STORY BY MATT SIMON After being named interim head coach in May, Ollie Brent is leading the first year of a transition period for the Long Beach City College women’s basketball team. The Vikings’ entire 14-player roster is in its first season at LBCC and only two are sophomores. With a young squad, LBCC will […]
This week we’re previewing the Long Beach high school basketball, soccer, water polo and wrestling seasons. 06:20 Boys Basketball 18:00 Girls Basketball 22:00 Girls Soccer 29:30 Boys Soccer 36:00 Girls Water Polo 38:45 Wrestling 41:30 Recommendations (Present Ideas & Frozen 2)
The Long Beach State men’s and women’s basketball teams picked up quality wins over the Thanksgiving weekend, and the women’s volleyball team is hosting Women’s National Invitational Volleyball Championship matches this week. PODCAST: LB Fee Show, Women’s Volleyball Hosting Postseason LBSU Men’s Basketball The Beach mounted a comeback to take down Providence 66-65 on Thanksgiving […]
This week on a special Thanksgiving episode of What Up, Long Beach?! Mike and JJ are talking about holiday sports traditions and Long Beach basketball tournaments. 02:40 Question O’ The Week: What are you doing for Thanksgiving? 07:20 Athletes O’ The Week 18:40 Games O’ The Week: Holiday Basketball Tournaments 21:45 Players O’ The Week […]
We’ve got some great shots of St. Anthony’s 89-54 win over Wilson from photographer Stephen Dachman.
Congratulations to all of our winners and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Jadon Jones, St. Anthony Basketball St. Anthony senior Jadon Jones was named MVP of the Ryse Williams Pac Shores Tournament last weekend after leading the Saints to a 4-0 tournament championship. Jones had 23 points, five rebounds, and […]
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Long Beach State men’s basketball got a much needed confidence boost with a 93-62 victory over Fresno Pacific at Walter Pyramid on Friday night. LBSU (2-3) set season highs in points scored, rebounds, assists and field goal percentage in the victory over Division II Fresno Pacific (0-5). “We’ve been working on not running so many […]
Photos By Stephen Dachman
Photo by John Napalan/Art O’Neill The 2019-20 boys’ basketball season should be one of the most exciting of the last decade for Long Beach sports fans. There are two legitimate, ranked Division 1 programs in the city with Long Beach Poly and St. Anthony, something the town hasn’t seen since Ron Massey was coaching at […]