Lucas Lehmar is about his family, the food they eat together and the sports he learned to play with them along the way here in Long Beach. All of that home cooking has prepared the senior to step up and quarterback the St. Anthony Saints this season. “I stuck with playing all of the sports […]
Wilson Offensive Line (front to back) Jaylen Ferrera, Justin Navarro, Terren Monette, Adrian Tejada, Jakob Belton I knew the Wilson offensive line was a true band of brothers when I asked to write a feature about one of them for the preview of the Big Game against Long Beach Poly. Instead of sending me one […]
The summer of 2003 was a turbulent time for Jordan football after head coach Willie Guillory was fired because of a passing league fight with Cabrillo. The Panthers then suffered through a forgettable season under an interim coach, but help was on the way. Scott Meyer took over the Jordan football program in 2004 and […]
Long Beach State’s hire of Eric Valenzuela as the new coach of the Dirtbags brought a lot of reactions across our phones. The university was as confident as could be that they’d gotten their guy. Recruits were clearly thrilled — kids have been committing to the program while those who’d been committed to Valenzuela’s old […]
This is the second installment of Next One Up, an occasional summer feature series taking a look at some of the biggest up-and-coming stars in the Long Beach sports world. This has been a dream summer for Millikan sophomore-to-be Caleb Brandon. The speedy outfielder was a starter for the Rams last year as a freshman, […]
With more mascot issues, coaching changes and championships being won at Long Beach State, the last 12 months have been exceptionally memorable. LISTEN to us run down this list with AD Andy Fee 1. Men’s Volleyball Goes Back-To-Back All-Americans TJ DeFalco, Josh Tuaniga, Kyle Ensing and Nick Amado completed their careers at LBSU by winning […]
Wilson High’s Class of 2019 gathered in the gym on Monday to celebrate its 19 student-athletes who are going on to play their sport at the next level. The group of Bruins from 10 different sports represented teams on campus, and extracurricular endeavors. “We have students in a variety of sports who didn’t know where […]
It feels like a Hollywood screenwriter has taken over Long Beach State baseball for the last two days. The struggling Dirtbags (6-26, 1-3) found out head coach Troy Buckley was fired on Thursday afternoon, and then hosted Cal State Northridge in their Big West Conference home opener at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field on Friday […]
The No. 2 Long Beach State men’s volleyball team extended their home winning streak to 39 and improved to 8-0 in the Big West Conference by sweeping UC San Diego twice last weekend. The Beach (23-1) rolled to an easy 25-14, 25-22, 25-17 win at Walter Pyramid on Friday, and then went to San Diego […]
Long Beach State women’s water polo won its ninth consecutive game last week at Ken Lindgren Aquatics Center by beating Brown 14-5. SEE PHOTO GALLERY “We definitely have the idea that we’re going to improve greatly throughout the year because I don’t get to spend as much time with them in the fall,” coach Gavin […]