Welcome back to our weekly Athletes of the Week awards. HIGH SCHOOL Malik Salahuddin, Long Beach Poly Basketball Poly junior Malik Salahuddin showed how bright the Jackrabbits’ future is last week in a pair of state playoff games. Salahuddin led the way for Poly in a first-round road game against El Camino Real with 26 […]
Millikan high school has found a new boys’ basketball coach, as athletic director Kevin Marchael announced late last week that the Rams have hired Mark Fancher. Fancher takes over from Chris Francis, who resigned abruptly with a week left in the regular season. “I’m a local guy, I live in Long Beach, I heard through […]
The No. 21 Long Beach State softball team led early against No. 3 UCLA on Sunday in front of a huge crowd at LBSU Softball Complex, but the Beach couldn’t hold on in a 6-5 loss to finish the Louisville Slugger Invitational. LBSU (19-7) got on the board in the first inning when sophomore Taylor […]
A slow start in Sunday’s series finale doomed Long Beach State at No. 8 Texas A&M in a 5-1 loss. The Dirtbags (5-11) only scored one run in each of the three games in College Station, Texas. The Aggies (16-1) scored four unearned runs in the second inning to take early command of the game. LBSU’s […]
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With three minutes left in Tuesday night’s CIF State Division 1 SoCal quarterfinal game, Long Beach Poly got a layup from Malik Salahuddin to go up 61-56 on top-seeded St. John Bosco. Longtime Long Beach sportswriter and college basketball Hall of Famer Frank Burlison leaned over at the media table and said, “They need two […]
St. Anthony’s promising CIF State Division 3 run was cut short in double overtime by Knight, 87-83. The Saints were led by junior Frank Staine’s 16 points. Frank Staine💨 on X (formerly Twitter): “Idk what to say….. we fought till the end. I wouldn’t trade those guys for anyone in the world and I wouldn’t […]
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The Wilson boys’ golf team won two of three matches at the De La Salle Quad Classic at San Ramon Golf Club (Par 72) in San Ramon on Saturday. The Bruins (3-3) posted a team score of 394, which was good enough to defeat Campolindo (395) and Santa Margarita (408), however the they lost to […]