The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics is sponsored by Bryson Financial. A year after arriving back on the national scene, the Long Beach Poly football program has a chance to prove that they belong there year-in and year-out again. The Jackrabbits went 10-0 in the regular season last year and ended up ranked nationally […]
The562’s coverage of Vikings athletics is sponsored in part by Long Beach City College. Last year was death by a thousand papercuts for the LBCC football program, as the Vikings lost four games by a touchdown or less. This year, the Vikings have a loaded roster as always, but head coach Brett Peabody said the […]
The Long Beach Poly administration announced to parents Wednesday that they’ve hired former Cerritos coach Martin Rodriguez to be the Jackrabbits’ next baseball coach. Rodriguez replaces Brent Lavoie, who coached the Jackrabbits to three of the last four league titles but who was fired at the end of this season. Lavoie’s dismissal was controversial, with […]
Multiple Long Beach State athletic department and university sources confirmed that the school had three finalists for its open athletic director position on campus last week, with sessions that included final interviews with university president Jane Conoley and vice president/CFO Scott Apel, who will oversee the AD on campus. University spokesman Jeff Cook had previously […]
With football season just weeks away, Long Beach Poly will have a familiar face roaming the sideline for the upcoming season. Longtime defensive coordinator Jeff Turley has returned to the Jackrabbits, where he’ll serve as the assistant head coach and defensive line assistant. Turley was defensive coordinator for the Jackrabbits for a decade under Raul […]
Long Beach’s own Trent Bryson brought home a national championship this weekend from the USA Track and Field Masters National Championships meet happening in Greensboro, North Carolina. Bryson won the national title in the men’s 3000 meter steeplechase, with a time of 10:52.03. Bryson was representing the Cal Coast Track Club and had the fastest […]
The 6th Tool 12s travel baseball team based out of the Los Altos program at El Dorado Park had a successful summer, capped with a win at the NCS San Diego World Series last week. The Long Beach kids had a great tournament and brought home the Division 1 championship. The team is managed by […]
There’s no more historic high school basketball program in California than the Long Beach Poly boys’ squad. The Jackrabbits have won 2,140 games–300+ more than the next team–and have produced nine NBA players, tied for most in state history. That total of pros includes Peyton Watson, who just became the Jackrabbits’ second NBA champ alum, […]
JuJu Smith-Schuster is a busy guy. The Long Beach Poly alum won the Super Bowl with the Chiefs, and life has been a bit of a whirlwind since then, trying to squeeze in a White House visit, a ring ceremony, time with family, endorsement opportunities, and perhaps a little downtime too. But last weekend the […]
Any first-time visitor to the Long Beach Poly weight room over the last few decades has had the same basic reaction: “All those athletes came out of *here*?” Indeed, despite having produced more NFL players than any other high school in the nation, Poly’s weight room was a dump, with outdated equipment that prevented even […]