We’ve got a great gallery of shots from the Bruins’ sweep thanks to photographer Joseph Kling.
Volleyball
Long Beach High School Boys’ Volleyball Preview
It’s been a wild stretch for high school boys’ volleyball in Long Beach, with St. Anthony establishing itself as a small division power that’s producing some big talent, and the Moore League in flux. Lakewood, Wilson, and Poly have all won the league championship in the last three years, and the 2019 crown is truly […]
Boys’ Volleyball Preview: St. Anthony Saints
The Saints are the only Long Beach team listed on the CIF Southern Section’s preseason watch list, and they feature the unquestioned top player in the city: Aidan Grosz, a stud middle blocker who’s signed with Long Beach State. Longtime Saints coach Alicia Lemau’u is trying to guide her team to success at the Del […]
Boys’ Volleyball Preview: Lakewood Lancers
Lakewood is the defending league champion and boasts a stud player in Teilon Tufuga, a BYU commit and the brother of Lakewood/BYU stud Storm Fa’agata-Tufuga. The Lancers have a new coach, Tommy Dube, who is managing expectations as he works a sophomore setter into the starting lineup. “We have a young team that has a […]
Boys’ Volleyball Preview: Wilson Bruins
Wilson coach Jeremy Cook already made his mark on Bruins history, having led Wilson to a league title in 2017, the school’s first in almost a decade. This year he has a young team to build up, with only three returning players–two of which were first-team All-Moore League last year. Sophomore Payne Lounsbery, the team’s […]
Boys’ Volleyball Preview: Long Beach Poly Jackrabbits
The last time Long Beach Poly won the Moore League, in 2016, they featured one of the best players in the country in Sam Lewis. This year’s Jackrabbit squad doesn’t have a monster recruit like Lewis, but they do feature six players of at least six-foot, and they have some impressive firepower, as well as […]
Boys’ Volleyball Preview: Millikan Rams
Millikan hasn’t won a Moore League championship since 2006, but the Rams are a program on the rise right now under coach Matt Johnson, who has them in the conversation for this year’s championship. Johnson said it’s a goal to win the league this year, but pointed out that under the CIF Southern Section’s competitive […]
Boys’ Volleyball Preview: Cabrillo Jaguars
Jaguars coach Dylonn Viliamu continues to put in work on the Westside building a program. Denali Fuimaono has rewarded him as the Jaguars have a strong setter this season, with some options around him including Gilbert Bermudez and Israel Flores. “Over the past couple of months, we’ve gotten a lot of new kids with a […]
Boys’ Volleyball Preview: Avalon Lancers
Out on the island, Avalon coach Carlos Martinez thinks his team is ready to compete for an Academy League championship. The Lancers started off 1-0 and are led by sophomore outside hitter Adalberto Martinez. “We’re in Division 6 this year and expect to be competitive,” said Martinez. The Lancers will also face a Moore League […]
Long Beach State Men’s Volleyball Sweeps CSUN On New Floor
Some things may have been different on Friday night at Walter Pyramid, but the final result stayed the same for Long Beach State men’s volleyball. The defending national champions debuted their new Taraflex playing surface in the Big West Conference opener while sweeping Cal State Northridge 25-14, 25-14, 28-26. LBSU (14-0, 1-0) has only lost […]