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FEATURE: Sherridan Atkinson Makes History In Pro Volleyball League
Long Beach native Sherridan Atkinson will be joining Athletes Unlimited, the first professional indoor women’s volleyball league in the United States, launching this month in Texas. Atkinson played varsity volleyball at Millikan High School for three years, and graduated in 2014. She then joined Long Beach State women’s volleyball team for two years before transferring […]
LBSU Notebook: Women’s Hoops Remains Unbeaten Atop Big West
It took about seven-and-a-half minutes for Long Beach State’s women’s basketball team to shake off the rust from a three-week hiatus, but once the Beach found its groove, the results were the same: wins. LBSU picked up a pair of victories last weekend over new Big West rival UC San Diego, improving to 9-1 overall […]
Long Beach Volleyball Community Raising Funds For Iamaleava Family
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, […]
Long Beach State Spring Sports Coming Back February 15
Long Beach State spring sports are back on track to return to practice and competition on February 15 after the lengthy COVID-19 shutdowns. The Big West Conference announced two weeks ago that it would allow it’s 11 member schools to compete in the spring, but the Beach had to wait for Long Beach health officials […]
Basketball: Long Beach State Women Win Thriller At UCSD
The Long Beach State women’s basketball team has had a relatively smooth road to the top of the Big West conference. The team started 6-0 in league play and outscored their opponents by 70 points in those wins. Friday night at UC San Diego the Beach found themselves trailing by two with less than a […]
Feature: Long Beach State’s Naomi Hunt Grateful To Be Back On Court
The start of the current NCAA women’s basketball season was delayed by about a month due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. But if you’d been waiting for nearly two years to play a competitive basketball game, what’s a few more weeks? That was the situation for Long Beach State’s Naomi Hunt, who missed all of […]
PODCAST: Long Beach Poly Football Coach Stephen Barbee Talks Communicating With His Players
This week on the show we’re reporting some good news and talking to Long Beach Poly football coach Stephen Barbee about how he’s communicating with his players during these strange times. 01:00 We’ve got good news! 12:00 Interview with LB Poly Football Coach Stephen Barbee 25:00 Local 17-year-old professional soccer player 30:30 Green Schools Campaign […]
Long Beach State Men’s Basketball Falls At Cal Baptist
Long Beach State men’s basketball traveled to Cal Baptist on Saturday for the first game in two weeks but fell 96-75 in Riverside. The nonconference matchup was scheduled quickly after the Beach had their games cancelled last weekend due to false-positive COVID-19 tests. BOX SCORE LBSU (3-5, 2-2) Michael Carter III returned from injury and […]
Long Beach State Men’s Basketball Back To Practice
Just like the women’s team before them on Monday, the Long Beach State men’s basketball team was cleared to return to practice today. The Beach had three false-positive COVID-19 antigen tests on Friday, but received the necessary negative PCR results today to avoid a second shutdown this season. The first one came in December when […]