The Long Beach State Dirtbags have been both Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde this season. They’ve played one of the toughest nonconference schedules in the nation while dealing with a rash of injuries, and the results have been mixed. The Dirtbags (11-18) have quality wins over No. 3 Ole Miss and No. 15 Vanderbilt, but […]
Catch up on the latest Long Beach City College athletics news and notes after a busy weekend. Men’s Volleyball LBCC team survived a scare last week to remain undefeated and No. 1 in California. The Vikings (16-0, 3-0) traveled to El Camino on Friday and easily won the first two sets 25-21, 25-21. El Camino […]
The Long Beach Waves 10-Under youth baseball team won the Xtreme Diamond Easter Bash Tournament Championship in San Clemente at Richard Steed Memorial Park last weekend. Picture courtesy LB Waves: Bottom row (L/R) – Nico Villafana, Benny Howard, Tate Hammond, Cade Miller, Benny Lane; Middle row (L/R) – Logan Hunt, Wade Latham, Will Adams, Cole […]
FROM LBSU REPORTS Thursday’s series opener at Fresno State (11-15) will go down as Long Beach State’s (11-15) best offensive performance of this millennium. The Dirtbags racked up 24 runs on 25 hits in a 24-10 thrashing of the host Bulldogs at Bob Bennett Stadium. Redshirt sophomore and Long Beach native Jacob Hughey led the […]
Cabrillo baseball coach Pedro Torres said before the season that his team wanted to hang its hat on defense and competitive fire. His Jaguars must have been listening, because Cabrillo gave Long Beach Poly everything they could handle on Thursday afternoon at Blair Field. The two teams were tied headed to the seventh inning before […]
Long Beach will once again be well-represented in Major League Baseball this season, and there are more than 15 players with ties to the city who will try to keep a few streaks alive. Opening Day is Thursday when all 30 teams will be in action. The most impressive local streak is that Long Beach […]
Long Beach Poly and Lakewood crammed an entire Moore League season’s worth of offense into a Tuesday afternoon extra-innings thriller at the Gwynn Family Field on Poly’s campus. The Jackrabbits ended up winning a wild dash home by Nolan Brown, who scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning to seal […]
The Long Beach State Dirtbags couldn’t take advantage of late opportunities in a 5-2 loss to No. 23 San Diego State (17-7) on Tuesday at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field. The Dirtbags (10-15) stranded nine runners on base after they left two on in the seventh and had the bases loaded in the eighth. Reigning […]