From a distance it would have looked like any other group of friends on the beach, working out together, tossing a football around while relaxing afterwards. Except that when closer proximity lifted the veil of fog that blanketed the Long Beach peninsula that particular Saturday morning, it was obvious that this group of friends was […]
Lakewood High alum Jessica Scroggins has been on ESPN more than any other local softball product with recent appearances on the top 10 plays countdown. On Monday, the Baylor senior outfielder made more news by being selected by the Chicago Bandits in the third round with the 15th overall of the 2018 National Pro Fast […]
It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish. Last month, Millikan softball suffered critical miscues down the stretch in its 12th consecutive Moore League loss to defending champion Lakewood. Last night, the Rams mashed eight hits and scored six runs in the final two innings of their 8-5 win over the Lancers at Lisa […]
So far this season Lakewood has seemed like an unstoppable juggernaut, rolling through the Moore League competition pretty efficiently. That earned the Lancers a first-place standing and the top ranking in the CIF Southern Section for Division 2. The first time Lakewood faced defending league champion Wilson, the Lancers swept the Bruins by a combined […]
Tyler Jackson was in the middle of an interview early last Saturday morning, standing off to the side of the Long Beach State sand courts where she became the school’s all-time beach wins leader a few short years ago. Jackson, now an assistant coach at LBCC, was beckoned by her boss, Vikings head coach Misty […]
Wednesday’s Long Beach Unified School District Board of Education meeting saw the board unanimously approve an $11 million Site Security Plan to fence the 28 LBUSD sites that currently have open plans. The Site Security Plan will also add a video-monitoring system to every LBUSD site that would require the office to buzz in any […]
This is supposed to be a new day in the Moore League, with more hits and runs than the usual season of high-quality ball played at Blair Field. Someone forgot to tell the Lakewood Lancers, who clawed their way into a first-place tie with their second consecutive low-scoring thriller at Blair, edging Millikan 2-1. The […]
We’ve got some great shots from the Lakewood win by photographer Stephen Dachman.
This week’s edition of our weekly awards. HIGH SCHOOL Joey Vega, Wilson Softball Wilson softball broke Lakewood’s 65-game Moore League win streak last week, thanks in large part to a great performance from senior Joey Vega, who scattered eight hits and a walk with eight strikeouts in a complete game performance. She stranded four runners […]
A trio of Moore League baseball alums have hit very meaningful Major League Baseball home runs in the last week. JP Crawford hit his first career home run into the second deck of Citizens Bank Park on Wednesday. The Philadelphia Phillies shortstop started the season with a 1-for-25 hitting slump, but has been working hard. […]