Our All-City Athletes of the Year awkward has been running for more than a decade now, just about 10% of the 120 year history of youth sports in Long Beach. In the last dozen years we’ve honored Long Beach kids who went on to be NFL Pro Bowlers, Olympians, NCAA Freshmen of the Year, NCAA […]
A pair of Long Beach State Hall of Famers are still winning championships nearly four decades after suiting up for the Beach. Margaret Mohr and Kirsten Cummings, both women’s basketball players at LBSU in the 1980s, were part of a national championship in Des Moines last week at the National Senior Games’ 2025 championships. Competing […]
Any record in the rich history of Long Beach basketball is worth celebrating—but what Long Beach Poly’s Jovani Ruff and Lakewood’s Nyemah King accomplished in their high school careers is unprecedented. The pair each capped off a standout four-year run as the city’s all-time leading scorer for boys’ and girls’ basketball, respectively. Jovani Ruff joins […]
Long Beach was host to some of the nation’s top high school basketball athletes on Saturday at the annual Ballislife All-American Games at Long Beach City College’s Hall of Champions. After hosting a 3 vs. 3 tournament on Friday, Saturday’s activities featured a 5 vs. 5, a best of five series between the top girls […]
Here are the All-Moore League honorees for this year’s girls’ basketball season, as voted on by the league’s head coaches.
Here are the All-Moore League honorees for this year’s boys’ basketball season, as voted on by the league’s head coaches.
The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2024-25 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. The562’s coverage of Long Beach State Basketball is sponsored by CSULB Distinguished Alumnus Nelson Farris. The Long Beach State basketball season came to an end on Wednesday afternoon in Henderson as the Beach dropped their first-round matchup in the Big West […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2024-25 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. The562’s coverage of Long Beach State Basketball is sponsored by CSULB Distinguished Alumnus Nelson Farris. The Beach are back in Henderson for the Big West Women’s Basketball Tournament, earning a No. 6 seed this season. Long Beach State will match up […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2024-25 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. The562’s coverage of Long Beach State Basketball is sponsored by CSULB Distinguished Alumnus Nelson Farris. The562’s coverage of Long Beach State men’s basketball for the 2024-25 season is sponsored by Arline & Mike Walter. The Long Beach State men’s basketball team’s […]