Welcome back to the562.org’s Athletes of the Week, released every Monday. HIGH SCHOOL Ariyonna Augustine, Long Beach Poly Track California’s reigning sprint queen put on a show last weekend at the Arcadia Invitational. The LSU signee won the 100 and 200 state championship last year and already owned this year’s top time in the 200 […]
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It was an historic night in the Pyramid as the top-ranked Long Beach State men’s volleyball team swept UC San Diego to claim the first-ever Big West conference championship. The win improved the 49ers to 23-0, setting a new program record for consecutive wins and giving head coach Alan Knipe his 301st win, just one […]
The undefeated season for the No. 1-ranked LBCC men’s volleyball team continued on Friday evening, as the Vikings improved to 17-0 with a quick sweep of winless LA Trade Tech, 32-30, 25-15, 25-12. Head coach Jonathan Charette let most of his starters rest in the game, with the state playoffs looming in a week and […]
The words “marquee swimming rivalry” don’t get typed very often—except in Long Beach, where the Moore League provides fascinating storylines and big-time headlines. Two dates to circle: on April 20 Wilson will host Poly in a dual meet and on May 3rd and 4th at Cabrillo the city’s best will compete at the league finals. […]
We’ve got some great photos from the historic invitational taken by photographer Tracey Roman.
Welcome back to another edition of the562.org’s Athletes of the Week. HIGH SCHOOL Nolan Brown, Long Beach Poly Baseball Long Beach Poly didn’t beat any of the three other Moore League playoff baseball teams last season, and wanted to change that this year. Their power-packed lineup pulled off an 11-10 extra-innings win over Lakewood last […]
History has its eyes on the Long Beach State men’s volleyball team, and the 49ers are staring right back, unblinking. Last weekend they overcame a big hurdle with a pair of wins over No. 4 UC Irvine, bringing the No. 1 Long Beach squad to a program-record 21-0. By contrast, every other team in the […]
The Long Beach State softball team’s pair of gems from Cielo Meza lifted them to a sweep of Hawaii. Meza set a school record with 17 strikeouts in game one against the Rainbow Wahine and then followed it up the next day with a no-hitter. The No. 18-ranked 49ers won game three to move to […]
Twelve years ago Long Beach Poly alum Chase Utley met a young cancer patient named Devin Smeltzer. Utley was a star with the Phillies at the time and Smeltzer was a 10 year-old who’d been undergoing treatment for bladder and prostate cancer for a year. “Baseball let me be a kid, that’s where my love […]