Twelve years ago Long Beach Poly alum Chase Utley met a young cancer patient named Devin Smeltzer. Utley was a star with the Phillies at the time and Smeltzer was a 10 year-old who’d been undergoing treatment for bladder and prostate cancer for a year. “Baseball let me be a kid, that’s where my love […]
Long Beach Wilson alum and international water polo legend Tony Azevedo has a unique history in his sport, and last week he got a unique tattoo to match it. Azevedo is the only American ever to compete in five Olympics in water polo, and one of the few Americans to ever compete in five Olympics, […]
We’ve got some great photos of the 49ers’ five-set win taken by photographer Stephen Dachman.
The Long Beach Poly boys’ tennis team stayed perfect in the Moore League with a 13-5 home victory over Wilson on Thursday. The Jackrabbits (9-4, 8-0) beat the Bruins (6-7, 5-2) in the first league match of the season, 12-6. “It was nice to see the guys play up to the importance of the match […]
Runners of all ages and skill levels have an opportunity for a completely original running experience on April 8 in Long Beach. The Long Beach Grand Prix Foundation is hosting the inaugural Run the Course Grand Prix 5K Run/Walk on the downtown street course that will be used for the 44th Toyota Grand Prix of […]
FROM LBSU REPORTS Thursday’s series opener at Fresno State (11-15) will go down as Long Beach State’s (11-15) best offensive performance of this millennium. The Dirtbags racked up 24 runs on 25 hits in a 24-10 thrashing of the host Bulldogs at Bob Bennett Stadium. Redshirt sophomore and Long Beach native Jacob Hughey led the […]
Wilson boys’ golf posted an even-par team score at Recreation Park Golf Course on Thursday to defeat Edison 360-374. Wilson sophomore Samin Bhagat earned a share of the medalist honors for the second day in a row with a 1-under par round of 71 that included five birdies. Bhagat shared the medalist honors with his […]
Cabrillo baseball coach Pedro Torres said before the season that his team wanted to hang its hat on defense and competitive fire. His Jaguars must have been listening, because Cabrillo gave Long Beach Poly everything they could handle on Thursday afternoon at Blair Field. The two teams were tied headed to the seventh inning before […]