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Lakewood Long Beach Poly Wrestling

CIF Wrestling: Lakewood’s Ashley Wafer Wins Gold Medal at Masters, Headlines Three Grapplers Heading To State

Lakewood’s Ashley Wafer already had the taste of sweet redemption before she stepped onto the mat for her heavyweight championship bout at the CIF Southern Section Masters Meet.  In the semifinals, the senior punched her ticket to state and the championship bout with a 5-0 decision over Downey’s Katherine Luna – who defeated her in […]

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Millikan Soccer

CIF Soccer: AJ Aquino’s Overtime Goal Lifts Millikan Girls’ Soccer To Championship Game

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. Without hesitation, AJ Aquino started sprinting toward the goal after she made a nice pass to Alexandra Rios. […]

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CIF Wrestling: CIF-SS Girls Masters Meet Starts

There are plenty of storylines heading into Saturday’s CIF Southern Section Girls Wrestling Masters Meet at Sonora High School.  There are 13 grapplers from the Moore League each with different paths on the road to the Masters with a chance to qualify for the State Tournament. Lakewood senior Ashley Wafer is looking to punch her […]

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Long Beach Poly Millikan Wrestling

CIF Wrestling: Millikan junior Chris Anguiano Wins Gold Medal At Masters Meet, Three Long Beach Wrestlers Qualify For State

After winning the CIF Southern Section Northern Division gold medal last week, Millikan junior Chris Anguiano said the job wasn’t over.  The junior can add another gold medal to his collection after defeating Fountain Valley’s Mason McDonnell for the CIF-SS Masters 157-pound blue division championship on Saturday at Sonora High. With the win, Anguiano has […]

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Long Beach Poly Millikan Wrestling

CIF Wrestling: Moore League Grapplers Compete At Masters Meet

The CIF Southern Section Boys Wrestling Masters Meet is today and nine grapplers representing the Moore League will converge at Sonora High as they look to qualify for State.  Millikan’s Chris Anguiano is the top seed in the Blue Division 157-pound bracket. Last year, Anguiano took bronze in the 150-pound Gold Division.  He’s joined in […]

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Basketball Long Beach State

College Basketball: Long Beach State Can’t Find Offensive Rhythm In Loss To UC Irvine

The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2025-26 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. The Long Beach State men’s basketball team has been needing a spark.  Heading into Thursday’s game on a seven-game losing streak It looked like they might have found it as they forced UC Irvine into 15 first-half turnovers.  However, […]

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Baseball Cabrillo

Cabrillo Jaguars Baseball Preview

The562’s coverage of Cabrillo Athletics is sponsored by the Cohn Family. After a difficult 2025 season, the Cabrillo baseball program enters the Spring looking for stability, growth and a fresh start. The Jaguars finished tied with Compton at 1–11 in Moore League play last year, a result that reflected a young roster and a program […]

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Millikan Wrestling

Wrestling: Fueled By Purpose, Millikan’s Chris Anguiano Wins First CIF Title

The562’s coverage of Millikan Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Brian Ramsey and TLD Law. Heading into the season, Millikan junior Chris Anguiano had a clear vision of what he wanted to accomplish. The junior crossed off one of the items near the top of his to-do list on Saturday when he […]