The TB SoCal Quakes youth baseball team won the XDS Octoberfest Tournament at Vista Hermosa Sports Park in San Clemente earlier this month. This group of Long Beach kids played together in the Whaley PONY league and beat top teams from Huntington Beach, Irvine, Simi Valley and Seaside. TB SoCal committed six errors in its […]
Long Beach State Dirtbags coach Eric Valenzuela thinks that the 56-game schedule that he and his staff has put together for the upcoming season is, “one of the best, if not the best, non-conference schedules in the country.” The Dirtbags open the season on February 18 with a three-game set against defending national champions Mississippi […]
A few Major League Baseball players with ties to Long Beach will be participating in the postseason this week after a season full of drama for local boys in The Show. Lakewood High alum Travis d’Arnaud also made the most of his 60 starts with the Atlanta Braves after missing a few months due to […]
The Los Altos 12U All-Stars went to Hanford last week and came home Cal Ripken 12/60 All-Star champions after winning the regional tournament. The All-Stars are now trying to raise the money to travel to Florida for the Babe Ruth World Series Aug. 7-14. “I’ve always thought we had a good team, I just wasn’t […]
Trips to the injured list have been the hallmark of this Major League Baseball season for players from Long Beach. Decorated veterans including Long Beach State Dirtbags product Evan Longoria have spent time on the 60-day IL while some up-and-comers have struggled to stay on the field. Lakewood High alum Travis d’Arnaud hasn’t played catcher […]
Eric Valenzuela has quickly left his mark in two short seasons as Long Beach State Dirtbags head coach and he’s been rewarded for getting the famous program back on track. Last week, LBSU announced that Valenzuela received a contract extension that runs through the 2026 season. “That trust that President Conoley, Andy Fee and the […]
American Legion baseball is back for the first time since 2019 and the Wilson Bruins advanced to the State tournament this week in Fresno. The event is usually in Napa, but Wilson coach Andy Hall said that’s the only difference. “It’s been a good trip,” Hall said. “It’s nice to be up here with the […]
For the first time this millennium, Wilson High water polo legend Tony Azevedo (pictured above) is not competing at the Olympic Games, but the Bruins’ Olympic tradition lives on in Tokyo. — Wilson High School’s connection to the Olympic Games began back in 1952. That’s when legendary diver Pat McCormick–along with 800m runner John Barnes–became […]
One of the most memorable games of this past season wasn’t played with a CIF championship plaque on the line, or even in the playoffs. The second regular-season meeting between the Poly and Millikan baseball teams was such an exciting, well-played, back-and-forth game, it needed a highlight video almost 10 minutes long to capture the […]
Hopefully there will never need to be another sports schedule like the one we saw this past spring. Sports seasons overlapped in new and difficult ways, making it even more challenging for multi-sport athletes to pursue their various passions. There were a number of athletes who navigated those choppy waters, but two of them stood […]