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The562’s coverage of football in 2023-24 is sponsored in part by the MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center Foundation and Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital Foundation
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.
The562’s coverage of football in 2024-25 is sponsored by The Terry Donahue Memorial California Showcase. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. You would be hard-pressed to find a more unique high school football superstar than Deuce Weston. The Wilson senior sat out the first half of this season […]
A stellar group of athletes in the Class of 2025 helped establish Long Beach Poly as the first Moore League powerhouse in girls’ flag football. The Jackrabbits were early pioneers in the sport, and were one of the top teams in Southern California a season ago. Led by head coach Rob Shock, the veteran Jackrabbits […]
The562’s coverage of girls’ flag football is sponsored by the Los Angeles Chargers. The first ever CIF-SS flag football brackets were released on Saturday morning, and the draw was kind to Long Beach’s playoff teams. With four playoff teams coming out of the Moore League–along with St. Anthony–Long Beach has a rooting interest in four of […]
