After two weeks of giving you our selections for the annual All-City awards, it’s apropos to end the list with the best finish we saw over the last 12 months. The most recent Moore League boys’ soccer season was wildly unpredictable, and then it ended in spectacular and historic fashion. Long Beach Poly, Millikan, Cabrillo, […]
Millikan girls’ soccer coach Tino Nunez and St. Anthony boys’ basketball coach Allen Caveness have been building their programs up for the last few years, and this season they both made history. A year after winning its first Moore League title since 1991, and first ever CIF-SS Division 1 playoff game, Millikan repeated as league […]
Despite school closures during the spring semester, the Long Beach Century Club was still able to honor the city’s middle school athletes and distribute All-City plaques to the winning schools. This year’s All-Sports Award winners, given to the best overall middle school sports programs in the city, were Hughes in Division I and co-champions Newcomb […]
The California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) announced on Thursday that its Board of Directors had approved its Contingency Plan for fall sports, pushing all sports, including football, to the Spring of 2021. This directly impacts the athletic programs at Long Beach City College, which will not be able to begin official practices until January […]
Former Long Beach State Dirtbags pitcher Adam Seminaris has been added to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 60-man player pool for the upcoming 2020 MLB season, he confirmed via his Twitter account Thursday. Seminaris was a fifth-round selection by the Angels in last month’s MLB Draft and will be eligible to make his Major League […]
Nearly four months after Wilson and Cabrillo played the final organized baseball game on Bohl Diamond at Blair Field, Long Beach’s historic ballpark is back in action. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have established Blair Field as their secondary home for the remainder of the shortened 2020 season, making Long Beach the landing spot […]
Long Beach’s lone CIF championship during the 2019-20 season was a significant one, as Wilson’s girls’ basketball program claimed its first CIF plaque in two decades with a 66-62 overtime win over Eisenhower for the CIF-SS Division 3A title. The victory united generations of Bruins hoopers, with senior standout Samiya Terry receiving calls from members […]
This year, there were a pair of impressive newcomers in the Long Beach high school ranks, both of whom will be making headlines for years to come. Camille Lindsay, Cross Country, Long Beach Poly It’s difficult to make history at Long Beach Poly, but that’s what freshman Camille Lindsay did this year for the Jackrabbits’ […]
This week on the podcast we’ve dressed up and we’re virtually handing out our annual Long Beach All-City awards despite the COVID-19 shutdown because these kids deserve it! 01:00 UPDATE: Football Practice Is Back, And Then Cancelled 08:30 All-City Top 10 Moments Of 2019-20 Athletic Year 20:00 All-City Athletes Of The Year 45:30 Superlatives (Multipart […]
Long Beach Unified School District superintendent-to-be Jill Baker (who officially starts on August 1) released a video outlining the district’s plan for the start of the 2020-21 school year, which will begin for students on September 1. Watch the video by clicking here Baker said that in a few weeks, LBUSD families will be able […]