Tuesday is a big day for Long Beach on the playoff diamond, as four local teams will host second-round baseball or softball postseason games, all of which are scheduled to start at 3 p.m. Here’s the full list: Baseball Division 3: Long Beach Poly vs. Great Oak Division 6: St. Anthony vs. Rowland Softball Division […]
Long Beach City College baseball upset No. 5 Ventura College in the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) Southern California Regionals last weekend. The Vikings advance to the CCCAA Super Regionals against No. 1 Orange Coast College this weekend. Ace pitcher Garrett Rennie (8-2) helped LBCC win the first game of the seres at Ventura […]
On paper, it looked like a competitive first-round playoff baseball game. St. Anthony went on the road for its first-round Division 6 game against Desert Christian with just a 3-9 league record and a 13-12 overall record. Their host was 11-8 on the season. As it turned out, the game was not competitive, to say […]
The Moore League champion Long Beach Poly baseball team won a thrilling first round CIF-SS Division 3 playoff game against Palos Verdes, 5-4. Edgar Rosales had a two-RBI double in the first inning as Poly built a 3-0 lead, but the Jackrabbits found themselves trailing 4-3 heading to the bottom of the sixth inning. Poly […]
We’ve got some great photos of Poly’s one-run first-round playoff win over PV thanks to photographer Art O’Neill.
Millikan and Wilson both lost CIF Southern Section Division 2 wild card games on Tuesday afternoon. Millikan (17-12) could only muster one hit in a 3-0 loss at Temecula Valley, and Wilson (17-12-2) gave up five runs in the first two innings of an 8-2 loss at Redondo Union. Juniors Ryan Pettway and Roberto Haycox […]
Five Long Beach high school baseball teams are starting the CIF Southern Section playoffs this week, and two of them are already preparing for wild card games on Tuesday. Long Beach Poly (19-8-1, 10-2) won its first Moore League title since 2012, and just their second since 1986. The Jackrabbits finished the regular season unranked […]
We’ve got a special college Athletes of the Week–congrats to all the winners and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship! Joseph Rocha, LBCC Volleyball LBCC won a state championship last weekend and it was thanks in part to freshman setter Joseph Rocha, who was lights out down the stretch. Rocha set LBCC to […]
Great action shots by Joseph Kling from the Long Beach Poly win over Santa Ana on Friday at Angel Stadium.
Great action shots by Joseph Kling from the Millikan loss to Trabuco Hills on Friday at Angel Stadium.