The562 is excited to announce that the Terry Donahue Memorial California Showcase is now our official sponsor of football coverage for the 2024-2025 school year. The California Showcase is a free recruiting event founded by coach Terry Donahue, who was at UCLA from 1976-95 and retired as the winningest coach in Pac-12 and UCLA history. The […]
As Summer was unwinding into Fall, Katie Trainor was struggling. She was dealing with issues familiar to many of Long Beach’s half a million residents as the COVID-19 pandemic reached its six-month mark. She and her husband were able to hold their jobs, but her company laid off a lot of people during a stressful […]
Twenty-eight years ago, decorated Long Beach Poly football coach Jim Barnett departed 1600 Atlantic to take a job down the freeway at Trabuco Hills. Barnett led the Jackrabbits to the 1980 CIF-SS championship, ending the longest title drought in program history by winning their first ring in more than two decades. After the 1984 season, […]
