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Long Beach State Dirtbags return to Blair Field this weekend
LBSU returns to Blair Field this weekend to finish the regular season home schedule against Hawaii. The Dirtbags lead second-place Cal State Fullerton by three games, and finish the season next weekend in Fullerton, so the magic number for at least a share of the Big West title is three. The Titans are at Cal State Northridge this weekend. Hawaii (26-19, 8-10) is in fifth place behind CSUN. Hawaii is 5-4 on the road, and LBSU is 16-4 at home. The first game is 6 p.m. on Friday, and they play again at 2 p.m. on Saturday. The finale is 1 p.m. on Sunday. -- Long Beach Press-Telegram
Gahr beats Los Alamitos in CIF baseball playoffs
That was all Gahr senior starter Joel Casillas would need as the Cal State Northridge signee pitched a complete game while giving up four hits and striking out three. -- Long Beach Press-Telegram
Once cut, now a D-I opportunity: How one Bay Area hoops player made it happen
Former NBA standout Reggie Theus is giving Sokol the chance to fulfill a dream, as a walk-on at Cal State-Northridge. -- San Jose Mercury News
Birmingham, Armando Yanez relax and defeat Poly baseball in playoff opener
Poly ace Danny Pimienta quickly got the Parrots through the first two innings but the CSUN signee only lasted until the fourth after facing 10 batters in the third. -- Los Angeles Daily News
Big West: First things first for Long Beach State, Cal State Fullerton
If second-place CSF (31-18, 12-6) loses any ground to Long Beach State (32-16-1, 15-3) before the teams meet, their series won’t matter. The Titans play a three-game series at Cal State Northridge (25-27, 11-10) this weekend ahead of seeing the Dirtbags, who host Hawaii (26-19, 8-10). -- Los Angeles Daily News
College Update: Burbank’s Hooper ends record-breaking career with CSUN softball
Katie Hooper (Burbank High, 2013) Cal State Northridge softball senior: Hooper wrapped up a record-breaking career in her final season with the Matadors. -- The Burbank Leader
3 things we learned about Cal Poly baseball vs. CSUN
The Cal Poly baseball team won two out of three games in a Big West Conference series against CSUN over the weekend, winning the first two games before falling 12-3 on Sunday. -- San Luis Obispo Tribune
NEW FOOTBALL COACH NAMED FOR RIGBY HIGH SCHOOL
Gonzalez has been an athletic director for nine years and a football coach for 24 years. He is currently a teacher and athletic director at San Juan Hills High School in San Juan Capistrano, California. His football career highlights include assistant football coach at Dana Hills High School, head football coach at Dos Pueblos High School, assistant football coach at Los Angeles Valley College and assistant football coach at Cal State Northridge. -- East Idaho News
CSUN salvages win in final game of Big West series at Cal Poly
CSUN scored 12 runs from the second through fifth innings and coasted to a 12-3 victory over Cal Poly on Sunday afternoon, salvaging one win in the three-game Big West Conference baseball series inside Baggett Stadium. -- KSBY
Single by Meyer lifts Cal Poly to 6-5 walk-off win over CSUN
Nick Meyer’s third career walk-off hit, a single down the left-field line, scored Alex McKenna from second base as Cal Poly defeated CSUN 6-5 in the opener of a three-game Big West Conference baseball series Friday night before 1,383 inside Baggett Stadium. -- KSBY