Wilson traveled to Huntington Beach to take on the Edison Chargers in the quarterfinals of the 2022 CIF-SS Division 3 playoffs. For more coverage of all Long Beach sports, head to www.The562.org. We are a non-profit, community-funded media outlet in the City of Long Beach, covering primarily sports and education.
Matt Simon has been covering sports since 2013. During his time at Long Beach State, he served as sports editor for the Daily 49er while completing his degree. Since then, he has reported extensively on athletics throughout Southern California for multiple publications. He also served as an assistant editor at The Maui News before joining The562.org as a correspondent. In 2025, he was brought on as an assistant editor.
The Long Beach Poly boys’ basketball team is off to a historically dominant start, as the Jackrabbits are 4-0 after games against Compton, Jordan, Cabrillo, and Millikan, which Poly has won by a combined score of 321-125 (that’s an average of 80-31). The Jackrabbits’ most recent victory was Friday night at Millikan, where a defensive-minded […]
All of The562’s water polo coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Aqualand. Visit AqualandOfTheFree.com to learn more. When it comes to high school water polo in Long Beach, Wilson has always been the team to beat. That notion was on full display at the Belmont on Friday where Wilson girls water polo opened its […]
The 2020-21 school year was one that will always be remembered for uncertainty and confusion. The COVID-19 pandemic not only closed schools, it also pushed the high school sports seasons to the brink, and for months it looked like football and many other sports wouldn’t happen. One of the things that turned the tide in […]
