From December 8th to February 7th, the Long Beach State women’s basketball team did not win a single game, dropping 12 straight and sinking to the basement of the Big West standings. A road win against CSU Northridge on February 8th proved to the team they could play with anyone in the conference, and they […]
We’ve got some great shots from the 49ers’ victory taken by Stephen Dachman.
The Long Beach City College men’s volleyball team continued its tear through the state of California this week, including a dominant sweep of Santa Barbara City on Friday evening in the Vikings’ volleyball gym. LBCC remained undefeated at 12-0 with the win, and remains the unanimous No. 1-ranked team in California after the 25-13, 25-17, […]
We’ve got some great photos from the match taken by photographer Stephen Dachman.
LBCC alum Bryan Braman fulfilled a lifelong dream last month when he won a Super Bowl with the Philadelphia Eagles, completing a journey from struggling Vikings student to the peak of the football world. Braman literally sealed the game for the Eagles, making the final tackle of the game and setting off the team’s celebration. […]
The LBCC alum and Super Bowl champ shared some words of wisdom.
The 49ers needed something special to happen after losing five of their last six games, and Deishuan Booker delivered with a full-court buzzer-beating layup run that gave them a 70-69 win over UC Santa Barbara on the road. Booker had a career-best 20 points, sharing the scoring lead with senior Gabe Levin, who had 20 […]
When we first started working on building The562.org we were excited about creating a world-class website that will feature all the videos, articles, and photo galleries our readers have come to expect from us over the last decade. But we also thought about those special moments when parents get to see their kids’ names in […]
Lakewood’s Randy Gonzalez, Jr. continued his dream season last weekend at the CIF Southern Section Masters meet. Gonzalez, the CIF-SS champion at 285 pounds, took third at Masters to qualify for state. Millikan’s Alex Andrade is also headed to state after finishing seventh at 132 pounds. Andrade was the runner-up at CIF the previous week. […]
Opening day for the spring high school sports season was this past Saturday, and several local teams were in action. Baseball Millikan baseball fans got a pair of thrillers as coach Ron Keester’s Rams won two games against Bellflower, both by a score of 4-3. The Rams trailed 3-2 in both games before winning both […]