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 Anthony Pack, Millikan Baseball Anthony Pack went 3/4 with three RBI and two runs in an impressive win […]
The city of Long Beach will be well-represented at next weekend’s CIF Southern Section Track and Field Finals, which will be hosted at Moorpark High on Saturday, May 17. Fifty three Long Beach entries will take the oval and field as they try to bring home individual and team golds. Long Beach Poly leads the […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2024-25 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. Long Beach State star freshman setter Moni Nikolov’s historic season continues this week at the NCAA Tournament, as he’s led the Beach to the No. 1 overall seed and a Final Four match on Saturday against Pepperdine at 2pm. Nikolov […]
The Long Beach Century Club continued its annual tradition of making a large gift to the local schools this week, donating $80,500 to Long Beach State, LBCC, and the middle and high school sports programs in Long Beach. The donation represents the largest of the annual gifts the club has made, buoyed by fundraising efforts […]
Nearly 120 Long Beach entries will compete in Saturday’s CIF Southern Section Track and Field prelims, the vast majority of them in the Trabuco Hills Division 1 prelims. The top qualifiers in each event will be moving on to the following weekend’s CIF-SS Finals, which will be May 17 at Moorpark High. The Division 2 […]
The562’s coverage of aquatic sports in Long Beach is sponsored by the Aquatic Capital of America Foundation.
The562’s coverage of Avalon Athletics is sponsored by Curtin Maritime. Avalon boys’ volleyball pulled off a major upset in the CIF Southern Section playoffs this week. The Lancers advanced to the Division 8 playoffs by virtue of a win over the No. 2 seed, Pacific Christian, via sweep. Aaron Meza had 25 assists and three […]
Photo courtesy LBCC The Long Beach City College softball team made history this season by winning their first conference championship since 2002. The Vikings’ win over El Camino handed them the South Coast Conference title at the conclusion of the 22-2 season. Coach Megan Martinez was named SCC Coach of the Year, with Hailey Harris […]
It’s another busy playoff day in Long Beach with boys’ volleyball, lacrosse and girls’ beach volleyball all in competition. Friday, May 2 Boys’ Volleyball Division 3: Long Beach Poly vs San Marcos, 6pm Division 7: Lakewood at Ocean View, 6pm Division 4: Wilson at Royal, 6pm (Saturday) Boys’ Lacrosse Division 3: Long Beach Poly at […]
The562’s coverage of high school volleyball in 2025 is brought to you by the MLP’s Bay Area Breakers Three Moore League teams put the Long Beach in beach volleyball on Thursday afternoon, as Wilson, Millikan and Long Beach Poly all won their CIF Southern Section semifinal matches to punch their tickets to Saturday’s CIF-SS championships. […]