Here is a run down of the major Long Beach sports events happening this weekend. THURSDAY Long Beach State Men’s Volleyball vs. Ohio State, 5 p.m. The top-seeded 49ers are hoping to be at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion for two games this weekend as part of the NCAA Championship. LBSU won the first ever Big West […]
Some of the most exciting Moore League action this year didn’t happen on a football field or a baseball diamond, but on the hardcourt for the league’s badminton schedule. After Long Beach Poly won the last five co-ed league championships, Cabrillo and Lakewood unseated the Jackrabbits this year to claim an historic co-championship. For Cabrillo, […]
Welcome back to this week’s The562.org Athletes of the Week. HIGH SCHOOL Eddie Gaxiola, Lakewood Baseball Sophomore Eddie Gaxiola had a day to remember for Lakewood last week in a must-win Moore League contest against Poly. Gaxiola went 4-for-4 and hit a walkoff shot into the outfield to drive in the game-winning run in a […]
Check out where the local teams will be playing this weekend. THURSDAY High School Softball Wilson is now two games ahead of the chase pack and first in the Moore League after Millikan knocked off Lakewood last week. The Bruins are taking on Poly at Joe Rodgers Stadium today at 5 p.m. When these rivals […]
Cabrillo boys’ athletic director Rick Lamprecht was hustling from place to place on Thursday morning, trying to help set up the school’s lunchtime rally to introduce the new Jaguars boys and girls basketball coaches. Clutched in his right hand was a book with a telling title: The Growth Mindset. It’s a mindset that everyone has […]
THURSDAY High School Softball The second round of Moore League play gets underway tonight when Lakewood and Millikan face off at 7 p.m. at Lisa Fernandez Field. These two rivals both lost to Wilson last week, and the winner will take a stranglehold on second place. In their first meeting last month, the Lancers took […]
This week’s edition of our weekly awards. HIGH SCHOOL Joey Vega, Wilson Softball Wilson softball broke Lakewood’s 65-game Moore League win streak last week, thanks in large part to a great performance from senior Joey Vega, who scattered eight hits and a walk with eight strikeouts in a complete game performance. She stranded four runners […]
A trio of Moore League baseball alums have hit very meaningful Major League Baseball home runs in the last week. JP Crawford hit his first career home run into the second deck of Citizens Bank Park on Wednesday. The Philadelphia Phillies shortstop started the season with a 1-for-25 hitting slump, but has been working hard. […]
When the Lakewood Lancers boys’ volleyball team started the season, coach Devon Taylor said the team didn’t write down specific benchmarks to measure the year by. “We didn’t set any tangible goals, we didn’t talk about winning Moore League or winning CIF,” he said. “We just wanted to create an environment where everyone could get […]
Most of the local teams are taking spring break, but here is what’s going on around the city in the next few days. FRIDAY Long Beach State Dirtbags vs. UC Irvine, 6 p.m. The Big West Conference schedule starts Friday at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field with a Black & Blue rivalry game. The Dirtbags […]