Eli Aquino
Eli Aquino began working with The562 as part of its inaugural intern class in 2021 and continued working throughout high school as a freelancer. He is now an Assistant Editor and recently completed his first year at Long Beach State.

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No one was surprised when local basketball stars Jovani Ruff and Ryann Bennett took over CIF postseason games and carried their teams to victory. That’s because they’d been doing it all year. It didn’t look like Bennett had brought her A-game when St. Anthony took on Moreno Valley in the CIF Southern Section Girls’ Basketball […]

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Football Long Beach City College

Football: Long Beach City College Rolls To Season Opening Win

JJ Fiddler

The562’s coverage of Vikings athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Long Beach City College. Expectations are very high for an explosive Long Beach City College football squad and they showed why with an emphatic 72-6 season opening win over visiting LA Southwest on Saturday night at Veterans Memorial Stadium. LBCC hasn’t scored […]

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Football Jordan Millikan

PREVIEW: Jordan at Millikan, Football

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The562’s coverage of football in 2024-25 is sponsored by The Terry Donahue Memorial California Showcase. The562’s coverage of Jordan Athletics is sponsored by former LBUSD superintendent Chris Steinhauser. Before the season,  the Jordan and Millikan matchup appeared like it could be a high-scoring affair after the teams combined for 78 points last season and 112 the […]