Check out this week’s winners and thanks to Naples Rib Company for sponsoring these weekly awards. HIGH SCHOOL Kejuan Markham, Long Beach Poly Football It’s hard to make history at Long Beach Poly, especially on the defensive side of the ball. But senior Kejuan Markham did exactly that on Friday night against Narbonne, as the […]
Welcome to our first weekly installment of The562.org’s Athletes of the Week for this season brought to you by Naples Rib Company, and congrats to our winners. Click SUBSCRIBE up above to support local sports coverage–we can’t survive without your help. HIGH SCHOOL Elijah Dolphin, Long Beach Poly Football World, meet Elijah Dolphin. The Poly […]
Presenting our list of the top high school athletes in Long Beach this year in every sport. Come back over the next week for more awards like Team of the Year, Coach of the Year, Scholar-Athlete of the Year, the Long Beach Spirit Award, and the big reveal of our top two Athletes of the […]
Our high school and college Long Beach Athletes of the Week is on summer break, but we’re recognizing some of the great products of Long Beach high schools who had big weeks. Ariana Washington, Oregon Track Washington led Oregon’s 4×100 to a second-place finish with a phenomenal anchor leg at the NCAA Finals, and made […]
This is the last Athletes of the Week for the 2017-18 season–congrats to all the winners and we’ll see you in the Fall! Rachel Glenn, Wilson Track Wilson sophomore Rachel Glenn cleared 5-10 in the high jump at last weekend’s CIF State Track & Field championships, and won the state championship in the event. The […]
Jenna Ogi, a California Academy of Mathematics and Science (CAMS) student, was named the CIF State’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year last weekend. The CAMS campus is located in Carson at the Cal State Dominguez Hills campus but it’s an LBUSD high school. Ogi, a National Merit Scholar who carries a 4.0 unweighted GPA, participates in […]
Congrats to the honorees in this week’s supersized Athletes of the Week. HIGH SCHOOL Joey Vega, Wilson Softball Wilson pitcher Joey Vega battled through a leg injury last week to help lead Wilson to its first postseason win in seven years. Vega pitched a complete game and yielded just two runs, and he had a […]
Congrats to this week’s winners! HIGH SCHOOL Jenna Sonnenberg, Millikan Diving Millikan sophomore Jenna Sonnenberg made history last week, claiming the CIF Southern Section Division 2 diving championship. Sonnenberg finished with a score of 514.30, easily besting second-place Katelynn Shaheen of Crescenta Valley, who finished with 490.90. COLLEGE Clayton Andrews, Dirtbags Baseball The Big West’s […]
The Week of Champions deserves a supersized Athletes of the Week–congrats to all the winners. HIGH SCHOOL Kelly Hawkshaw, Millikan Baseball In a must-win game, Millikan starter Kelly Hawkshaw took a no-hitter into the sixth against Poly. Hawkshaw retired 11 in a row from the second to the fifth inning, and Millikan went on to […]
Welcome back to this week’s The562.org Athletes of the Week. HIGH SCHOOL Eddie Gaxiola, Lakewood Baseball Sophomore Eddie Gaxiola had a day to remember for Lakewood last week in a must-win Moore League contest against Poly. Gaxiola went 4-for-4 and hit a walkoff shot into the outfield to drive in the game-winning run in a […]