Congratulations to all of our Athletes of the Week, presented by Naples Rib Company. HIGH SCHOOL Devin Samples, Long Beach Poly Football Long Beach Poly sophomore Devin Samples isn’t the biggest guy on the field, but he had the biggest performance of the first week of the season. He led Poly to a 27-21 overtime […]
Check out our photo gallery from today’s softball doubleheader between Long Beach State and LMU, taken by Jesse Carrasco. The Beach earned a pair of run-rule victories over the Lions–winning 9-1 in game one and 8-0 in the game two–to improve to 4-2 on the season. Sophomore shortstop Cam Cecil led the way for the […]
Long Beach State softball was back on campus a year to the day after playing their last game at the LBSU Softball Complex, and the Beach made the most of it by sweeping San Diego in dramatic fashion. In game one, transfer pitcher Shannon Haddad went the distance while scattering five hits in a 4-2 […]
It was a forgettable weekend on the hardwood for Long Beach State’s basketball teams, as the Beach went a combined 0-4 against Hawai’i. Every loss was a one-possession game, but LBSU ended up on the wrong end of the scoreline, losing by a combined 10 points in the four contests. Women’s Basketball After a 10-0 […]
Long Beach State softball only got two weeks of practice together before opening the regular season on Saturday at Fresno State. “We definitely won’t be 100 percent ready,” LBSU coach Kim Sowder said. “We’re ready enough to at least get some work out of it and see where we’re at. We’re going to use the […]
Based on data released on Tuesday afternoon by the Los Angeles County Health Department, practices and games for outdoor sports–including high school football–are eligible to return in Long Beach and LA County. Per the updated guidelines from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) released last Friday, outdoor amateur sports would be allowed to resume […]
Long Beach State softball doesn’t have much time to get ready for the season opener on Feb. 27 at Fresno State, and it’s just the beginning of a busy 2021 schedule for the Beach. The marquee matchup of the 13 non-conference, 24-game Big West schedule is the March 6 home opener against No. 1 UCLA […]
St. Anthony High School has announced plans to break ground on a new athletic field complex at Clark Field in 2021. The $9 million project has been in the works since 2011, but was able to move forward thanks to a $6 million donation from Shea Family Charities. The project will include a new turf […]
The COVID-19 shutdowns have stolen so much joy from everyone. The sports community of Long Beach felt that the most this summer when fields and courts across the city were left unused. For the last decade, we have provided in-depth coverage of the incredible achievements of the elite Long Beach youth sports teams. We respect […]
The 2020-21 high school sports season will be unlike any other that came before it. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the entire sports calendar will be condensed into 197 days from December 12, 2020 until the final day of CIF State competition on June 26, 2021. The shortened time frame forced local administrators to get […]