There are plenty of college teams in California that will struggle this season due to missing typical offseason events, but Long Beach State women’s soccer is prepared to revamp its winning culture and regain what it lost due to COVID-19. “It’s almost like starting from scratch and we are looking at it like that,” LBSU’s […]
The more things have changed the more they stay the same for Wilson as head coach Scott Meyer takes over this year. The Meyer family has a long, storied history at Wilson and Meyer said he’s honored to be coaching at his alma mater again. “I’ve been able to coach at some great places and […]
Bases loaded. Two outs. A one-run game with the championship on the line. It’s the situation every kid dreams of when practicing alone in the backyard, and it’s the predicament Long Beach State pitcher Kellie White found herself in on Saturday at the LBSU Softball Complex. The Beach needed one out to complete the sweep […]
The third time was certainly the charm for Millikan girls’ soccer on Wednesday. The Rams had their last two seasons ended by JSerra in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoffs, but repaid the favor in dominant fashion by beating the Lions 6-0 in the first round at DeHaven Stadium. “There’s a group that’s been […]
On a cloudless Thursday afternoon in Huntington Beach, Ricky Tiedemann found himself somewhere he never thought he’d be. The 6-foot-4 left-hander has thrown from hundreds of pitching mounds in his baseball career, but just a year prior it would’ve been difficult to imagine him standing on this one. Tiedemann was warming up for his first […]
There haven’t been many games this season where the Long Beach State Dirtbags have put it all together, but they certainly did on Saturday in the second game of the doubleheader against No. 25 UC Santa Barbara at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field. LBSU (12-10, 10-9) got contributions from nearly everyone in a 5-4 win […]
A unique season for the Long Beach State men’s volleyball team came to an end in the semifinals of the Big West Tournament in Hawaii on Friday night. The third-seeded Beach won the first set against No. 2 UCSB handily, but couldn’t maintain their momentum in a four-set defeat, 16-25, 25-17, 25-18, 25-15. “It really […]
The youngest sport in the Moore League has downsized for the 2021 season, but local schools have successfully put together enough teams to keep Moore League lacrosse on the field for a shortened season this spring. With Lakewood High tentatively planning to add lacrosse starting next school year, the sport should continue to grow in […]
After months of waiting for good news, Long Beach’s high school basketball, volleyball, wrestling and badminton coaches got the call they were waiting for on Thursday afternoon. The city’s health department has officially greenlit the return of youth indoor sports, provided that teams and athletes are testing as required by the California Department of Public […]
Senior Maceo Glenn racked up a half-dozen goals to lead Millikan to a 10-5 win over Long Beach Poly on a frigid Monday night at Cabrillo High. Glenn scored a hat trick in the first quarter and added a pair of nifty back-handed goals in the fourth quarter to single-handedly outscore the Jackrabbits. Glenn said […]