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Basketball Long Beach State

Men’s Basketball: Colin Slater Clutch 3-Pointer Gives Long Beach State Big West’s Top Seed

Long Beach State senior guard Colin Slater had missed all 12 of his shots from the field when he caught the inbounds pass with 7.9 seconds left in regulation of a tied game. “I knew (LBSU coach Dan Monson) wasn’t going to call a timeout so I was pushing it with a good pace,” Slater […]

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Basketball Millikan

CIF State Basketball: Millikan Outlasts Sunny Hills In Second Round

Millikan freshman Jackson Cryst was washing blood off his uniform at halftime of the CIF State Division IV boys’ basketball regional quarterfinals on Thursday night, and he didn’t mind. “I had to think that the pain of the game is temporary but winning lasts forever,” Cryst said. “It’s about sacrificing your body and playing as […]

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Basketball Millikan

LIVE UPDATES: Millikan vs. Sunny Hills, CIF State Basketball

Millikan continues the 2022 CIF State Division IV Boys’ Basketball playoffs tonight at 6 by hosting Sunny Hills out of Orange County. Follow along for live score updates and check back later tonight for coverage of the game! Click here if you can’t see the updates. Tweets by 562sports Support The562.org

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Baseball Long Beach State

FEATURE: Dodgers Organist Dieter Ruehle Stars In Long Beach For Dirtbags

The562’s coverage of Dirtbags Baseball for the 2022 season is sponsored by P2S, Inc. Visit p2sinc.com to learn more. There is an inherent old-school feel at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field where the Long Beach State Dirtbags call home and the local high schools play their league games. Despite the new state-of-the-art stadium lights, fresh […]

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Lakewood Wrestling

Wrestling: Lakewood’s Saiheron Preciado-Meza Third In State

A week after winning the CIF Masters championship at 189 pounds, Lakewood wrestler Saiheron Preciado-Meza finished third at the CIF State completion last weekend. Preciado-Meza finishes the season with 34 wins and only one loss, which came during the State competition in Bakersfield. Thirty of her victories came via the pin. Fellow Lakewood wrestler Zainab […]

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Basketball Millikan

CIF State Basketball: Millikan Runs Away With First Ever Win

The Millikan boys’ basketball team have started their last two postseason games very slowly. A huge halftime deficit was too much to overcome in the CIF Southern Section Division 3A semifinals last week, but the Rams learned their lesson and ran away from Bravo with a 79-49 first round win in the CIF State Division […]

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Basketball Long Beach State

Shorthanded Long Beach State Men’s Basketball Scores 103 In Win

Not very often does a men’s basketball team play a non-conference game with only two weeks left in the regular season, but that’s what Long Beach State did on Thursday night at Walter Pyramid. The short-handed Beach used balanced scoring to beat UC San Diego 103-87. Their 16 made 3-pointers is just one short of […]