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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
It feels safe to say that, results aside, this year will be better for the Compton baseball team than any of the last few. The Tarbabes enter the 2026 season in their final year competing in the Moore League, and it also marks the program’s first year with a designated campus as they debut a […]
The562’s coverage of Millikan Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Brian Ramsey and TLD Law. It came as no surprise that Millikan’s CIF-SS Division 1 quarterfinal on Tuesday against Rancho Christian went wire-to-wire, and it’s exactly what we’ve come to expect from a Rams team that entered the night on a 13-game […]
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. Kirby Sheets, Millikan Boys’ Soccer Sophomore Kirby “Clean” Sheets had a huge night in the Millikan goal during the Rams’ first-round […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Former Jackrabbits Wendell “WoWo” Moe, Jr. & Tyson Ruffins. From start to finish of the CIF-SS Division 7 second-round matchup against Kennedy, the Long Beach Poly girls’ basketball team went through a whirlwind of emotions. From a dominant start and […]
The562’s coverage of Millikan Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Brian Ramsey and TLD Law. If there was any skepticism left after Millikan’s lopsided first-round win over Thousand Oaks in the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs, that doubt can now be put to bed. The second round was a completely different matchup for […]
The562’s coverage of Millikan Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Brian Ramsey and TLD Law.