Find out where your favorite Long Beach teams are playing this weekend. THURSDAY High School Softball, 3:15 p.m. The Moore League season started on Tuesday as defending champions Lakewood lost to visiting Wilson, and Millikan edged Long Beach Poly in extra innings. The only league game today is Compton at Cabrillo. Long Beach State Men’s […]
The Long Beach State and Long Beach City College schedules are full this week. THURSDAY Long Beach City College Baseball vs. Rio Hondo, 2 p.m. The Vikings are hosting the second of a three-game SCC series this afternoon. LBCC has won three consecutive games, and have outscored their opponents 103-27 this season. Long Beach State […]
It’s official: lacrosse has arrived. And no matter what happens in 2020, it’s guaranteed to be a historic season for the sport in Long Beach. That’s because this year, history is happening on every corner of the field. It’s the first year that the Moore League has officially added boys’ and girls’ lacrosse, as has […]
It’s the end of practice before Long Beach Poly girls’ basketball’s biggest week of the Moore League season, with games looming against Lakewood, Wilson, and Millikan. The Jackrabbits haven’t lost a league game in 12 years, and longtime head coach Carl Buggs is determined to keep it that way. He calls his team together, with […]
Find out where your favorite Long Beach teams are playing this weekend. THURSDAY High School Girls’ & Boys’ Basketball, 5 & 6:30 p.m. The Moore League boys’ basketball championship will be officially decided at Millikan tonight when defending champion Long Beach Poly comes in for the regular season finale. The Rams have clinched at least […]
Photo by Thomas Cordova A legend in the Long Beach soccer world and a coaching icon at Millikan High, longtime Rams boys’ soccer coach Rod Petkovic has confirmed he will retire at the conclusion of this season. It’s his 38th year coaching the Millikan boys’ soccer team and 40th year at the school as a […]
Long Beach Century Club president Sharleen Higa has announced the club’s 64th Hall of Fame class, which will be inducted at the club’s annual Sports Night banquet on Jan. 27. “We’ve got a really good mix of younger athletes and people who’ve been contributing for a long time,” said Higa. The Century Club’s Hall of […]
A Moore League title means something different in every sport. In baseball, whichever team wins the league title celebrates at Blair Field with gloves flying and a big dog pile. After Friday’s regular season finale between Long Beach Poly and Lakewood, the Jackrabbits celebrated with a smattering of light applause. Despite a rough non league […]
The legs of Gevani McCoy have carried Lakewood football back into Moore League contention this season, and the junior quarterback says his confidence is growing every day in the new Lancers offense. “Going into league we kind of unleashed him a little bit with some designed run plays,” Lakewood first-year coach Scott Meyer said. “For […]
This Major League Baseball season continues to produce some of the best and worst story lines for players with Long Beach ties. Marco Estrada, 36, is reportedly set to retire after nagging injures caused the Oakland A’s to release the 12-year veteran pitcher. The former Long Beach State Dirtbag signed a one-year $4 million dollar […]