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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 Cabrillo badminton team continued their Moore League dominance this season, capturing three titles at the Moore League finals that concluded Wednesday afternoon at Jordan High School. After their undefeated regular season, the Jaguars took the top spot in the girls’ singles, boys’ doubles and girls’ doubles events. On day one of competition on Monday, […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. The Jackrabbits got a head start on the flag football phenomenon, as they had a sponsored club team last year, coached by longtime boys’ athletic director Rob Shock and football coach Stephen Barbee. Shock is leading the Jackrabbits again this year, with Barbee helping as […]
The Long Beach Unified School District held a special Board of Education meeting last week to announce it had selected the district’s 13th superintendent: the historic choice of Dr. Jill Baker. Baker will become just the third superintendent of the LBUSD since 1992, and will replace Chris Steinhauser, who is retiring at the end of […]
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