From the boardwalk
Longer stories about Rockbeach — the traditions, the buildings, and the people who named them.
Tickets · September 2026What changes in 2027-28, and what does not
Single game prices will move with demand from the 2027-28 season. Season tickets and Beacon Society seats are not part of it. Six months notice, on purpose.
Traditions · September 2026How Parents Weekend became Pirates Weekend
A loud party, a misheard sentence, and a boat named after the woman who said it.
History · September 2026The Keepers’ Academy
In 1849 a school opened on a black rock beach to train lighthouse keepers. It called itself Lava Dunes, and its teams the Sandys.
History · September 2026There is no sand here
1927: somebody finally said it out loud, the school became Rockbeach University, and a basketball star drew the new mark.
History · September 2026Two bolts of cloth, and why we wear black and white
A game in two days, a shop with fuchsia and green in stock, and the 1936 decision that stuck.
Traditions · September 2026The Sound Wave
Engineering students named the marching band in the 1950s. The band says it invented something else too.
Traditions · September 2026The day the school imports sand
Sandcastle Day, the Sandy Party on Lot E, and a hundred years of refusing to take the joke back.
History · September 2026Sparty
Khris Spartachino did not fight dinosaurs. What he did do is better, and it is why the tennis courts carry his name.