The Long Beach City College Vikings football squad was honored nationally this week when it was named the number one team in the country according to JCGridiron.com. The announcement came just one week after the Vikings were named the top team in California.
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Long Beach City College Football Ranked First in State and Southern California
Long Beach City College (LBCC) has taken the top spot in state and Southern California junior college football rankings, the school announced today.
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Get Ready for the 2016 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach: Tickets Go on Sale Monday
The 42nd Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach is closer than you think. Though the event is still six months away, tickets for the event go on sale Monday at 10:00AM, organizers announced today.
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How I Survived the JetBlue Long Beach Half Marathon
I’ve never been much of a runner. Even when I played sports as a youth, I hated running. It was dumb and pointless to run solely for the sake of running, I thought.
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Thousands Face Record Heat to Take Part in Annual Long Beach Marathon and Half Marathon
Despite record heat on Sunday, runners of the 2015 Jet Blue Long Beach Marathon and Half Marathon made it out to the starting line on Shoreline Drive en masse, tackling high temperatures on top of 13.1- or 26.2 mile-courses.
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Lakewood Defeats Archrival Millikan, Keeps Hamilton Trophy for 14th Straight Year
The Millikan Rams-Lakewood Lancers football rivalry isn’t the oldest in the Moore League, but it’s the most heated, and last Friday’s edition did nothing to simmer it down. In an intense conflict both on and off the field, the host Lancers beat Millikan 34-14 Friday night, got their first win of the year, and continued their dominance of the 58-year-old rivalry.
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LBCC Names Former Player New Softball Head Coach
Megan Martinez, a member of the 2001 Long Beach City College State Championship Softball team, has been named the new softball head coach at LBCC, the college announced Monday.
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Long Beach City College Selects New Athletic Director
Long Beach City College (LBCC) announced its selection of a new athletic director today: Randy Totorp, a former Long Beach City College head coach who led the men’s volleyball team to three state championships and served as interim athletic director of LBCC from 2011 to 2013.
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Brazil Triumphs During Last Day of ASICS World Volleyball Series in Long Beach
The third annual ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball in Long Beach’s final day of competition on Sunday was fierce, to say the least. The series began on Tuesday at Alamitos Beach and featured heated matches between the world’s top competitors, a spectacle that locals and out-of-towners flocked seaward to watch throughout the week and weekend.
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Two LBCC Men’s Basketball Players Sign with Four-Year Colleges
Long Beach City College (LBCC) men’s basketball head coach Barry Barnes announced that two-year standouts Brandon Staton and Chris Spencer have both signed with four-year colleges and are set to begin classes this fall.