Congratulations to all of our winners and thanks as always to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. Hank Rivers, Wilson Swimming Wilson freshman Hank Rivers arrived on campus this year with a sizable reputation and has delivered on it already. Rivers was named the Boys’ Swimmer of the Meet at last weekend’s Klaus Barth Invitational […]
Last season was one of the busiest ever for Long Beach baseball players in the MLB, and this season already has a wide range of news and notes from the local boys in The Show. Troy Tulowitzki ended his first spring training with the New York Yankees on a high note earlier this week. The […]
Congratulations to this week’s Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Ava Trachta, Wilson Softball Wilson bounced back with a big win over Poly last week, with Ava Trachta racking up five RBIs thanks to a home run and a double against the Jackrabbits. Armando Bryson, Wilson […]
Find out where your favorite Long Beach team is playing this weekend. THURSDAY High School Baseball, 6:30 p.m. The only Moore League game at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field today is Poly hosting Cabrillo. Last year, pitcher Dylan Gambino helped the Jaguars upset the Jackrabbits 6-1. In other action today, Millikan is hosting Compton while […]
Congratulations to all of this week’s winners and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. Julian Aguiar, Millikan Baseball The Long Beach State commit was outstanding for Millikan last week in an 11-1 win over Lakewood. Aguiar was throwing low-90s throughout the game as he held the Lancers to one run and struck out […]
About a month before the 2019 high school track and field season started, someone pointed out to Long Beach Poly coach Crystal Irving that her boys and girls teams both projected to do quite well this year, better than they’ve done since a magical 2011 year that saw both programs win state championships. Irving smiled […]
Spring training is in full swing for the 15 Major League Baseball players with ties to Long Beach, but the biggest piece of recent news from the local boys came from the front office of the New York Yankees. Wilson High alum Aaron Hicks signed his all-important second contract with the Yankees earlier this month. […]
With last week’s news that Long Beach could be the site of a new Angel Stadium, it’s worth remembering that there’s a long history between the city and the team. Long Beach Angels? Since the Angels were founded in 1961, there’s been a unique history between the franchise and the city of Long Beach. In […]
For the first time ever, three Long Beach athletes received Pro Bowl honors this year, as Poly alums JuJu Smith-Schuster and Jurrell Casey were joined by Wilson alum Joel Bitonio. It was the first Pro Bowl appearances for Smith-Schuster and Bitonio, both of whom have a strong chance of becoming mainstays. Casey was unable to […]
Former Long Beach State Dirtbag Troy Tulowitzki has been working out at Blair Field recently while trying to garner attention from Major League Baseball clubs looking for a veteran shortstop with something left in the tank. It worked. This week, the New York Yankees inked Tulowitzki to a one-year contract after he was released by […]