Long Beach State athletic director Andy Fee took the rare step Monday afternoon of firing women’s volleyball coach Joy McKienzie-Fuerbringer and top assistant coach Matt Fuerbringer, five weeks before the end of the season. The move is effective immediately, and Fee said Monday it was made because of performance issues–the first time he’s made a […]
This is the last week of the regular season for high school football–we take a look at the schedule around Long Beach and the Moore League. All games start at 7 p.m. Friday Lakewood vs. Long Beach Poly (Veterans Memorial Stadium) Millikan vs. Wilson Cabrillo vs. Compton St. Anthony vs. Harvard-Westlake (at St. Pius X/St. […]
As we head into the final week of the regular season of high school football games in Long Beach, here’s a look at where everyone stands. The top three teams from the Moore League make the playoffs automatically. Support The562.org Long Beach High School Football Schedule, Final Week
As the icewater from the Gatorade bucket hit Compton football coach Calvin Bryant, it looked like a scene from a movie. How else to describe a scene of triumph for Compton, a team mourning the deaths of longtime athletic director Maxine Kemp and assistant coach Webster Peters? A team that has suffered injuries to more […]
We’ll have live updates from tonight’s high school football games with Compton hosting Lakewood and Millikan hosting Cabrillo. CLICK HERE for our previews of the games. Click here if you can’t see the updates. Tweets by 562sports Support The562.org
While Poly and Wilson were knocked out of opening round matches on Tuesday, Millikan (Division 3) and Avalon (Division 9) both advanced to the second round with wins. Lakewood is in Division 1 and is still awaiting their opening match of the bracket, a quarterfinal on the road next Wednesday. Millikan defeated St. Margarets Episcopal […]
We’ll have live updates of today’s football game with Long Beach Poly visiting Jordan at 6 p.m., and the first-round CIF-SS playoff volleyball matches as Wilson visits South Torrance, Long Beach Poly visits Aliso Niguel, and Millikan travels to St. Margarets. Click here if you can’t see the updates. Tweets by 562sports Support The562.org
Long Beach Poly visits Jordan for a Thursday evening game, thanks to the official shortage that has affected all of Southern California this year. The Jackrabbits (5-3, 3-0) and Panthers (5-4, 3-2) will meet for a full game for just the second time in the last four seasons. The two teams didn’t play in the Spring […]
Over the last century, Long Beach Poly’s football program has produced hundreds of scholarships for local football players. Many have gone to the Pac-12 (and USC in particular), others have starred in the SEC or in other power-five conferences. Two seniors this year are hoping to blaze a trail for the next generation of Jackrabbits […]
There was no doubt that this year was going to be a special one for the Moore League in girls’ volleyball, and sure enough, a pair of honors for local players last week clinched it. Lakewood senior Laura Williams and Poly senior Adonia Faumuina were both named Under-Armour All-Americans, and will play in the UA […]