It’s shaping up to be a special track season in Long Beach, and Friday night at Cerritos College signified the next step forward as 19 of the 21 Moore League athletes/teams qualified for State next weekend.
The 49ers were able to overcome a long delay due to inclement weather with two athletes advancing to Saturday's quarterfinal rounds.
Lakewood and Millikan both won quarterfinal games in Chino to set up a Moore League semifinal on Tuesday. Here's all the links to yesterdays coverage.
Senior Colten Echave and redshirt junior Ian Satterfield have been named to the MPSF Men's Volleyball All-Academic Team
For the Lancers, 2013 will be their third trip to the finals in four years, as Janel Hayes threw her second straight complete-game shutout and Jessica Scroggins scored her third straight game-winning run.
Trailing 3-1 and three outs away from falling in the CIF Division 2 quarterfinals for a third straight season, Millikan took advantage of Ayala miscues to score four runs in the last inning for a 5-3 comeback win.
Great action shots submitted by John Liter.
We'll have live updates from this afternoon's CIF quarterfinal games.
The Lancers hit the road where they’ll take on the defending CIF-SS Division 3 champions at the Chino Hills Big League Dreams facility.
The Rams are back in the third round of the CIF Division 2 playoffs for the third straight year and they're looking for their first semifinal berth in that stretch.
All the links to local coverage where the Lancers and Rams are both back in the CIF Division 2 quarterfinals after wins at home yesterday.
Long Beach State men's basketball issued a release to celebrate the addition of five new players to the program, and briefly mention the dismissal of some key players who have been a hot topic around the program.
We've got some highlights from Lakewood's CIF defeat against the Cubs.
The Janel Hayes Show continued on Tuesday afternoon as the senior pitched an eight-inning shutout and delivered the game-winning RBI to give the Lancers a 1-0 playoff win.
The Rams are in the CIF Division 2 quarterfinals for the third consecutive year after hitting their way to a 9-6 victory over Royal.
Great action shots submitted by John Liter.
We'll have live updates from Lakewood vs Loyola CIF baseball, and Lakewood vs Bonita and Millikan vs Royal CIF softball.
The Lancers are in a wide open half of the CIF Division 1 bracket, and today they try to advance to the quarterfinals against a talented Loyola team.
The 4th-seeded Lancers are back at home in the second round and hosting the 23-6 Bearcats from La Verne.
Shane Carle was named the Big West Pitcher of the Week after a dominant performance against UC Riverside on Friday.
It was a banner day for the Moore League, as the Trackrabbits wrote yet another number in the history books, and Millikan, Lakewood and Wilson all had individual CIF champions.
Long Beach State extended its winning streak to four games with a 5-4 victory over UC Riverside Saturday, winning the series with the Highlanders in the process.
If you want a different look at the races, check out these five bonus videos of the sprints with trackside audio.
In just one season, Wilson junior Bayron Manuel has come from nowhere to become the school’s second CIF champion of 2013.
You couldn’t have had a more heartbreaking finish for Talalemotu in the shot put, or a more triumphant finish in the discus throw.
The Long Beach representation stole the show at Cerritos yesterday and we've got all of the highlights right here.
Zack Rivera hit a towering, three-run home run in the seventh inning, but LBSU was already in too big of a hole and ended up falling Friday at UC Irvine by a final score of 8-4.
State qualifying will be taking place this evening at Cerritos College in Norwalk—we’ve got the full list of Long Beach entrants, and we’ll have live updates from trackside.
Lakewood’s Jacob Orozco was just a sophomore when he first saw the movie Prefontaine and he was immediately drawn to the underdog story. Now, the senior is trying to be the best 800m runner in California.
Announcing our AOTW for last week, brought to you by Naples Rib Company. You can read about them here, or in our weekly print sports section.
Freshman Willie Alexander punched his ticket to the NCAA Outdoor Championships on the first day of the West Preliminaries.
In the quarterfinals of the Division 2 CIF Softball playoffs, Lakewood traveled to face Chino Hills at Big League Dreams.
Third time was a charm for the Rams in the quarterfinals and they used good fortune for a seventh inning comeback.
After nearly 30 years of business helping local youth baseball players, a local institution is set to close this month.
We’ve got the updated CIF bracket so you can follow along with the Lancers and Rams.
The U17 team for Beach FC, coached by LBSU's Mauricio Ingrassia, was one of eight teams crowned champions at the 2013 Cal South National Cup in San Juan Capistrano.
The Lancers got rung up for four runs in the third, and despite battling back impressively in the game’s final innings, couldn’t climb out of the hole.
The Panthers are going to experiment with two soccer coaches for two soccer teams in an interesting fashion.
We’ve got some great shots from the Lancers’ loss to the Cubs, taken by photographer Stephen Dachman.
Lakewood and Bonita played a classic second round game on Tuesday afternoon, and the winner was decided by a matter of inches.
The Rams held on at home in an offensive slugfest.
We’ve got some great shots from the Lancers’ second round victory over Bonita, taken by photographer Stephen Dachman.
At the conclusion of his high school career, we take a look back at the Jackrabbits’ winningest all-time player, and the lengths he went to in order to attain perfection.
The Rams are in a very similar situation today at home against the Highlanders out of the Marmonte League.
The 49ers will be featured on CBS Sports Network as part of the 2013 Sand Volleyball National Championships. LBSU captured the team title on May 4 and it will first to air today 4 p.m. local time.
Long Beach State put two across to tie the game in the ninth inning and won it in extra innings. The walkoff hit gave Long Beach State a 5-4 win over UC Riverside.
Watch all the Long Beach athletes at the 2013 CIF-SS Track & Field Championships, with the Poly girls winning a championship and Lakewood, Millikan and Wilson winning individual titles.
We’ve got some shots of the Moore League competitors at Saturday’s CIF Division 1 Track Finals, taken by photographer Jim Cayer.
The junior won her sixth individual CIF title, and is fixing her eyes on national and state-level goals.
The junior won his first CIF championship on Saturday in the high jump, but he’s got his sights set a little bit higher.