Sometimes college teams struggle incorporating freshmen talent into a team with veteran experience, but that’s not been the case for the 2018 version of Long Beach State women’s soccer. “All of the freshmen have a chance to start,” All-Big West midfielder Katie Pingel said. “We have so much more confidence and better leadership this year.” […]
Author: JJ Fiddler
Toyota Withdraws From Grand Prix Of Long Beach
A gallon of regular gas cost less than a dollar the last time Toyota wasn’t supporting the Grand Prix of Long Beach. In 2019, it will happen again for the first time in 45 years. On Thursday, Toyota Motor North America decided to not renew its title sponsorship agreement with the Grand Prix of Long […]
Long Beach Youth Volleyball Players Win Championships
A pair of local youth volleyball players have had quite the summer together. Gabriella “Babi” Gubbins and Kaia Herweg were on the same indoor club team that won a Junior Olympics title in June, and together they won a beach volleyball championship at the OCVolley in Huntington Beach last week. Gubbins, 12, goes to Rogers […]
Long Beach PONY 14U All-Stars Advance To World Series Championship Game
A pair of wins in shortened games on Tuesday has put the Long Beach PONY 14U All-Stars back into the PONY World Series championship game for the fourth time in the last 12 years. They play Chinese Taipei on Wednesday (4:30 p.m. PST) in Washington, Pennsylvania. The championship will be streamed live at mlb.com and […]
PODCAST: The Andy Fee Show With Mauricio Ingrassia
JJ Fiddler and Mike Guardabascio sit down with Long Beach State athletics director Andy Fee every other Monday for The LB Fee Show to talk about everything LBSU athletics and interview a special guest. This week the guest is women’s soccer coach Mauricio Ingrassia talking about the upcoming season. Episode 15 – We’re Back! Let […]
Long Beach State’s Hall Of Fame Youth Movement
Age and time weren’t deciding factors for the 2018 Long Beach State Hall of Fame class that the university announced last week. Former student-athletes like Casper Ware and Nadia Link are both inductees who played at LBSU within the last decade. “That was an unbelievable era,” LBSU athletics director Andy Fee said of the NCAA […]
LB In MLB: McNeil Making Name With New York Mets
Just days after Garrett Hampson became the 50th Long Beach State Dirtbag to reach Major League Baseball, Jeff McNeil made it three LBSU product call-ups last month when he joined the New York Mets. Dirtbags product Drew Gagnon joined the Mets on July 10. McNeil is the 12th Dirtbag to play in the MLB this […]
VIDEO: Millikan Rams Football Preview
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VIDEO: Wilson Bruins Football Preview
Long Beach Wilson Football Season Preview 2018 Read more about the Wilson Bruins: http://www.the562.org/2018/08/10/wilson-bruins-football-season-preview/
VIDEO: Jordan Panthers Football Preview
Long Beach Jordan Football Season Preview 2018 Read more about the Jordan Panthers: http://www.the562.org/2018/08/10/jordan-panthers-football-season-preview/