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Century Club Column Long Beach Poly Tennis

COLUMN: Special Weekend For Billie Jean King, Long Beach

Fifty eight years ago, Billie Jean King asked the citizens of Long Beach to send her to the world. She raised $2,000 from the Long Beach Century Club, the Long Beach Tennis Patrons, and the residents of the city to send her to Wimbledon, where she skyrocketed to international fame at the age of 17 […]

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Volleyball: Long Beach Poly Sweeps Lakewood, Forces First-Place Tie

At the midway point of the Moore League girls’ volleyball season, things are all evened up. Long Beach Poly swept Lakewood Tuesday afternoon to force a first-place tie between the Jackrabbits and Lancers, with Millikan and Wilson just one game back. Poly was dominant in a road sweep of the Lancers, winning 25-21, 25-10, 25-15. […]

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Lakewood Long Beach Poly Volleyball

PREVIEW: Lakewood vs. Long Beach Poly Girls’ Volleyball

Tuesday afternoon features one of the two most-anticipated girls’ volleyball matches of the year on the local schedule, as Lakewood hosts Long Beach Poly in a match between the two highest-ranked teams in the Moore League. The Lancers and Jackrabbits have won the last seven league championships, and are the only local teams in the […]

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LB in NFL: Lakewood’s Matt Pryor Makes Debut With Eagles

Every week we check in with the 12 Long Beach alums currently in the NFL. Long Beach Poly As usual, it was an eventful week for Poly alums. JuJu Smith-Schuster’s Steelers fell to 0-3 for the first time in the Mike Tomlin era, but Smith-Schuster’s 76-yard touchdown was a rare highlight for the injury-bitten Steelers. […]

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Football Long Beach City College

LBCC Football Beats LA Valley Via Forfeit

LBCC football coach Brett Peabody likes to win, but not like this. The Vikings improved to 2-1 last Saturday after a rare forfeit win over LA Valley College, which came thanks to low numbers at Valley. Southern California Football Association commissioner Jim Sartoris said via statement: Valley has informed the SCFA that it can not […]

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Athlete of the Week Football Lakewood Long Beach City College Millikan Volleyball

The562.org’s Athletes of the Week

Congratulations to our winners and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Gevani McCoy, Lakewood Football Lakewood was in need of a big win last week in their Moore League opener and they got it 35-0 over Cabrillo thanks in part to a great game from quarterback Gevani McCoy. The gunslinger had […]