The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2024-25 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. The Hawaii men’s volleyball team has the best home court advantage in the NCAA, and the Rainbow Warriors flexed their home crowd muscle on Saturday night in the Big West Championship against top-ranked Long Beach State. The Beach battled […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2024-25 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. The Long Beach State men’s volleyball team looked every bit the No. 1 team in the nation on Friday night in the Big West Tournament semifinals out in Hawaii. On a night that saw No. 2 UCLA fall in […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2024-25 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. The Long Beach State men’s volleyball team had just finished sweeping UC Irvine on the Anteaters’ home floor. As game officials and other personnel filtered away from the court, something unique happened: fans streamed down the stairs and formed a […]
The562’s coverage of high school volleyball in 2025 is brought to you by the MLP’s Bay Area Breakers. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009.
The Los Angeles 2028 Olympics will have an even more decidedly Long Beach flavor, it was announced on Tuesday. Long Beach is adding beach volleyball (originally set to be hosted in Santa Monica), target shooting, coastal rowing, and sport climbing to its already-strong roster of Olympic events. That brings the city’s total to 11 Olympic […]
Long Beach Poly unveiled a new mural on the historic campus last Friday afternoon, honoring all-time great alum Billie Jean King (class of 1961). The mural, by Mike Sullivan, depicts King in her athletic prime during a career that saw her win 39 Grand Slam titles, earning six No. 1 world rankings. King has been […]
The562’s Athletes of the Week is sponsored by the Long Beach Century Club. Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to the Long Beach Century Club and Naples Rib Company for their support. HIGH SCHOOL Simrin Adams/Sadie Calderone, Wilson Volleyball Wilson sophomores Simrin Adams and Sadie Calderone were the city’s best team all […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2024-25 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. The Long Beach State men’s volleyball team got a split on the road against Hawaii last weekend, taking down the Rainbow Warriors in four sets on Friday night before falling to them in five sets on Saturday, in a […]
The562’s Athletes of the Week is sponsored by the Long Beach Century Club. Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to the Long Beach Century Club and Naples Rib Company for their support. HIGH SCHOOL Ben Howard, Wilson Baseball Wilson has surged into first place in part on the shoulder of stud pitcher […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2024-25 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. The Long Beach State men’s volleyball team wasn’t all that pleased with how they played Thursday night in a four-set win over UC Santa Barbara. The No. 1-ranked Beach bounced back in a big way Friday night in the […]