The LBCC women’s volleyball team was poised on the edge of history, just a few points away from beating Cypress in the second round of the CCCAA State Playoffs to advance to the Elite Eight for the first time since 2001. The Vikings led the match 2-0 and 19-14 in the third set, and after […]
We’ve got highlights from the dramatic five-set thriller between LBCC and Cypress in the state playoffs. JC Volleyball: LBCC vs. Cypress State Playoffs The Vikings fell to Cypress in a five-set thriller in the CCCAA Round of 16 state playoffs.
The Long Beach State men’s water polo program made history at Ken Lindgren Aquatics Center on Saturday night by beating Pomona-Pitzer 12-5 in the NCAA Tournament play-in game. It is the first NCAA postseason win for LBSU in 27 years. “Just being part of this is amazing,” LBSU coach Gavin Arroyo said. “Seeing the NCAA […]
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Long Beach State men’s water polo hosted and won the Golden Coast Conference Tournament last weekend at Ken Lindgren Aquatics Center. The 10-6 victory over top-seeded Pacific in the championship game qualified LBSU for its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1991. The Beach hosts Pomona-Pitzer for the play-in game at 7 p.m. tonight, and the […]
It’s a cliche that a good high school sports program is like a family, but it’s also true. Like any family, the Long Beach Poly boys’ cross country team has some traditions. For example: the Wednesday before Thanksgiving they met at Bolsa Chica for a three-mile tempo run, and then retreated to Nick’s in Seal […]
On this episode of What Up, Long Beach?! we’re talking about voting Long Beach for the NFL Pro Bowl and the teams to watch for in the upcoming winter sports season. 01:20 Vote Long Beach For NFL Pro Bowl 09:00 Long Beach High School Winter Teams To Watch 09:25 Basketball 12:00 Soccer 14:30 Water Polo […]
If prep sports get more serious every year, then why are the crowds shrinking? Not that long ago we saw the Long Beach Poly and Lakewood football game almost sell out Veterans Memorial Stadium. We didn’t see a football sellout this season. Not even close. It wasn’t that long ago we saw the Walter Pyramid […]
Long Beach Century Club president Ben Goldberg announced the club’s Hall of Fame honorees at a meeting last week. The Century Club Hall of Fame is Long Beach’s only sports Hall of Fame that spans all sports and schools, and has taken on an air of prestige as a result. “We think this year’s class […]
After the first set of Tuesday evening’s first-round CCCAA state playoff match between No. 4 LBCC and No. 13 Grossmont, it looked like they Vikings were in trouble. The Griffins’ intensity and the high-flying antics of Hawaii bounceback Shaney Lipscomb overwhelmed LBCC into a first-set defeat. But Vikings coach Misty May-Treanor dialed up an effective […]