Championship on June 6-9 is the most the university has sent since 2015. The 49ers will compete in two events — the 4×100 women’s relay team and two long jumpers qualified last weekend at the NCAA West Prelims in […]
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Long Beach State Dirtbags junior lefthander Clayton Andrews pitched a complete game shutout with 11 strikeouts in a 1-0 win over visiting Cal State Fullerton on Friday night at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field. Andrews has won the last three Big West Pitcher of the Week awards. LBSU (27-29, 12-11 Big West) and rivals Cal […]
The Wilson baseball team is in a good position headed into the CIF Southern Section Division 3 quarterfinals today at Bellflower High. First pitch is scheduled for 3:15 p.m. The Bruins (20-11-1) are riding high after their upset of Arcadia, they have a trio of available pitchers and they are familiar with Bellflower after playing […]
The Long Beach State Dirtbags dropped the series opener to Cal State Fullerton 9-3 on Thursday at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field. CSUF (31-22, 17-5 Big West) scored in six different innings and had seven extra-base hits. LBSU (26-29, 11-11 Big West) got three hits from leadoff hitter Clayton Andrews, but stranded nine runners on […]
Jason Smith and Sal Nasser finished in the Top 10 to claim the first two spots at the NCAA Championship for Long Beach State in the first day of competition at the NCAA West Preliminaries on Thursday in Sacramento. Smith, the Big West Field Athlete of the Year, finished in fourth place in the long […]
After shooting a 1-under par 71 at Brookside Golf Course on Thursday in the CIF Regional, Wilson senior Tyler Schafer qualified for his third consecutive trip to the CIF Finals at San Gabriel Country Club on Wednesday. Schafer, who set the record in his third consecutive Moore League individual championship, is the first Moore League […]
Ryan Guerero has been chasing baseballs at Blair Field for almost his entire life. As a Littler Leaguer, he would run around the outskirts of the grandstand collecting the balls that went out of play. “I have a basket full of over 100 foul balls,” Guerero said. “I always had fun hanging out with friends […]
I hate Fullerton. It is a sad, land-locked concrete jungle with delusions of seaside grandeur that thinks a few bars on the same street deserves to be called “downtown” unlike any other city ever. The arboretum is nice though. Many other Long Beach State alums correctly feel the same way. That is what having a […]