This is the last Athletes of the Week for the 2017-18 season–congrats to all the winners and we’ll see you in the Fall! Rachel Glenn, Wilson Track Wilson sophomore Rachel Glenn cleared 5-10 in the high jump at last weekend’s CIF State Track & Field championships, and won the state championship in the event. The […]
Ten Long Beach athletes will compete at this weekend’s NCAA Track & Field championships in Eugene, Oregon, an event already guaranteed to be historic as it’s the last to be held at Historic Hayward Field before it’s rebuilt. Headlining the group of locals is Long Beach Poly alum Ariana Washington, one of the NCAA’s most […]
Jenna Ogi, a California Academy of Mathematics and Science (CAMS) student, was named the CIF State’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year last weekend. The CAMS campus is located in Carson at the Cal State Dominguez Hills campus but it’s an LBUSD high school. Ogi, a National Merit Scholar who carries a 4.0 unweighted GPA, participates in […]
After two weeks in the FIVB Volleyball Nations League (formerly the World League), the United States Men’s National Team is in a three-way tie for first place with a record of 5-1. The USA team has featured a trio of local players in Wilson and Long Beach State alum Dustin Watten, as well as current […]
Long Beach seventh grader Medina Miranda made the Finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee last weekend, ultimately being eliminated for misspelling “orans” to finish in a tie for 21st. Miranda will receive $2,000 for reaching the Finals—she reached that round as one of 41 finalists after advancing from a field of more than 500 […]
It was more than an hour after Wilson sophomore Rachel Glenn had proven herself California’s best high school high jumper, and the effusive Glenn was still on the field. First there were photos, then a trip to the top of the podium to be crowned the co-champion alongside Riverside Poly’s Abbie Burke. Then a wave […]
Fifteen Long Beach athletes will compete in nine events at the 100thannual CIF State Track & Field Finals in Clovis. Long Beach Poly’s girls’ team is one of the three teams expected to compete for the state championship and they’ll race the other favorites, Serra and Calabasas, head to head in the 4×100 and the […]
It was a magical and memorable postseason for the Wilson baseball team, but the run ended in the semifinals after a close loss to La Salle on Tuesday afternoon, 3-2. “We were wearing the glass slipper for a while and then it broke,” said Wilson coach Andy Hall. Playing in their first semifinal since 2011, […]
After his surprise release from the Jacksonville Jaguars last month, Long Beach sports fans have been eager to find out where Long Beach Poly alum Marcedes Lewis would land. As it turns out, he’ll play the 2018 season in a familiar green and gold color scheme, as he announced last week he’s signing with the […]
The Long Beach City College football team held its spring game last week, giving local football fans a glimpse of the promising season ahead. The Vikings were a young team last year that finished 8-3, including a blowout win in the Patriotic Bowl Game to end the season. The team divides its roster into evenly-matched […]