The Long Beach Century Club continued its annual tradition of making a large gift to the local schools this week, donating $80,500 to Long Beach State, LBCC, and the middle and high school sports programs in Long Beach. The donation represents the largest of the annual gifts the club has made, buoyed by fundraising efforts […]
Nearly 120 Long Beach entries will compete in Saturday’s CIF Southern Section Track and Field prelims, the vast majority of them in the Trabuco Hills Division 1 prelims. The top qualifiers in each event will be moving on to the following weekend’s CIF-SS Finals, which will be May 17 at Moorpark High. The Division 2 […]
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The562’s coverage of Avalon Athletics is sponsored by Curtin Maritime. Avalon boys’ volleyball pulled off a major upset in the CIF Southern Section playoffs this week. The Lancers advanced to the Division 8 playoffs by virtue of a win over the No. 2 seed, Pacific Christian, via sweep. Aaron Meza had 25 assists and three […]
Photo courtesy LBCC The Long Beach City College softball team made history this season by winning their first conference championship since 2002. The Vikings’ win over El Camino handed them the South Coast Conference title at the conclusion of the 22-2 season. Coach Megan Martinez was named SCC Coach of the Year, with Hailey Harris […]
It’s another busy playoff day in Long Beach with boys’ volleyball, lacrosse and girls’ beach volleyball all in competition. Friday, May 2 Boys’ Volleyball Division 3: Long Beach Poly vs San Marcos, 6pm Division 7: Lakewood at Ocean View, 6pm Division 4: Wilson at Royal, 6pm (Saturday) Boys’ Lacrosse Division 3: Long Beach Poly at […]
The562’s coverage of high school volleyball in 2025 is brought to you by the MLP’s Bay Area Breakers Three Moore League teams put the Long Beach in beach volleyball on Thursday afternoon, as Wilson, Millikan and Long Beach Poly all won their CIF Southern Section semifinal matches to punch their tickets to Saturday’s CIF-SS championships. […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. The562’s coverage of high school volleyball in 2025 is brought to you by the MLP’s Bay Area Breakers The Wilson beach volleyball team is on to the semifinals thanks to a 4-1 victory on the road at Santa Barbara in the […]
It’s another busy playoff day in Long Beach with boys’ volleyball, lacrosse and girls’ beach volleyball all in competition. Wednesday, April 30 Beach Volleyball Division 2: Wilson at Santa Barbara, 3pm Boys’ Volleyball Division 4: Wilson vs Godinez, 6pm Division 4: St. Anthony at Westlake, 6pm Division 6: Millikan vs Norwalk, 6pm Boys’ Lacrosse Division […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. Wilson High held its 19th annual Dodgeball Tournament the week before Spring Break, and once again the Lego Club came out with the championship thanks to a dominant sweep performance in the final match. The Lego Club defeated Skate Club 3-0 […]