One of the city’s most consistently successful coaches confirmed Tuesday that he’s stepping down, as Long Beach Poly girls’ cross country coach Nate Bershtel is retiring after 11 years running the program to spend more time with his family. “It’s tough to walk away from these last 11 years, but it’s the best thing for […]
Misty May-Treanor is making a mockery of the word “retirement.” Six years after the three-time Olympic gold medalist and NCAA champion announced the end of her playing career, the Long Beach resident is keeping more than busy with family, coaching at Long Beach City College, and starting a new volleyball club. On the family front, […]
This has been a tumultuous year for us to say the least. Instead of kicking back and relaxing as we sail into our 10thanniversary of covering Long Beach sports together, we were laid off from our old daily newspaper gig and have been spending the Spring building the562.org as a sustainable non-profit that will allow […]
The Long Beach State women’s golf team completed a dominant performance at the Big West Championship at Strawberry Farms Golf Club to win the three-round tournament by 10 strokes. LBSU finished with an overall 879, 27-over par. It’s the second Big West Championship in school history, and the first since 2009. LBSU Women’s Golf on […]
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 without Fee but got a chance to catch up with Long Beach State women’s tennis coach Jenny Hilt-Costello. Episode 7 – Indian […]
This week’s edition of our weekly awards. HIGH SCHOOL Joey Vega, Wilson Softball Wilson softball broke Lakewood’s 65-game Moore League win streak last week, thanks in large part to a great performance from senior Joey Vega, who scattered eight hits and a walk with eight strikeouts in a complete game performance. She stranded four runners […]
Senior pitcher Joey Vega and freshman catcher Natalya Rodriguez are relatively new teammates, but the Wilson softball battery played last week like they’ve been doing this for years. The duo led the Bruins (9-12, 5-0) to a historic upset at Lakewood on Tuesday, and a dramatic win over Millikan on Thursday to take over first […]
The Long Beach State Dirtbags upset No. 17 UCLA 5-2 last week at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field, and then rode that momentum into a Big West Conference series victory at Cal State Northridge over the weekend. The win over UCLA is the fourth win over a ranked opponent for the Dirtbags, and the road […]
The top-ranked Long Beach City College beach volleyball team (15-5, 6-0) was very busy during their last week of the regular season, and host the Conference Championships at Granada Beach on Friday morning. LBCC faced Long Beach State, Utah and CSU Bakersfield in exhibition matches on Saturday after beating El Camino 4-1 to close out […]
At this point it’s almost a springtime tradition in East Long Beach that scammers will roam the sidewalks going door-to-door, faking a connection to Millikan High to try and bilk people out of some pocket change. In previous years scammers have passed out flyers and asked for cash, this year it’s selling fake discount cards. […]