The Rams generate far more scoring opportunities but settle for a tie that doesn’t hurt their chances of a fourth straight league title. Poly doesn’t get the result it needed.

Mater Dei’s powerhouse water polo programs haven’t been known for underdog stories in recent years but its girls team extended a special one Thursday night. Junior utility player Olivia Krotts scored a career-high nine goals to lead Mater Dei past visiting Santa Margarita 10-8 to take a major step toward capturing the outright Trinity League title.

He comes from a powerhouse program and has a plan for winning. “The goal is to make the playoffs by year one.”

Long Beach Poly boys basketball team beat Lakewood High on Tuesday, Jan. 18 in a matchup for first place in the Moore League.

Notebook: Corona del Mar, under three-time Olympic gold medalist Melissa Seidemann, and JSerra, under her sister Natalie, are both ranked in CIF.

The Long Beach Football Program has a new captain to steer the ship following the retirement of Ryan Ross last month. Late Friday, the school district announced Jacob Massey as the next head football coach,

Long Beach Bearcats have a new head coach. The Board of Trustees of Long Beach School District has voted unanimously to hire Jacob Massey as the new Varsity Head Football Coach.

Twenty-one turnovers doomed the UCSB women’s basketball team in a 68-54 loss to visiting Long Beach State on Thursday night. The Gauchos hung tough through three quarters in a showdown of two teams that figure to be near the top of the Big West standings at season’s end,

LONG BEACH >> The equation was simple for Long Beach Poly: Lose the showdown at Long Beach Wilson and any hopes of winning the Moore League girls soccer title would be dead. The Jackrabbits had already lost twice — the league opener with their archrival ...

UCSB traveled only three times during its nonconference basketball schedule, but the road is starting to look painfully familiar. The Gauchos ran out of gas again before reaching the end of Thursday’s game at Long Beach State,