The562’s standings, schedule, and rankings stories are sponsored by International City Plumbers. It’s here! The first week of the high school football season. Click here for our comprehensive season preview with writeups on every team. All games 7 p.m. Thursday, August 17 Lakewood at Orange Vista Friday, August 18 Millikan at Punahou (Hawaii, 3pm) St. Anthony […]
The562’s Athletes of the Week is sponsored by the Long Beach Century Club. Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to the Long Beach Century Club and Naples Rib Company for their support. HIGH SCHOOL Josh “Noodles” Cason, Long Beach Poly Football Poly senior Josh “Noodles” Cason did yeoman’s work on the islands […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2023-24 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl.
Most people book a trip to Hawaii to get away from the real world and its problems, and unwind in paradise. That’s not exactly how it played out for the Long Beach Poly football team, which opened its 2023 season on the Big Island with a game against Konawaena. The devastating fire on Maui brought […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. Refresh the page to see the latest updates! We’re in Hawaii for the first high school football game of the year as Poly visits defending islands state champion Konawaena at 9pm Long Beach time! Click here for our preview. CLICK HERE if you can’t […]
Words by JJ Fiddler, Mike Guardabascio, Tyler Hendrickson; photo by John Napalan It might feel like it’s a little early for high school football season to be starting–and it is. But Long Beach Poly was so excited to get the year started that they’re kicking it off a week before anyone else in the state, […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics is sponsored by Bryson Financial. A year after arriving back on the national scene, the Long Beach Poly football program has a chance to prove that they belong there year-in and year-out again. The Jackrabbits went 10-0 in the regular season last year and ended up ranked nationally […]
The562’s coverage of Vikings athletics is sponsored in part by Long Beach City College. Last year was death by a thousand papercuts for the LBCC football program, as the Vikings lost four games by a touchdown or less. This year, the Vikings have a loaded roster as always, but head coach Brett Peabody said the […]
The Long Beach Poly administration announced to parents Wednesday that they’ve hired former Cerritos coach Martin Rodriguez to be the Jackrabbits’ next baseball coach. Rodriguez replaces Brent Lavoie, who coached the Jackrabbits to three of the last four league titles but who was fired at the end of this season. Lavoie’s dismissal was controversial, with […]
Multiple Long Beach State athletic department and university sources confirmed that the school had three finalists for its open athletic director position on campus last week, with sessions that included final interviews with university president Jane Conoley and vice president/CFO Scott Apel, who will oversee the AD on campus. University spokesman Jeff Cook had previously […]