Jordan second-year coach Richard Gonzales is trying to get rid of “average play” in his program with the help of captains Esmeralda Hernandez, Macey Chavira and Junior Ale. Hernandez was First-Team All-Moore League last season, and Chavira (pictured) is a three-year varsity player. “We’re feeling much more confident than we did last year,” Chavira said. […]
Injuries hampered St. Anthony softball while going 16-8 last season, so the Saints are motivated to make a run in the CIF-SS playoffs again with 13 returners and seven returning starters on the roster. The Saints won the 2017 CIF Southern Section Division 6 championship, but only has one playoff win in the last two […]
Compton is trying to find some positive momentum this year with a rededication to the program as a whole. “I think we’re going to do better than we did in prior years,” senior captain Nelly Rivas (pictured) said. “Maybe we’re not going to win every game. But I think that we’re going to be playing […]
Long Beach State softball has rewritten its own record books over the last seven years with an explosive offense. The Beach has hit over .280 as a team in six of the last seven seasons while setting new marks in batting average, hits, RBIs, runs, home runs and doubles. With six returning starters and more […]
This week we’re talking to Long Beach State Athletics Director Andy Fee about improvements coming to Bohl Diamond at Blair Field, the Big West basketball tournament staying at Honda Center (for now) and a bummer of a Saturday doubleheader at Walter Pyramid. We’ll also be joined by LBSU softball coach Kim Sowder to talk about […]
The Los Altos softball 10U All-Stars are trying to raise money for a trip to Florida this month and the 2019 Babe Ruth Softball World Series. They won the Southwest Region last month, and are the second Los Altos team to make a World Series in the last two summers. The 12U softball teams went […]
We’re counting down the top moments for Long Beach prep sports in 2018-19. 10. Lakewood Hires Scott Meyer The Moore League football landscape has been shaped by so many coaches coming and going, and for the first time in awhile, the league is getting a quality on-campus coach back again. In December, Lakewood hired Scott […]
The most exciting playoff win of the spring came last month when Wilson softball came back to Joe Rodgers for its first quarterfinals at home in more than a decade. The Bruins battled Troy with the sophomore battery of pitcher Hailey Houston and catcher Natalya Rodriguez, who call their own pitches. Houston went the distance […]
Congratulations to this year’s Moore League softball honorees as voted on by the coaches
Wilson softball had its improbable playoff run come to an end with a 9-4 loss on Tuesday at West Ranch in the CIF Southern Section Division 3 semifinals. The Bruins (18-12) had a four-run come from behind win in the first round, a blow out win in the second round and a walk-off win in […]