Long Beach City College’s baseball team had their season come to an end when they were eliminated by Cerritos during the double elimination round of the super regionals.
The Vikings ended this year with a 30-15 record after playing 45 games in total.
This is the tenth time that this team has won thirty games for this city college in their 93rd season.
Even though the team had so many strong performances throughout their season, the team was still not able to win some big games at the end of the year.
“We did a really good job with the pitching, a lot of them are young and coming back for next season. We just didn’t play our best baseball at the end of the year, you never know for sure what the answer to that is but that’s just kind of the way it ended,” Head Coach Casey Crook said.
There is a lot to look forward to for the next season due to the standout offensive freshmans returning for another season.
“I’ve never worked around a better group of guys in my life. I’m looking forward to next year going back to the playoffs and making another run. I want to work on being the best pitcher I can be hands down,” Freshman Sean Lovett said.
Many of the hitters were sophomores, which will make the team find new players in that area, but some players like Caleb Brandon, who was a hitter and played most of the games during the season, will be staying.
“We are going to lose some of our hitters, so we’ll be brand new there. We still have Caleb Brandon and he’s shown some leadership qualities so I think he’ll be really important for the leader in that position,” Crook said.
For the players who are not returning, not only will they transfer to get their degree but some will also continue their athletic career elsewhere too.
“A good number of them will continue to play so I hope they work hard to get those degrees and also play as well as they can. I hope they take responsibility and just keep moving forward.” Crook said.
After their 30-15 season the viking baseball team is on an upward trend and looking to improve further next year to hopefully make it past super regionals and into state finals.