The Long Beach Century Club will host its 68th Annual Sports Banquet on June 16 at The Grand in Long Beach, recognizing the city’s top high school athletes along with a host of special award winners including a new class of Hall of Fame inductees. This year, the Century Club is inducting four new members […]
The Long Beach Century Club returned to the Walter Pyramid on Monday to honor the All-City champion middle school sports teams from the Long Beach Unified School District. This year’s banquet was the 37th annual celebration for the city’s young athletes, awarding teams and players for their on-field success, as well as naming the best […]
The Long Beach Century Club continued its annual tradition of making a large gift to the local schools this week, donating $80,500 to Long Beach State, LBCC, and the middle and high school sports programs in Long Beach. The donation represents the largest of the annual gifts the club has made, buoyed by fundraising efforts […]
On Monday night, the Long Beach Century Club hosted a celebration of girls and women in sports at the newly opened Long Beach Sports Basement. The event was replete with fun games and refreshments, but more importantly, Long Beach women’s sports legends who spoke to the young female attendees about their personal experience in athletics […]
The Long Beach Century Club hosted a public memorial for one of its Hall of Famers on Monday evening, recognizing the extraordinary life and athletic career of Jim Knaub. The memorial, hosted in the new public meeting space at the Sports Basement in East Long Beach, was well-attended by sports fans as well as friends […]
The Long Beach Century Club hosted their 67th Annual Sports Night Banquet this week recognizing Long Beach’s top athletes along with outstanding community members. While the banquet stayed similar to years past, there was a change of venue this year. With the Grand undergoing renovations, the event was hosted at the Long Beach Petroleum Club. […]
Once again the Long Beach Century Club honored Long Beach Unified School District middle school championship teams on Monday at Walter Pyramid on the campus of Long Beach State. The 36th annual All-City Middle School Sports banquet presented plaques for each All-City winner while Keller Middle School took home the overall program award.
Unprecedented times sometimes call for unprecedented measures, and outgoing Long Beach Century Club President Mike Fillipow certainly had a unique tenure at the helm. Fillipow was not only tasked with bringing the club back to normal business following the COVID-19 pandemic, he was also asked to serve for two years as president, rather than the […]