Colorado Rockies shortstop and former Long Beach State All-American Troy Tulowitzki will be the keynote speaker at the team’s annual Leadoff Dinner on Thursday, February 12th.

Whitney Fields’s third straight double-double and a record 2,565 fans wasn’t enough to lift the Long Beach State women’s basketball to victory against Pacific on Thursday in the ‘Myd.

In a surprise upset, Millikan beat Wilson on opening night, 60-54, earning credibility for their title hopes.

Two second half goals lifted the Wilson Bruins over the Poly Jackrabbits, 2-1, in Moore League play on Wednesday afternoon at Poly. After Millikan’s win over Cabrillo and the Bruin/Rabbit result, the Moore League soccer picture is starting to take shape.

The Bruins were four minutes away from pulling off an upset on opening night, but fell 51-46.

In their Moore League opener, the Poly girls’ basketball team beat the Lakewood Lancers 72-25.

Here’s the highlight video from the 2009 Moore League Boys’ Basketball Season Opener at the WIlson High Gym.

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It started in the waters of the Port of Sacramento. It was found again in the Bay Area. And it formed its true roots here in Long Beach. It’s called Rowbics, and it’s everything you thought that gym membership was. Check out this story, our first of a three part story about Victoria Draper, her company Rowbics, and the Beach Sprints sponsored by the Long Beach Rowing Association.

Ranked in the national top 50 for the third year in a row, the 49ers are expected to win their sixth consecutive Big West title.