Tuesday was a very good day for the Long Beach State men’s volleyball coaching staff, as head coach Alan Knipe won the AVCA National Coach of the Year award and Nick MacRae won the AVCA National Assistant Coach of the Year award. It was also announced by Long Beach State that Knipe had been signed […]
We’ve got some great photos of the Vikings’ postseason game with Fullerton taken by Jim McCormack.
It all comes down to this week for the Long Beach State men’s volleyball team, which held its usual practice Monday morning in the Pyramid, with two exceptions. For one, the borders of the court were still littered with the curtains and tables from Jewels of the Night, Long Beach State’s big fundraiser event held […]
Some of the most exciting Moore League action this year didn’t happen on a football field or a baseball diamond, but on the hardcourt for the league’s badminton schedule. After Long Beach Poly won the last five co-ed league championships, Cabrillo and Lakewood unseated the Jackrabbits this year to claim an historic co-championship. For Cabrillo, […]
Five Long Beach football players signed to NFL teams over the last weekend, including four who signed as undrafted free agents. Lakewood alum Matt Pryor went from the Lancers to TCU where he had a solid four-year career on the O-Line that saw him earn second-team All-Big 12 honors last season. Pryor was drafted in […]
It should have been a triumphant weekend in Hawaii but instead it ended in bitter disappointment. No. 6 Long Beach State pulled off two upsets of No. 4 Cal Poly in order to reach the championship of the Big West Tournament, where the 49ers fell to the Rainbow Wahine, 4-1. The 49ers (26-8) appeared to […]
Welcome back to this week’s The562.org Athletes of the Week. HIGH SCHOOL Eddie Gaxiola, Lakewood Baseball Sophomore Eddie Gaxiola had a day to remember for Lakewood last week in a must-win Moore League contest against Poly. Gaxiola went 4-for-4 and hit a walkoff shot into the outfield to drive in the game-winning run in a […]
Sophomore Eddie Gaxiola had a day to remember for Lakewood on Friday. In a must-win Moore League contest against a Poly team that beat the Lancers in extra innings earlier this year, Gaxiola went 4-for-4 and hit a walkoff shot into the outfield to drive in the game-winning run in a 2-1 Lancers victory. Watch […]
Last year the Long Beach State men’s volleyball team had a layoff of nearly two weeks between winning a conference championship and playing in the NCAA Final Four against BYU. The result was a shocking sweep loss to the Cougars, one the 49ers’ coaches privately felt was in part due to their team being cold. […]
The Saints put up an easy sweep of Bosco Tech to clinch a share of yet another Camino Real League championship, winning 25-8, 25-15, 25-8. “The process has been fun, I really enjoy this team,” said Saints coach Alicia Lemau’u. St. Anthony (22-3, 9-0) has won 11 matches in a row and is the No. […]