The Long Beach State women’s soccer and women’s volleyball teams will both be in action over the weekend. FRIDAY Long Beach State Women’s Soccer vs. Northeastern, 7 p.m. This is the second of a three-game homestand to start the season for LBSU (1-1-0), and these two schools have never met. Northeastern is a Division 1 […]
Long Beach Poly football head coach Stephen Barbee announced on Wednesday that the Jackrabbits will wear helmet decals this season in honor of fallen Long Beach Fire Department captain David Rosa, who was killed while on the job in June. Rosa served in Long Beach Fire Station No. 10, which is Poly’s station. “Having that […]
The Long Beach Poly girls’ volleyball team won another Tae Kim Lakewood/Molten Classic tournament game on Wednesday after St. Anthony opened its season with a historic league victory over Serra. Poly edged Los Alamitos in a five-set thriller at Paramount 19-25, 25-19, 24-26, 26-24, 15-11. The Jackrabbits were led by 23 kills from Allanah Cutler. […]
The season opening weekend was a roller coaster for Long Beach State Women’s soccer. On Friday night, LBSU showed glimpses of its potential in 89:58 of scoreless soccer at No. 2 UCLA. However, the Bruins scored the game-winner with two seconds left in regulation. LBSU bounced back from the heartbreaking loss with a 1-0 victory […]
There’s nowhere for the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team to go but up. The 49ers are coming off a 10-19 season in Joy McKienzie-Fuerbringer’s first season as head coach, a rebuilding season that was also the worst winning percentage in the history of the program. The numbers don’t tell the story of a team […]
Three-time Olympic gold medalist and Long Beach legend Misty May-Treanor will speak to the Century Club tonight at the Boathouse on the Bay at 6 p.m. May-Treanor is the head of the LBCC women’s volleyball team and will preview their season as well as answer questions about her illustrious career. Meetings are free to attend.
A team of mostly Long Beach baseball players won the gold medal at the Maccabi Games last week, a sports tournament designed specifically for Jewish youth. Wilson assistant Marc Prager was the head coach, with Jordan alum Phillip Berman assisting. The players included AJ Castano, Davis Ramage, and Jacob Ribitzki from Wilson, Jacob Kraus and […]
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Here’s this week’s football schedule, with all games starting at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted. WEEK 2 AUGUST 24 Cabrillo @ Summit Compton vs. Santa Monica Jordan vs. Rancho Dominguez Lakewood @ Windermere Prep (Florida) Long Beach Poly vs. Narbonne (Veterans Memorial Stadium) Millikan @ Gahr St. Anthony @ Warren Wilson vs. Sam Dimas SCRIMMAGE: […]
First-year Long Beach Poly football coach Stephen Barbee is aware that his legacy was not determined on Friday night in the Jackrabbits’ 37-8 season-opening win over Dorsey, an overmatched LA City Section team. Nonetheless, it’s better to start off 1-0 than 0-1, especially when factoring in Poly’s notoriously judgmental fan base. Barbee was dressed sharply […]