Congratulations to all of our Athletes of the Week, sponsored by Naples Rib Company. HIGH SCHOOL Kyle Johnson, Long Beach Poly Cross Country Long Beach Poly senior Kyle Johnson won his first career varsity race last week in leading the Jackrabbits to a team victory over Lakewood. Johnson ran a 17:34 over Poly’s 5K campus […]
In the nick of time, the California Department of Public Health modified its guidelines to allow high school water polo to happen this year. The sport has a deep history in Long Beach and this season will be unlike any other, with games happening almost every day during an accelerated two-week season that will still […]
The Wilson water polo team is one of the most dominant dynasties in Long Beach sports history, in years both bizarre and regular. This year the Bruins are going for a 13th consecutive Moore League championship, which would also be their 34th in the last 36 seasons. Head coach Jeff Nesmith played a young team […]
The Wilson girls’ water polo team is going for its third league championship in a row, and has only lost two since the Moore League added the girls’ game in the 2001-02 school year. The Bruins return some great players and have yet again added another talented freshman class with Olympic Development Program experience. “The […]
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Everything was a little off for Long Beach State men’s basketball on Saturday, and unfortunately that’s apropos for this unorthodox season. After having their campaign paused three times over the last three months, there weren’t any LBSU Senior Night activities before or after the last game of the regular season at Walter Pyramid. The Beach […]
Exactly two hours before its regular season finale against UC Irvine, Long Beach State men’s basketball announced that junior guard Michael Carter III has been dismissed from the team. “Long Beach State Men’s Basketball Head Coach Dan Monson and the LBSU Department of Athletics have come to the decision to dismiss junior guard Michael Carter […]
Friday was just another close loss for Long Beach State men’s basketball. The Beach fell to UC Irvine 71-68 in overtime at Walter Pyramid and its the sixth consecutive loss for LBSU that’s come by three points or less. LBSU junior Chance Hunter drilled a three at the buzzer to force overtime while compiling a […]
Long Beach State senior and Wilson High alum Hunter Epson has been named Big West Men’s Golfer of the Month after leading the Beach at both the Nick Watney Invitational and The Prestige in February. The Long Beach native finished in a tie for fourth place at the Nick Watney Invitational with a 9-under par […]
Shortly after Cameron Ford ran his final race at Long Beach State in 2016, he got a call from his former high school coach. Mike Fillipow had spent more than a quarter century at Long Beach Poly, and was coming off his 12th season as head coach of the boys’ cross country program. Fillipow was […]