Liz Schuster
Long Beach Poly Video Volleyball Wilson

VIDEO: Long Beach Poly vs. Wilson Girls’ Volleyball

We’ve got a highlight from the Jackrabbits’ sweep of the Bruins in Moore League play. Next up is the Dave Mohs Tournament in Huntington Beach. If you enjoy these highlight videos and the rest of our local sports coverage, click SUBSCRIBE at the top of the page to sign up for a small recurring monthly […]

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Lakewood Video Volleyball

VIDEO: Lakewood Girls’ Volleyball Falls To No. 1 Mater Dei

Lakewood girls’ volleyball gave visiting Mater Dei a run for its money in the first set on Tuesday evening, but the top-ranked Monarchs survived 30-28, and went on to sweep the Lancers 25-18, 25-18. Senior captains Julia Crawford and Romoni Vivao led the Lakewood attack. Crawford had a game-high 14 kills, and Vivao finished with […]

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Volleyball Wilson

PREVIEW: Wilson Girls’ Volleyball

Wilson girls’ volleyball might have its most naturally talented squad since coach Carlos Briceno inherited Rebecca Strehlow in 2011, but he said his players need more time together in order to reach the peak of their potential. “We have a lot of talent and a lot of height, but we’re still young,” Briceno said. “We’re […]

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Long Beach Poly St. Anthony Volleyball

Girls’ Volleyball Roundup: Poly, St. Anthony Win

The Long Beach Poly girls’ volleyball team won another Tae Kim Lakewood/Molten Classic tournament game on Wednesday after St. Anthony opened its season with a historic league victory over Serra. Poly edged Los Alamitos in a five-set thriller at Paramount 19-25, 25-19, 24-26, 26-24, 15-11. The Jackrabbits were led by 23 kills from Allanah Cutler. […]

Hailey Harward
Long Beach State Volleyball

PREVIEW: Long Beach State Women’s Volleyball Looking Up

There’s nowhere for the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team to go but up. The 49ers are coming off a 10-19 season in Joy McKienzie-Fuerbringer’s first season as head coach, a rebuilding season that was also the worst winning percentage in the history of the program. The numbers don’t tell the story of a team […]

Gubbins
Volleyball Youth Sports

Long Beach Youth Volleyball Players Win Championships

A pair of local youth volleyball players have had quite the summer together. Gabriella “Babi” Gubbins and Kaia Herweg were on the same indoor club team that won a Junior Olympics title in June, and together they won a beach volleyball championship at the OCVolley in Huntington Beach last week. Gubbins, 12, goes to Rogers […]

Garrett Hampson
Long Beach State

Long Beach State Update: Hampson 50th Dirtbag In MLB

Garrett Hampson made history today by getting called up by the Colorado Rockies. He is the 50th Long Beach State Dirtbag to make a Major League Baseball roster. The Dirtbags now have 12 former players on MLB rosters, and have had more former players in the league than any other college or university since 2010. […]