You can support Wilson High tennis program at Legends Sports Bar and Restaurant on Saturday from 8-10 a.m. with a $10 pancake breakfast and silent auction. The US Open will be on the big screens during the all-you-can-eat buffet with pancakes, eggs, sausage, bacon, orange juice and coffee served by the junior varsity and varsity […]
Leadership change is the story line for the top girls’ tennis teams in the Moore League this season as both Long Beach Poly and Wilson have new coaches for the first time in a long time. POLY Longtime Long Beach Poly coach Ricardo Montecinos stepped down this year, although he will remain as coach of […]
With teams moving divisions every year in the CIF Southern Section now as part of their playoff competitive equity model (using the teams’ previous two years of results to place them), we wanted to make sure everyone knew where they stand. For football, Long Beach Poly will be in the newly-formed Division 1/2, a 24-team […]
This week on the show JJ sits down with Long Beach State women’s soccer coach Mauricio Ingrassia to talk about his teams trip to the World Cup in France (2:00) and Mike breaks down Long Beach’s role in creating Title IX (17:30).
The Long Beach City Council voted unanimously to rename the city’s new Main Library in honor of Billie Jean King on Tuesday evening. The 8-0 vote represents the third and final unanimous vote by the city to honor King, a legend both as an athlete and as an advocate for women’s and LGBTQ rights. “Proud […]
The Long Beach City Council’s Housing and Neighborhood Committee unanimously approved a proposal to rename the new downtown Main Library as the Billie Jean King Main Library on Monday afternoon. The proposal–which was sent to the committee with unanimous approval from the council–will now return to the City Council for final approval, likely in August. […]
By a unanimous 7-0 vote on Tuesday evening, the Long Beach City Council moved forward on the renaming of the new Main Library downtown as the Billie Jean King Main Library. The two missing votes were councilwoman Suzie Price, who was not present, and the currently vacant 1st district seat, left open after Lena Gonzalez’s […]
Congratulations to all of the All-Moore League boys’ tennis honorees
Long Beach Poly boys’ tennis opened the CIF Southern Section Division 3 playoffs with a 13-5 win over Torrance on Wednesday. Junior Arkin Verma was the only player to sweep his singles match. The doubles teams of sophomores Kim Phy/Ryan Nguyen and freshman Franco Fratovich/Carlo Reyes also swept. The Jackrabbits travel to San Juan Hills […]
We’ve got a special college Athletes of the Week–congrats to all the winners and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship! Joseph Rocha, LBCC Volleyball LBCC won a state championship last weekend and it was thanks in part to freshman setter Joseph Rocha, who was lights out down the stretch. Rocha set LBCC to […]