LBSU Dirtbags
Long Beach State

Long Beach State Dirtbags Beat No. 11 UCLA

The Long Beach State Dirtbags beat No. 11 UCLA for the second time this season on the road Tuesday night with a 5-1 victory. LBSU (22-26) scored all five runs in the fourth inning while and Wilson High alum Tyler Radcliffe picked up the win on the mound. It is the fourth consecutive road victory […]

Unnamed
Long Beach State

Long Beach State Weekly Update

Check in on everything that’s happened with Long Beach State athletics over the past seven days. Men’s Volleyball Long Beach State Volleyball Wins National Championship! VIDEO: Long Beach State Men’s Volleyball Wins National Championship COLUMN: Long Beach Way Leads To LBSU National Championship PODCAST: The LB Fee Show Special National Championship Edition Women’s Soccer LBSU […]

Aidan Grosz
Lakewood St. Anthony Wilson

Feature: ‘Long Beach Kid’ Aidan Grosz Powering St. Anthony CIF Push

St. Anthony boys’ volleyball enters this week’s CIF Southern Section Division 4 playoffs as the tournament’s No. 1 seed, the favorites to win a CIF championship and to add another trophy to their case, which already includes a third consecutive Camino Real League championship. A big reason for the Saints’ success is junior captain Aidan […]

LB Fee Show
Long Beach State Podcast

PODCAST: The LB Fee Show Special National Championship Edition

Every Monday we usually sit down with Long Beach State athletics director Andy Fee for The LB Fee Show to talk about everything LBSU athletics and interview a special guest. This week we’re catching up with Long Beach State’s National Champions TJ DeFalco, Kyle Ensing, coach Alan Knipe and assistant Nick MacRae. Episode 10 – National […]

LBCC Beach VB
Long Beach City College

Long Beach City College Weekly Update

After cruising though the first round of the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) Southern California Regional Playoffs, the Long Beach City College beach volleyball team will be the No. 1 seed in the CCCAA Beach Volleyball State Championships that start today, Thursday, at West Valley College. The Vikings finished second in the state playoffs […]

AOTW
Athlete of the Week Cabrillo Lakewood Long Beach Poly Long Beach State Millikan Wilson

The562.org’s Athletes Of The Week

The Week of Champions deserves a supersized Athletes of the Week–congrats to all the winners. HIGH SCHOOL Kelly Hawkshaw, Millikan Baseball In a must-win game, Millikan starter Kelly Hawkshaw took a no-hitter into the sixth against Poly. Hawkshaw retired 11 in a row from the second to the fifth inning, and Millikan went on to […]

Unnamed
Long Beach State

COLUMN: Long Beach Way Leads To LBSU National Championship

The 2018 Long Beach State men’s volleyball national championship season is not a Cinderella story. However, the 49ers played like rabid underdogs against UCLA on Saturday at Pauley Pavilion where championship banners hang like pieces of art in a museum of historic success. Mike and I fought for five years at the Long Beach Press-Telegram […]

LBSU Men's Volleyball
Long Beach State

Long Beach State Volleyball Wins National Championship!

There were so many moments when the match could have slipped away, when the evening could have soured and the season could have come to an end in bitter disappointment. Instead, the Long Beach State men’s volleyball team relied on the grit and determination they’ve developed over the last year and made history. Thanks to […]