My least favorite memories from this job that I love have come from unfriendly confrontations between parents, coaches and referees. You tend to reconsider priorities while watching an adult scream and chase another adult out of a gym because of the result of a high school sporting event. Unfortunately, I see more of those unpleasant […]
Find out where your favorite Long Beach teams are playing this week. THURSDAY High School Girls’ Golf, 2:30 p.m. Moore League leaders Wilson and Millikan settled the league team title on Tuesday at Recreation Park Golf Course, and both teams are back there today as the Bruins take on Cabrillo, and the Rams face Poly. […]
Every other week The562.org sits down with Long Beach State athletics director Andy Fee for the LB Fee Show — a podcast about everything LBSU. Each show features a special guest and a rundown of what’s happening with all of the teams on campus. LISTEN Fee has been incredibly candid on the show, and has […]
Former Long Beach State faculty member Tina Bowman, 65, won the silver medal in the W65 300m hurdles at the World Masters Athletic Championships last month in Malaga, Spain. The WMAC is held every other year with five age groups from 35 to 100+. Bowman recovered from rotator cuff surgery in April to win the […]
The CIF Southern Section recently released the divisions for the winter sports season, so Long Beach sports fans can get a preview of where their favorite teams will be competing for CIF championships. Because the competitive equity playoff format re-divisions teams every year, these can also serve as a preliminary “power ranking” of local teams […]
The St. Anthony girls’ volleyball team snapped its three-match losing streak with a 25-23, 25-17, 25-12 nonleague win over visiting Santa Fe on Tuesday. The Saints (19-10, 1-5) were led 42 assists, seven kills and two blocks from junior Isabella Bareford. She has averaged 36.2 assists per match this season. Junior Tiare Jennings had 12 […]
The Wilson girls’ golf team all but clinched a 10th consecutive Moore League title by beating Millikan 223-233 on Tuesday at Recreation Park Golf Course. The Bruins (10-10, 6-0) were led by freshman Emi Sverduk who earned the medalist honors with a 2-over par round of 40. Junior Emma Royle shot a 41 for Wilson.
Photo courtesy John Fajardo, LBCC All fabric is made in essentially the same way: hundreds of individual threads woven together to make something strong, something whole. A football jersey is made that way. A community is made that way too, or a football team: e pluribus unum. Out of many, one. When a hole is […]
The Long Beach State men’s basketball team has begun practice for the 2018-19 season this week. LBSU opens its campaign on Nov. 9 at UCLA. Long Beach State Men’s Basketball Practice 2018 Visit The562.org for Long Beach sports coverage.
In another world, Jayon Brown might not be a Long Beach Poly alum. Brown exhibited something often lacking in high school athletes: patience. The second-year Titans linebacker didn’t start as a Jackrabbit until his senior year of high school, and ended up signing with UCLA after being lightly recruited. He didn’t start for the Bruins […]