At the end of each school year, The562.org takes pride in celebrating the top athletes, performances, and achievements from across the city. We’ve been awarding All-City Awards for nearly a decade, as part of a tradition in local sports coverage that dates back more than 50 years. We begin our All-City awards this week by […]
The Long Beach Century Club hosted its 69th Annual Sports Night Banquet at The Grand in Long Beach last week, recognizing the city’s top high school athletes along with many special award recipients. The562’s Mike Guardabascio and Tyler Hendrickson emceed the awards ceremony and began by presenting Long Beach State men’s volleyball coach Nick MacRae […]
The562’s coverage of Avalon Athletics is sponsored by Curtin Maritime. Erick Madriz is a man of few words. Rather than talk about his accomplishments, the Avalon senior has spent the last four years letting his play speak for itself. A naturally shy kid, Madriz found his place in high school playing three sports, building his […]
The Long Beach Century Club will host its 69th Annual Sports Banquet next week at The Grand in Long Beach, recognizing the city’s top high school athletes along with a host of special award winners including a new class of Hall of Fame inductees. This year, the Century Club will be inducting former Aquatic Capital […]
It was the inaugural Opening Day for the Long Beach Coast at a sold-out Bohl Diamond at Blair Field on Tuesday, as the city’s new professional baseball team took the field at home for the first time in a revamped stadium adorned in coastal teal coloring and branding. What had already been a highly anticipated […]
The562’s cross country and track & field coverage is sponsored by Joe Carlson & Debbie Hughes. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. History felt inevitable for Wilson’s Clara Adams, Brooke Blue, Brooklyn Fowler and Saniah Varnado. The quartet spent the season dominating 400m races, and it […]
The562’s cross country and track & field coverage is sponsored by Joe Carlson & Debbie Hughes. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. From the Arcadia Invitational and the Moore League Finals to the CIF Championships and everything in between, Wilson logs plenty of miles over the […]
The562’s cross country and track & field coverage is sponsored by Joe Carlson & Debbie Hughes. 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. It wasn’t the flashy finish to the season that we’ve come to expect from Long […]
The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. It’s never easy walking off the baseball field after a long, hard-fought season, but the feeling after Lakewood’s semifinal loss on Tuesday carried a little extra weight. The Lancers fell 6-1 to Covina in the CIF-SS Division 6 semifinals, ending an impressive […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. You couldn’t have scripted a better start to what was a textbook outing for the Wilson baseball team in its CIF-SS Division 5 quarterfinal against Temescal Canyon. The Bruins came out swinging, and before you could blink they were out […]