Everything feels different about this Long Beach State Dirtbags season under first-year coach Eric Valenzuela, and that includes raised expectations. Despite winning their fourth consecutive weekend series at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field over Xavier, and moving as high as No. 12 in the national rankings, the Dirtbags (10-5) couldn’t complete the sweep of the […]
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PODCAST: Our Favorite Long Beach Basketball Championships
This week on the show we’re wrapping up Long Beach basketball season by talking about our favorite championship games we’ve covered. We’ll also catch up with some Wilson softball players after their upset win at Lakewood. 03:45 Question O’ The Week: Are the Dirtbags really this good? 12:00 Athletes O’ The Week 16:50 Quote O’ […]
College Notebook: LBSU, LBCC Winning At Home
Less than 24 hours after having their five-game winning streak snapped, the Long Beach State Dirtbags bounced back to beat No. 6 Mississippi State 6-2 on Sunday to take the series at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field. The Dirtbags (8-3) are off to their best start since 2008, and are now ranked as high as […]
PHOTOS: Long Beach City College Women’s Basketball Falls In Playoffs
Long Beach City College women’s basketball lost its playoff opener to visiting Allan Hancock College 70-66 on Wednesday. The Vikings (20-9) were led by sophomore guard Isabel Lizarraga’s 25 points. She also had seven rebounds, while freshman guard Donavion Huskey posted a double-double with 16 points, 10 rebounds and three assists. Photos By Joseph Kling
PODCAST: Is Long Beach Baseball Elite Again?
This week on the show we’re talking about how good Long Beach baseball could be this season, previewing the Wilson girls’ basketball CIF championship game and much more! 01:30 Question O’ The Week: Is Long Beach baseball elite again? 10:50 Athletes O’ The Week 14:50 Game O’ The Week: Wilson Girls’ Basketball CIF Championship 20:55 […]
College Notebook: LBSU, LBCC Baseball Winning Big Again
The Long Beach State Dirtbags are off to their best start since 2016 thanks to a sweep of No. 17 Wake Forest last weekend. The Dirtbags are now ranked No. 25 in multiple polls, and host San Diego tonight at 6 p.m. at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field. READ MORE about the Dirtbags. Long Beach […]
PODCAST: Our Favorite Long Beach Playoff Road Trips
This week on the show we’re talking CIF playoffs, defining cheating in sports, running down our favorite postseason road trips and much more. 01:45 Question O’ The Week: Who is still alive in the CIF playoffs? 06:00 Athletes O’ The Week 13:00 Game O’ The Week: St. Anthony Boys’ Basketball vs. St. John Bosco on […]
College Notebook: Long Beach State Dirtbags Hot Start
New Long Beach State Dirtbags head coach Eric Valenzuela is a renowned pitching coach, and it showed last weekend at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field where the Dirtbags took the season opening series from visiting Cal. LBSU (2-1) got a pair of phenomenal starts from pitchers Adam Seminaris and Alfredo Ruiz in the wins on […]
PODCAST: CIF Playoff Previews For Basketball, Soccer, Water Polo
This week on the show we’re previewing the CIF playoffs, picking our favorite Long Beach quotes about Long Beach, updating the local sports schedule and much more! 02:15 Question O’ The Week: When do the playoffs start? 08:45 Athletes O’ The Week 13:20 Games O’ The Week: CIF Playoffs for basketball, soccer, water polo […]
College Notebook: Long Beach State Men’s Volleyball Back To Winning Ways
No. 5 Long Beach State men’s volleyball got back to winning ways and picked up a pair of four-set victories at the Ohio State Tournament last weekend. The Beach (7-1) opened the road trip with a 24-26, 26-24, 25-19, 25-19 win over No. 9 Penn State, and then finished the week by taking down host […]