On paper, there’s nothing particularly intimidating about the Long Beach State women’s basketball team’s defense. They don’t have a premier ball-stopper or shot-blocker and only one all-conference defender on the roster–they don’t have any national leaderboard or conference-leading players in the defensive statistical categories. Yet somehow the Beach entered last weekend’s series against UC Santa […]
Championship weekend at the WCA Football Winner Circle League had a big game feel despite taking place on a Saturday afternoon in Chino. The Grind came into their season finale with a 4-1 record, fresh off their first loss against the loaded WCA all-star team the week before, a game they lost on the final […]
We’ve got some great photos from the Grind’s Double Overtime win by photographer Brad Freeman.
PHOTOS BY WILLIAM JOHNSON, STEPHEN CARR, AND COURTESY SAN DIEGO STATE Long Beach Poly basketball product KJ Feagin will represent the United States on the international stage this month, playing on the USA Basketball squad that is traveling to Puerto Rico for the FIBA AmeriCup qualifiers. Feagin and the USA team will be in San Juan […]
The Long Beach State women’s basketball team completed its weekend sweep of UC Santa Barbara with a comfortable 70-55 win on Saturday afternoon that improves the Beach to 11-1, and a perfect 10-0 in Big West play. It’s the team’s best start in 15 years and sets up a championship-level showdown with UC Davis next […]
We’ve got some great photos from the game from photographer Joseph Kling.
The Long Beach State women’s basketball team continued its excellent start to the season with a strong defensive win over UC Santa Barbara, 61-49. The Beach was without its most consistent offensive player in Naomi Hunt and struggled from the field, but played excellent defense to secure the win. “You’re not going to put the […]
We’ve got some great photos from the game taken by photographer Stephen Dachman.
Just about everyone in the Long Beach volleyball community knows the Iamaleava family. There’s the patriarch, Nick, who’s an enormous physical and emotional presence at matches, and the matriarch, Leinna, a generous and giving spirit. Leinna and Nick have eight children, all of whom are standouts at one level or another. Their oldest son, Matt, […]
After a nearly 11-month shutdown, high school sports could be just a few weeks away from a return in Long Beach. The Moore League has put together a schedule of cross country dual meets currently slated to begin on Feb. 17 which would represent the first official contests in the city since Friday, March 13, […]