The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. Two Wilson High School students are working to address an issue that often goes unnoticed until it’s too late: sudden cardiac arrest in young athletes. Alexis Torres and Emmalie Arzate, both student-athletes and members of Wilson’s student athletic training staff, […]
UPDATE: Compton assistant coach Lamar Freeman has confirmed to The562.org that spectators will be allowed to attend Friday’s football contest between Compton and Dorsey, reversing a decision made by the school earlier in the day. On Tuesday morning, Compton High School staff confirmed to The562.org that spectators would not be permitted to attend Friday’s football […]
TEAM LEAGUE RECORD OVERALL POINTS FOR POINTS AGAINST Moore League Wilson 0-0 3-0 121 35 Compton 0-0 2-1 100 14 Long Beach Poly 0-0 1-2 51 77 Cabrillo 0-0 1-2 67 119 Lakewood 0-0 1-2 35 88 Jordan 0-0 0-2 30 67 Millikan 0-0 0-4 108 124 Del Rey League […]
We’ve got a full slate of football in Long Beach this week. Wilson looks to remain unbeaten. Millikan and Poly are on a bye this week, while the rest of the Moore League wraps up their non-league schedule. St. Anthony continues its tough stretch to start the season. All starts times are 7 p.m. unless […]
The562’s coverage of Vikings athletics is sponsored in part by Long Beach City College. For a quarter it looked like the Long Beach City College football team was on its way to its first win with first-year coach Marques Cooper. But, with some turnovers and untimely miscues the Vikings lost to Mt. San Jacinto 52-20 […]
After a blistering fast start to their season, the Compton football team hit its first road bump of the season as they lost 7-3 to Paramount Friday night. The Compton offense that rushed for 600 yards over the first two games was stymied by the Pirates as they finished with 98 yards and no touchdowns. […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2025-26 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. Sometimes all you need is to be home. That was the case for the Long Beach State women’s soccer team as they shook off a four-game losing streak with a historic 6-0 win against Nevada Thursday night at George […]
With the NFL season kicking off this week, Long Beach football fans will recognize some familiar names on the field – including three former standouts from Long Beach Poly. The city also has others in supporting roles across the league. Poly Long Beach Poly continues to lead the city and the nation as one of […]
The excitement that started in the offseason is still buzzing in Hub City as Compton is off to a 2-0 start for the second time in three years. With a punishing rushing attack, Compton is coming off back-to-back 300-yard rushing games but will host a Paramount team on Friday night that has beaten them three […]