There are about 2,700 international students enrolled at Long Beach State, studying a variety of subjects. Two of them, Bjarne Huus and Simon Anderson, are trying to help the school’s men’s volleyball team win a national championship this week. Huus and Anderson are not your typical “fish out of water” stories. Both have thrived since […]
The Bruins defeated Long Beach Poly in a comeback thriller last week to improve to 13-0. Wilson went 0-8 in their inaugural season last year but head coach Vic Escoto’s group has yet to lose in 2018. Wilson was led by Sam Thompson’s two goals and one apiece from Kristin Berry, Kate Rael, and Emma […]
The Lancers defeated Liberty Christian to earn a co-Express League championship. Beto Martinez led the way with 16 kills, while Jose Gomes had 13 aces and 26 digs and Jimmy Felix had 47 assists. Avalon joins Lakewood and St. Anthony as local boys’ volleyball champions. CIF-SS playoff brackets will be released Friday afternoon.
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 […]