The Long Beach Unified School District announced Monday afternoon that its campuses will remain mostly closed until at least March 1, an extension of the previous re-opening date of Jan. 28 by a little more than a month. The campuses will continue to allow Kids Club and other day-care programs that are currently operating–about 1,600 […]
It was a great start to the season for the Long Beach State women’s basketball team, which defeated Westmont comfortably on Saturday afternoon in the Walter Pyramid, 70-59. The Beach were tied with Westmont after the first quarter but dominated in the second to take a 14-point halftime lead and kept that lead in double […]
We’ve got some great pictures from the Long Beach State win over Westmont from photographer Joseph Kling.
It’s been a dark week for more than 200 local athletes at Long Beach City College, who learned on Tuesday that the presidents of the 12 South Coast Conference Colleges voted to shut down fall sports for the 2020-21 season. The original plan had been for football, men’s and women’s basketball, women’s volleyball, soccer, water […]
This article is Hidden History, an occasional series examining teams or players lost in time in Long Beach. A number of professional basketball teams have given it a go in Long Beach, but perhaps none with a story as interesting as the Long Beach Chiefs, whose brief stay here in the 1962-63 season produced some […]
Sunday afternoon’s non-conference men’s basketball game between Long Beach State and Seattle U was anything but normal. Due to COVID-19 protocols, there were no fans in the Walter Pyramid for the Beach’s home opener. It was also the first organized sporting event in the city featuring a local team since March 11, a layoff of […]
We’ve got photos from Sunday’s Long Beach State vs. Seattle U men’s basketball game, the first organized sporting event in Long Beach since March 11. NOTE: Due to COVID-19 restrictions staffing in The Walter Pyramid is limited and we couldn’t credential a photographer. Enjoy these courtside-view photos to give you a sense of life in […]
Millikan has hired Curtis Boyer to be its new boys’ basketball coach, boys’ athletic director Kevin Marchael confirmed this week. Boyer, a Narbonne grad and South Bay native, is a longtime local AAU coach who will be a walk-on with the Rams in his first head high school position. “He’s a local guy with ties […]
After a wave of violence in Compton that has claimed the life of three youth basketball players in the last four months, those who knew Semaj Miller, Millyon Colquitt, and Carl Lewis had thoughts on how to stem the tide. The victims, aging from 14 to 19 years old, were all unable to attend school […]
Long Beach Poly senior track and field standout Jade McDonald has verbally committed to the University of Iowa, and she’ll continue her decorated athletic career as a Hawkeye. “I really see myself there,” said McDonald. “I’ve been in Southern California my whole life, so it’s a good step out the door to experience life.” McDonald […]