The most underrated sports dynasty in Long Beach is bringing home another trophy, after Long Beach State’s women’s tennis team won a thrilling Big West championship over Hawaii, 4-3. It’s the 12th conference title in 15 years for Long Beach State, who trailed 3-1 but rallied to win the final three matches of the day, […]
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VIDEO: Long Beach Poly Wins Moore League Singles, Doubles Titles
Heading into Thursday Moore League boys’ tennis championship, Long Beach Poly’s Darren Hall was very familiar with a younger teammate defeating the top-ranked senior. Last season, Hall defeated his teammate Felippe Dacudao to win the Moore League singles final. The senior found himself in a similar battle with junior teammate Arkin Verma after taking a […]
Boys’ Tennis: Long Beach Poly Still Atop Moore League
The Long Beach Poly boys’ tennis team took a huge step towards their fourth consecutive Moore League title on Thursday by beating Wilson 10-8. Defending singles champion Darren Hall clinched the tenth point and the match with a 7-5 win in his last set. Poly junior Arkin Verma swept 6-4, 6-1, 6-1 at the No. […]
Long Beach State Notebook: Men’s Volleyball At Home This Weekend
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 […]
Long Beach State Notebook: Dirtbags Off To Worst Start Ever
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 […]
Long Beach State Athletics Weekly Update
The Long Beach State men’s volleyball team made history last weekend, and they did so in front of more than 3,000 fans. The team’s sweep of No. 4 UCLA was the 33rd consecutive home victory, which sets a new school record — the team hasn’t lost in the Pyramid since March 26, 2016. Long Beach […]
The562.org’s College Athletes Of The Week
Congrats to this week’s winner and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. Justina King, Long Beach State Basketball Long Beach State came up with a huge Big West win over Cal Poly last week, thanks in large part to the heroics of Justina King, who had 15 points in the game along with […]
The562.org’s Athletes of the Week
Congratulations to this week’s Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Kali Murrell, St. Anthony Basketball One of St. Anthony’s star Murrell twins, senior Kali Murrell led St. Anthony to a big win over Wilson last week, as the Saints won 80-34. Murrell almost outscored the Bruins […]
St. Anthony’s Eryn Cayetano Wins CIF-SS Girls’ Tennis Title
St. Anthony senior Eryn Cayetano won four CIF Southern Section Girls’ Individual Tennis Championship matches this week to win the title. The top-seeded Cayetano beat Casie Wooten of Chadwick High 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 in the final on Friday night. According to the Tennis Recruiting Network, Cayetano is ranked No. 4 in California, and No. 21 […]
All-Moore League Girls’ Tennis
Congratulations to the Moore League honorees, and click here to see the other sports all-league lists from the Fall.