Senior Jamie Wren hit 3-run home run in the first inning on Sunday against No. 1 UCLA to give Long Beach State softball an early lead at home, but the Bruins came back to win the final game of the Louisville Slugger Invitational 5-3 in eight innings. LBSU starting pitcher Kellie White struck out four […]
The No. 1 Long Beach State men’s volleyball team will be back at Walter Pyramid this weekend for a pair of nonconference matches on the new Taraflex playing surface. WATCH HIGHLIGHT VIDEO from last weekend when The Beach christened the new floor. LBSU will host No. 8 Stanford at 7 p.m. on Friday, and Saint […]
Lakewood softball is ranked No. 1 in the newest CIF Southern Section Division 2 poll, and the Lancers celebrated their accomplishment on Monday by opening Moore League play with a 10-0 win over Long Beach Poly in five innings. Lakewood pitcher Cassie Perryman only gave up two hits while third baseman Taylor Pack went 4-for-4 […]
The Long Beach State Dirtbags are off to their worst start in program history. LBSU (0-7) has lost its first seven games for the first time ever after getting swept by Nevada last weekend at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field. The previous worst start was 0-6 in 1954, the first season of the program, and […]
Congratulations to this week’s Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. YOUTH Nathan Dowdell, Newcomb Track Newcomb Middle School eighth grader Nathan Dowdell won the All-City middle school championship in the 100 meter sprint last week, with a blazing time of 11.12, which would be a top 15 in […]
Long Beach softball is back in a big way this year. The Moore League is full of experienced returning starters, St. Anthony has the talent to make a deep CIF Southern Section playoff run and Long Beach City College is ranked No. 14 in California. Click here for our preview of Wilson Click here for […]
Wilson softball is coming off of one of its most successful seasons in program history. The Bruins snapped Lakewood’s 65-game Moore League winning streak, won their first league title since 2012, and won their first playoff game in six years. Second-year coach George Molina has to replace All-Moore League pitcher Joey Vega, shortstop Amanda Castro […]
With eight of nine starters back, the Lakewood Lancers have more than enough talent to reclaim their spot atop the league after losing to Wilson and Millikan last year. Lakewood entered last season as five-time defending league champs, and winners of nine of the last 10 league titles. “It’s a sore spot,” Lakewood coach Andy […]
On-campus construction and inclement weather has already wreaked havoc on the Millikan softball season. The field at Millikan will be unusable for at least a year, so the Rams will use the El Dorado Park fields for home games this season. The heavy rains also have pushed them inside to Diane Lewis School of Softball […]
Poly has a good mix of returning seniors and talented newcomers this season with four-year varsity starters Maddy Demos, Alexis Durand and Deja Williams leading the way. Demos will take her defensive skills to shortstop this season, while Durand returns at catcher and Williams returns to the outfield. Second-year coach Elizabeth Sanches-Martin also will count […]