The Long Beach Century Club hosted their 67th Annual Sports Night Banquet this week recognizing Long Beach’s top athletes along with outstanding community members. While the banquet stayed similar to years past, there was a change of venue this year. With the Grand undergoing renovations, the event was hosted at the Long Beach Petroleum Club. […]
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PHOTOS: Long Beach Century Club Middle School Awards Banquet
Once again the Long Beach Century Club honored Long Beach Unified School District middle school championship teams on Monday at Walter Pyramid on the campus of Long Beach State. The 36th annual All-City Middle School Sports banquet presented plaques for each All-City winner while Keller Middle School took home the overall program award.
Mike Fillipow Completes Successful Two-Year Tenure as Long Beach Century Club President
Unprecedented times sometimes call for unprecedented measures, and outgoing Long Beach Century Club President Mike Fillipow certainly had a unique tenure at the helm. Fillipow was not only tasked with bringing the club back to normal business following the COVID-19 pandemic, he was also asked to serve for two years as president, rather than the […]
Long Beach’s Best Celebrated at 66th Annual Century Club Sports Banquet
The Long Beach Century Club hosted its 66th Annual Sports Night Banquet on Monday night at The Grand, recognizing top athletes from around the city as well as outstanding community members. The banquet also honored Co-Athletes of the Year along with three distinguished Hall of Fame inductees. President Mike Fillipow kicked off the banquet by […]
Long Beach Century Club Hosts 35th Annual Middle School Banquet
Photos by Stephen Dachman The Long Beach Century Club hosted its 35th annual All-City Middle School Sports banquet at Long Beach State’s Walter Pyramid last week, honoring the 22 All-City champion middle school championship teams from the Long Beach Unified School District. The club also presented awards for best overall sports program as well as […]
Long Beach Century Club Announces 2023 Hall Of Fame Class
The Long Beach Century Club is set to host its 66th Annual Sports Banquet on June 19 at The Grand in Long Beach, with a distinguished list of honorees for this year’s event. Each year, the club recognizes the city’s top high school athletes in each sport, while also honoring a host of special award […]
The562.org’s Athletes of the Week
The562’s Athletes of the Week is sponsored by the Long Beach Century Club. Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to the Long Beach Century Club and Naples Rib Company for their support. HIGH SCHOOL Nyemah King, Lakewood Basketball Sophomore Nyemah King had a game-high 23 points against Millikan to lead the Lancers […]
Obituary: Keith Hansen, Longtime Administrator and Encourager, Passes at 73
Keith Hansen: 12/26/1948 – 12/2/2022 Every community is like a tapestry, with many individual threads woven together into a whole. The Long Beach community lost a vital piece of its tapestry last weekend with the unexpected and sudden passing of Keith Hansen, a longtime school administrator, volunteer, and encourager. Hansen was 73 years old, and […]