The Wilson baseball coaching staff all agreed that Friday’s CIF-SS Division 3 quarterfinal game between the Bruins and Bellflower was one of the weirdest they’d ever seen—but one of the sweetest, too. The three-headed Bruins monster of Ryan Pettway, Nick Endres and Aiden Alaniz combined to no-hit the Buccaneers in a 4-2 victory that sends […]
Ryan Guerero has been chasing baseballs at Blair Field for almost his entire life. As a Littler Leaguer, he would run around the outskirts of the grandstand collecting the balls that went out of play. “I have a basket full of over 100 foul balls,” Guerero said. “I always had fun hanging out with friends […]
Long Beach Poly entered Friday afternoon’s CIF Southern Section Division 3 playoff game as the decided underdog, with a 15-16 overall record, a fourth place finish in the Moore League, and the dubious history of not having advanced to the second round of the postseason since 2006. Their opponent, Fullerton, was the Freeway League champion […]
Long Beach State softball scored first in the Tempe Regional opener against Ole Miss on Friday, but two big innings doomed the Beach in a 9-1 loss. The 49ers will play an elimination game on Saturday. LBSU took advantage of Ole Miss errors to score in the second inning. Julia Lombardi reached on an error […]
Congrats to this week’s winners! HIGH SCHOOL Jenna Sonnenberg, Millikan Diving Millikan sophomore Jenna Sonnenberg made history last week, claiming the CIF Southern Section Division 2 diving championship. Sonnenberg finished with a score of 514.30, easily besting second-place Katelynn Shaheen of Crescenta Valley, who finished with 490.90. COLLEGE Clayton Andrews, Dirtbags Baseball The Big West’s […]
The Millikan baseball team graciously accepted all of the gifts given to them on Friday at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field. Before the Rams took the field against Long Beach Poly they watched Wilson knock off Lakewood to put Millikan (18-10, 9-1) alone atop the Moore League standings. Then the Rams took advantage of Jackrabbit […]
When the dust settled after 12 hits and eight runs in the final two innings between rivals Wilson and Lakewood at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field on Friday, the Bruins emerged victorious, 7-5. It is their third win over the Lancers in their last eight Moore League meetings. High School Baseball: Long Beach Wilson vs. […]
Misty May-Treanor is making a mockery of the word “retirement.” Six years after the three-time Olympic gold medalist and NCAA champion announced the end of her playing career, the Long Beach resident is keeping more than busy with family, coaching at Long Beach City College, and starting a new volleyball club. On the family front, […]
The Long Beach State Dirtbags upset No. 17 UCLA 5-2 last week at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field, and then rode that momentum into a Big West Conference series victory at Cal State Northridge over the weekend. The win over UCLA is the fourth win over a ranked opponent for the Dirtbags, and the road […]
In the fifth set, in the final match of the regular season, the Long Beach State men’s volleyball team finally lost. The 49ers had won their first 24 matches of the season, the best start in program history and the longest win streak in program history. But the night after an epic five-set battle in […]