Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Julia Sutedjo, Long Beach Poly Tennis Long Beach Poly singles star Julia Sutedjo helped to power the Jackrabbits to their historic CIF-SS title. Sutedjo went 3-0 in the championship, the only Poly player to do so in […]
Wednesday night in Idaho was a special one for Long Beach State men’s basketball coach Dan Monson. The Idaho alum watched the Vandals honor father Don Monson, a former Vandals head coach, as part of the pregame festivities and then he watched his team open the season with a 95-89 overtime win. LBSU (1-0) trailed […]
The best game Long Beach State men’s basketball played last season was the Big West Conference Tournament opener against Cal State Northridge. The Beach beat CSUN 85-63 and coach Dan Monson credits a better mental approach for the impressive performance. Because they were staying at the same Las Vegas hotel during the conference tournaments, Monson […]
The Long Beach State women’s basketball team started 12-1 last season and looked headed for a special year. Then a series of injuries derailed their progress, and the team ended up losing eight games in a row, ultimately falling in their first game in the Big West Tournament to Cal Poly. This year’s Beach team […]
Congratulations to all of our Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Camille Lindsay, Long Beach Poly Cross Country Long Beach Poly junior Camille Lindsay wasn’t 100% at last week’s Moore League cross country finals, but her finish was 100% gold. Lindsay finished first in 18:02 to […]
A few last-minute goals helped Long Beach State women’s soccer stay in the hunt for the Big West Conference championship, but a last-minute goal proved to be their undoing on the last day of the regular season. The Beach (9-7-2, 6-3-1) scored first on Sunday at George Allen Field only to see UC Santa Barbara […]
Thursday night at George Allen Field was an all too familiar feeling for Long Beach State women’s soccer as they outplayed their visitors but left without anything to show for the effort. Cal Poly scored in the ninth minute and then held off a relentless LBSU attack in a 1-0 victory that left the Mustangs […]
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The sweet is never quite as sweet without the sour. Lena Silano knows that lesson well after transforming herself from a frustrated underclassman on the bench to a historic goal scorer for Long Beach State women’s soccer. “People forget that you’re in control of your own destiny,” Silano said. “I took control. I’m grateful for […]