Tragedy struck the Long Beach sports community on Friday, as a Cabrillo soccer player passed away following an on-field medical emergency during a frosh-soph game at home against Long Beach Poly. An email sent to Cabrillo families and staff this evening confirmed the horrible news, and the school’s sporting events for the rest of the […]
The Long Beach Century Club hosted a public memorial for one of its Hall of Famers on Monday evening, recognizing the extraordinary life and athletic career of Jim Knaub. The memorial, hosted in the new public meeting space at the Sports Basement in East Long Beach, was well-attended by sports fans as well as friends […]
The Compton community was dealt a heartbreaking blow after news that Compton High grad Aava Lilomaiava was shot and killed on Wednesday night. Lilomaiva was leader on and off the field for the Tarbabes football team that reached the CIF-SS Division 12 championship game in 2022. “He was dedicated, and a competitor,” Compton coach Calvin […]
Janisa Johnson: 9/22/1991 – 5/25/2024 Wilson and Long Beach State volleyball player Janisa Johnson passed away in late May of cancer at the age of 32. The Long Beach volleyball community was joined in its mourning by the wider volleyball world this week as Johnson’s family announced her passing on her Instagram page. “In loving […]
The Long Beach baseball world and the Long Beach Little League community are in shock and mourning after the sudden passing of local legend Sean Burroughs last night at Stearns Champions Park. Burroughs was a Little League World Series champ, Olympic gold medalist, Wilson Bruin, and MLB player, who passed away at the age of […]
Long Beach Poly and Millikan’s school communities are both mourning the unexpected passing of longtime high school counselor Ryan Temple, who passed in November at the age of 46. An LBUSD counselor for more than 20 years, Temple was known as a bright presence at both schools–after a long stint at Poly, he had recently […]
The Long Beach football community lost a pair of legends last month with the passing of Long Beach Poly alum Dave Levy and St. Anthony alum BI Mais. Both lived long, full lives that were enriched by decades-long association with the sports they loved, and both will leave a hole in the local sports community […]
The Long Beach volleyball world was shocked and is mourning the recent sudden passing of longtime coach Keli Pula. Pula passed away last Friday due to complications from a heart attack. A longtime assistant coach at Poly, Pula was the current girls’ volleyball head coach at St. Anthony, and was well-known and loved by those […]
Everybody was there. I was there with my family–meaning my wife and kids but also JJ and Tyler–and it seemed like just about the rest of the Long Beach sports world was there too, packed into the Wilson High auditorium on a chilly Saturday morning. We weren’t there for a recital or an assembly or […]
The Lakewood football team and the Lancers community are mourning the loss of 17 year-old Khalil Saleem, who was killed Saturday while playing basketball with friends at Silverado Park. Saleem and two men were shot Saturday afternoon during a gunfight between a gunman in a car and another at the courts, according to the Long […]