Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Deon Johnson, Compton Football Compton’s Deon Johnson had a special night in a win over Lakewood Friday, with a rushing touchdown, an interception, and two fumble recoveries, including one for a score. Tyson Bordeaux, Long Beach Poly […]
Long Beach State athletic director Andy Fee took the rare step Monday afternoon of firing women’s volleyball coach Joy McKienzie-Fuerbringer and top assistant coach Matt Fuerbringer, five weeks before the end of the season. The move is effective immediately, and Fee said Monday it was made because of performance issues–the first time he’s made a […]
The Long Beach State women’s soccer recipe for success has been made clear this month and it’s a simple combination: play stellar defense and let Lena Silano score. Last week, LBSU didn’t give up a goal while cooking up a pair of victories at UC Davis and CSU Bakersfield thanks to an overtime goal from […]
Long Beach State Dirtbags coach Eric Valenzuela thinks that the 56-game schedule that he and his staff has put together for the upcoming season is, “one of the best, if not the best, non-conference schedules in the country.” The Dirtbags open the season on February 18 with a three-game set against defending national champions Mississippi […]
Long Beach State men’s water polo picked up a pair of quality wins over No. 11 UC San Diego and No. 4 Santa Barbara last week while moving up to No. 7 in the national polls. Rafael Real Vergara scored the game-winning goal with one second left in regulation to give the Beach a 9-8 […]
Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks as always to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Laura Williams, Lakewood Volleyball Lakewood senior and Oregon State commit Laura Williams helped lead the Lancers to their first Moore League title since 2017 in a sweep of Wilson last week. Williams put up nine […]
This Long Beach State women’s soccer season has been defined by dramatic one-goal games. Seven of their 13 contests have been decided by one goal, and they’ve won four of them, but they were on the wrong side of a 1-0 overtime loss to UC Irvine on Thursday night at George Allen Field. Kiera Smeenge […]
The Long Beach State women’s soccer team scored another last-second goal to steal all of the points in a Big West Conference matchup last Sunday at Cal State Fullerton. With the score tied 1-1 in the 89th minute, a beautiful set piece play from Daria Petredes, Kaylee Ramirez, and Lena Silano gave LBSU (6-4-2, 3-0-1) […]
Congratulations to all of our Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their support. HIGH SCHOOL Jason Parra, Millikan Cross Country Millikan sophomore Jason Parra made history at last week’s Moore League cross country opener, as he won the boys’ varsity race at El Dorado. Parra’s time of 14:41 was a […]