The562’s high school soccer coverage for the 2025-26 season is sponsored by Long Beach Poly soccer alum Kennedy Justin. The562’s coverage of Millikan Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Brian Ramsey and TLD Law. It had already been a cinematic playoff run for Millikan, and Saturday delivered the perfect final scene at Veterans Memorial […]
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PREVIEW: Millikan vs. Ayala, CIF Girls’ Soccer Championship
The562’s high school soccer coverage for the 2025-26 season is sponsored by Long Beach Poly soccer alum Kennedy Justin. The562’s coverage of Millikan Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Brian Ramsey and TLD Law. The Millikan girls’ soccer team is making its first appearance in a CIF-SS championship game today as they […]
Men’s Volleyball: No. 2 Long Beach State Finishes Strong To Beat Concordia Irvine
The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2025-26 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. As it’s been all year, Friday was all about the response for Long Beach State. The Beach entered the weekend looking to respond to its second loss of the season to UCLA and was given another task to overcome […]
Wilson Bruins Softball Preview
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. It’ll be a thin roster for the Wilson Bruins this season with plenty of new faces, as 12 newcomers are set to take the field. Among them, however, is a small core group of returners who are about as solid […]
St. Anthony Saints Softball Preview
It was about as tough a transition year as it gets for the St. Anthony softball program last season. With players transferring out, a large group of inexperienced freshmen, and injured returners, the odds were stacked against the Saints in what ultimately ended as a winless campaign. Now, after moving to the Camino Real League […]
The562.org’s Athletes of the Week
The562’s Athletes of the Week is sponsored by the Long Beach Century Club. Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to the Long Beach Century Club and Naples Rib Company for their support. HIGH SCHOOL Gissel Fang, Millikan Girls’ Soccer Millikan senior defender Gigi Fang was the star of the Rams’ quarterfinals matchup against […]
Men’s Basketball: Another Long Beach State Rally Falls Short Against CSUN
The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2025-26 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. By the time the Long Beach State men’s basketball team found any real rhythm on Saturday night against CSUN, it was too little, too late. The Beach welcomed the CSUN into the LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid in desperate […]
Men’s Volleyball: No. 2 Long Beach State Falls Again To No. 1 UCLA
The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2025-26 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. Photo courtesy of Ethan Cohen. Simply put, the Long Beach State men’s volleyball team is exactly where it belongs. The No. 2-ranked Beach stepped into Pauley Pavilion on Friday night with a chance to avenge their only loss of […]
CIF Girls’ Basketball: Wilson Thumped By El Dorado In Quarterfinals
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. In a perfect world, every single playoff game would be even-matched and come down to final moments. Unfortunately, the CIF Southern Section playoffs are not that world. The Wilson girls’ basketball team faced that reality on Wednesday night in the […]
Wilson Bruins Baseball Preview
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. When the puzzle pieces of the 2025 Wilson baseball team came together, the picture painted the Bruins’ first Moore League championship since 2017—one they ultimately had to share after dropping their final regular-season matchup against Millikan. But a new year […]











