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. Long Beach Poly alum Jack Jones is receiving a rare honor: his jersey has gone on display at the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Jones, a star defensive back for the Miami […]
Photo by Ross Turteltaub, UCLA Athletics There’s no city in the country with the water polo history that Long Beach has. The nation’s Olympic wheelhouse has once again produced champions, as last week UCLA claimed the NCAA men’s water polo title in an instant classic thriller with USC, in a win powered by several Long […]
Long Beach Poly legend Darrell Patterson passed away last month at the age of 62. Coached by Hall of Famers Ron Palmer at Poly and Ron Massey while in middle school at Stephens, Patterson arrived at Poly as a heralded incoming player. He went on to help lead the Jackrabbits to a 1981 CIF Southern […]
Long Beach State athletic director Bobby Smitheran made the easiest hire anywhere in the NCAA last week. After legendary men’s volleyball coach Alan Knipe announced his retirement with four national titles to his name at LBSU (three as a coach, one as a player), Smitheran got to look one spot down the bench and hire […]
Longtime golf coach Dick McBride passed away at the age of 90 last month, after a well-lived life full of service to the Long Beach community. Born in 1935, McBride grew up in Long Beach attending St. Matthew’s Elementary and St. Anthony High School. He’s perhaps best known in Long Beach as an avid golfer […]
A legend of the Beach is riding off into the sunset–and he’s going out on top. Longtime Long Beach State men’s volleyball coach Alan Knipe will announce his retirement later today, he’s confirmed to the562. Knipe is a four-time NCAA men’s volleyball champion with Long Beach State, having won as a player in 1991 and […]
The Long Beach City College women’s water polo team just wrapped up one of the most dominant seasons by any team at any level in city history. The Vikings blew through the CCCAA State Water Polo Tournament with three laugher wins, outscoring their opponents by a combined score of 59-17, and winning every game by […]
Long Beach State had a big week with the announcement of their iconic Pyramid being renamed the LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid following an $8.5 million sponsorship. On the court on Friday night, the picture was a little less pretty for the school’s men’s basketball team, as the Beach (1-5) fell to Montana State in […]
Shortly after Long Beach Poly football coach Justin Utupo informed the562 that he was stepping down after one season coaching the Jackrabbits, the Long Beach Unified School District announced that it has completed an internal review, which confirmed that three Poly coaches violated CIF-SS Bylaw 202 B5, relating to school personnel falsifying documents The district […]