Lakewood just hired a new baseball coach in alum Anthony Razo, and it appears that he won’t be the only new face in the Moore League next year as Long Beach Poly has confirmed they are hiring a new baseball coach as well. The move comes following the departure of coach Soloman Williams after two […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Former Jackrabbits Wendell “WoWo” Moe, Jr. & Tyson Ruffins. Longtime Long Beach Poly girls’ athletic director Crystal Irving confirmed to the 562 that she has stepped down as AD at the school as of last month, following a historic 24-year run […]
The Long Beach Century Club will host its 69th Annual Sports Banquet next week at The Grand in Long Beach, recognizing the city’s top high school athletes along with a host of special award winners including a new class of Hall of Fame inductees. This year, the Century Club will be inducting former Aquatic Capital […]
The Long Beach Coast continued their impressive debut season with a 6-2 victory over RedPocket Mobiles on Sunday afternoon at Blair Field. LBC (15-3) extended its win streak to 12 games and wrapped their first first home series going 6-0. The win puts the Coast in first place in the Pioneer Baseball League. The Coast […]
Something felt different at Blair Field on Friday night. Maybe it was Long Beach legend Warren G walking to the mound to throw out the ceremonial first pitch for the Long Beach Coast’s inaugural Regulators Night. Maybe it was the steady chorus of “L-B-C” chants rolling through the ballpark throughout the night. Or maybe it […]
The562’s coverage of Millikan Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Brian Ramsey and TLD Law. The Millikan baseball team capped a historic season on Tuesday on the road in San Diego against Point Loma. The Moore League champion Rams (23-9) were a surprise entrant into the CIF State Division II playoffs despite a […]
It was the inaugural Opening Day for the Long Beach Coast at a sold-out Bohl Diamond at Blair Field on Tuesday, as the city’s new professional baseball team took the field at home for the first time in a revamped stadium adorned in coastal teal coloring and branding. What had already been a highly anticipated […]
The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. It’s hard to imagine a much harder act to follow than Spud O’Neil at Lakewood. The legendary baseball coach retired as the second-winningest coach in California history with 984 victories including two CIF-SS championships. O’Neil’s tenure spanned 43 years at the school and […]
From football to family. Le football est plus qu’un jeu – soccer is more than just a game. Every year, a group of French soccer all-stars travel overseas to compete in a Southern California tournament. While they spend 10 days in the area exploring and training, the players stay with host families in Long Beach […]