Millikan football coach Romeo Pellum confirmed Thursday afternoon that he’d been reinstated as the Rams coach, following a paid leave during an investigation of the Millikan football program by the Long Beach Unified School District. “I’m back, I’m happy to be back, and we have three games to win so we can get to that […]
Author: Mike Guardabascio
Lakewood Hires Adam Wadley to Coach Volleyball, Fernando Viramontes to Coach Lacrosse
The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Volleyball in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Misty May-Treanor and the Dream in Gold Foundation. Lakewood High confirmed a pair of coaching hires last week as they’re getting two up-and-coming coaching talents on board, including one Lancers […]
Long Beach Poly AD Rob Shock Wins CIF-SS Champion For Character Award
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by JuJu Smith-Schuster and the JuJu Foundation. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Poly alum Jayon Brown and PlayFair Sports Management. Longtime Long Beach Poly boys’ athletic director Rob Shock was honored in Long […]
Lakewood Unveils Renovated Gym
The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. After seven months of renovation, Lakewood High unveiled the much-improved Tim Sweeney Gymnasium last weekend, as it opened its doors for the first time for the Steve Lewis Volleyfest. The gym got a brand new floor, but several other major upgrades as well. […]
Long Beach High School Football CalPreps Rankings, Week Eight
With the new playoff format last year, the number question we got at every practice we went to was about playoff divisions. With that in mind we’re going to track where teams stand each week in the CalPreps rankings, which are used to determine the CIF Southern Section’s playoff divisions at the end of the […]
STANDINGS: Long Beach High School Football, Week Eight
Here’s where things stand after the first week of high school football league play in Long Beach.
Long Beach High School Football Schedule, Week Eight
All games 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7 Wilson vs. Long Beach Poly Lakewood vs. Millikan Jordan vs. Compton St. Anthony @ La Salle BYE: Cabrillo, LBCC
Long Beach Poly Earns MaxPreps National Ranking
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by JuJu Smith-Schuster and the JuJu Foundation. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Poly alum Jayon Brown and PlayFair Sports Management. The Long Beach Poly football team is off to its best start to […]
The562.org’s Athletes of the Week
The562’s Athletes of the Week is sponsored by the Long Beach Century Club. Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to the Long Beach Century Club and Naples Rib Company for their support. HIGH SCHOOL Xavier Jones, Long Beach Poly Football Long Beach Poly sophomore running back Xavier Jones had a breakout performance […]
Long Beach State Dedicates Locker Room to Brian Gimmillaro, Falls to Hawaii
The562’s coverage of Long Beach State Volleyball is sponsored by Naples Island Car Wash. Visit NaplesIslandCarWash.comto learn more. The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team dedicated its locker room to perhaps the university’s all-time greatest coach during a private ceremony Saturday morning in the Walter Pyramid. The women’s volleyball locker room will now be known as […]











