The No. 1-ranked Long Beach State men’s volleyball team now turn their attention to the postseason, where the true goal of their season has always loomed: a national title. The 49ers will need to win four matches to make it happen. They host the Big West Tournament this week with the semifinals on Friday and […]
It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish. Last month, Millikan softball suffered critical miscues down the stretch in its 12th consecutive Moore League loss to defending champion Lakewood. Last night, the Rams mashed eight hits and scored six runs in the final two innings of their 8-5 win over the Lancers at Lisa […]
So far this season Lakewood has seemed like an unstoppable juggernaut, rolling through the Moore League competition pretty efficiently. That earned the Lancers a first-place standing and the top ranking in the CIF Southern Section for Division 2. The first time Lakewood faced defending league champion Wilson, the Lancers swept the Bruins by a combined […]
Photos by Stephen Dachman
Long Beach State softball star Naomi Hernandez is on the short list for the Schutt Sports/NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year award. She is one of 25 players in the running for the National Fastpich Coaches Association honor. Hernandez is hitting .400 with 15 doubles and three home runs for No. 18 LBSU. […]
Wilson boys’ golf defeated Poly 186-208 at Recreation Park Golf Course on Thursday. Wilson junior Brandon Bennett earned the medalist honors. He made three birdies on his way to a 2-under par round of 34. Tyler Schafer added an even par round of 36 for the Bruins. Augie Gvildys was the low finisher for Poly […]
Tyler Jackson was in the middle of an interview early last Saturday morning, standing off to the side of the Long Beach State sand courts where she became the school’s all-time beach wins leader a few short years ago. Jackson, now an assistant coach at LBCC, was beckoned by her boss, Vikings head coach Misty […]
Cabrillo boys’ athletic director Rick Lamprecht was hustling from place to place on Thursday morning, trying to help set up the school’s lunchtime rally to introduce the new Jaguars boys and girls basketball coaches. Clutched in his right hand was a book with a telling title: The Growth Mindset. It’s a mindset that everyone has […]
Wednesday’s Long Beach Unified School District Board of Education meeting saw the board unanimously approve an $11 million Site Security Plan to fence the 28 LBUSD sites that currently have open plans. The Site Security Plan will also add a video-monitoring system to every LBUSD site that would require the office to buzz in any […]
This is supposed to be a new day in the Moore League, with more hits and runs than the usual season of high-quality ball played at Blair Field. Someone forgot to tell the Lakewood Lancers, who clawed their way into a first-place tie with their second consecutive low-scoring thriller at Blair, edging Millikan 2-1. The […]