CIF-SS 1AA girls championship basketball game between local behemoths Long Beach Poly and Millikan<\/a>.<\/p>\nI.
A month ago, Millikan derailed the then #1 in the nation Jackrabbits on Poly’s home floor, only to have the favor returned a few weeks later. Hungry for a title, both teams mowed through the postseason – though it took a late surge for Millikan to topple Ventura in the semis – to set up an epic 3rd showdown this season. For all the marbles. Don’t miss it.<\/p>\n
II.
Your second best option tonight (as I see it) is at Blair Field as the Dirtbags host Wichita State in the first of a yearly traditional three game series against the Shockers. Big West Pitcher of the Week Andrew Liebel<\/span> will toss for Long Beach State tonight after opening the season with an 11-strikeout shutout against Rice last week, and shortstop Danny Espinosa<\/span> enters the batter’s box as the reigning Big West Player of the Week. First pitch will be offered up at 6:30pm, and #10 Long Beach State looks to snare a winning record after a 2-2 start against the #20 Shockers in what is always a bitter rivalry.<\/p>\nIII.
As if that weren’t enough, Poly hosts its season opener against Torrance today at 3:00pm when Mayor Bob Foster will throw out the first pitch and be presented with a Jackrabbits jersey and cap. This one might actually fit into your schedule since its early, but while that promises to be a good one you shouldn’t pass up the chance to see Wilson open their season either as the defending national champions take on Artesia in Lakewood at 3:00pm to kick off the Loara Tournament. Last season was a monumental one for the Bruins and this year’s club looks poised to hit the ground running and take a shot at a repeat. (My advice – wait to catch them at the season opener at Blair Field on March 13 against St. John Bosco)<\/p>\n
IV.
As if THAT weren’t enough, the nation #2 ranked men’s volleyball squad will host Cal State Northridge in the CSULB Gold Mine tonight at 7:00pm. Riding a three game winning streak that consists of road wins against USC and a two-game sweep of THE Ohio State in Columbus – in which senior hitter Paul Lotman<\/span> recorded 32 kills in one game<\/span> against the Buckeyes – the Beach welcomes the Matadors into perhaps the most raucous gym in the Big West. The Gold Mine becomes a thundering cave once those bleachers are pulled out and filled up. Join in the acoustics as the 49ers look to move to 13-1 on the year and continue to setup an epic three-team battle for the nation’s #1 spot when top-ranked Penn State and #3 BYU enter the Pyramid in mid-March.<\/p>\nSo there you have it: five things to do today, four of which are happening at the same time. Choose wisely, because these will all likely turn out to be excellent games. Enjoy this blessed\/cursed day.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-5900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5900\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5900"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=5900"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=5900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}