The first round of the CIF Southern Section girls’ volleyball playoffs is this evening, and five teams remain in the action after Millikan was eliminated in Tuesday’s wild card round. All games are at 6 p.m. We’ll have live updates on the website. Division 1 Long Beach Poly @ Aliso Niguel Division 2 Lakewood vs. […]
Author: Mike Guardabascio
COLUMN: Long Beach Volleyball’s Diversity Is Its Strength
Longtime Long Beach State women’s volleyball coach Brian Gimmillaro had many accomplishments during his run at the school, which produced multiple national championships. The one he spoke about most fondly wasn’t the undefeated 1998 national title (the first in NCAA history) or the many Olympians that came out of Long Beach State–it was the national […]
Feature: Jordan Bell’s Charity Basketball Game Had Special Meaning
Jordan Bell is known for many things. The Long Beach Poly alum, NBA champion, and Minnesota Timberwolves forward has been an elite basketball player and shotblocker for many years, dating back to his playing days in his hometown. He’s always been known as a talker, too–he talked back in class, he talked trash to opponents, […]
The562.org’s Athletes of the Week
Congratulations to our winners and thanks to Naples Rib Company for the sponsorship! Khilyn Neal, Long Beach Poly Football The Long Beach Poly senior has had four touchdowns called back on penalties this year, but finally got into the end zone twice against Compton, first on a strip-and-score sack as a defensive end, then as […]
Long Beach’s ‘Special Six’ Open CIF-SS Volleyball Playoffs
The CIF Southern Section girls’ volleyball playoffs begin on Thursday, and the city of Long Beach is sending its best-ever crop of six teams to try and win a championship. Long Beach Poly, Lakewood, Wilson, Millikan, St. Anthony, and Avalon will compete in five divisions to try and win the city’s first CIF-SS title since […]
VIDEO: LBCC vs. ELAC Football
VIDEO BY MATT SIMON JuCo Football: LBCC vs. ELAC Visit the562.org for full coverage
LBCC Football Starts Conference Play With A Win
STORY BY MATT SIMON The 2019 season has been deemed the redemption tour for the Long Beach City College football team. Heading into Saturday night’s contest the Vikings (4-2, 1-0) were 0-2 on their journey to make up for a disappointing 2018 campaign. Behind the arm of quarterback Derrach West and a staunch defense, LBCC […]
Football: Long Beach Poly Shuts Down Compton
Long Beach Poly football coach Stephen Barbee is familiar with Compton’s double-wing offense, which relies on punishing run after punishing run, with some misdirection thrown in. Barbee dialed up the right defense for his Jackrabbits, who platooned several defensive lineman and employed eight different D-Line combinations to shut down the Compton attack, which was limited […]
VIDEO: Cabrillo vs. Jordan Football
High School Football: Cabrillo vs. Jordan For full coverage visit the562.org
VIDEO: Long Beach Poly vs. Compton Football
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