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Athlete of the Week Basketball Long Beach State Millikan Soccer St. Anthony Wilson

The562.org’s Athletes of the Week

Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks as always to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Danielle Paulson, Millikan Soccer Millikan’s senior center back scored the game-winning goal for the Rams in their playoff opener, delivering a flying header off a free kick to put her team on top in the […]

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Basketball Long Beach Poly

CIF Basketball: Long Beach Poly Girls Top Roosevelt In Playoff Opener

The Long Beach Poly girls’ basketball team has been on a journey of improvement over the course of the 2021-22 season, with a roster full of mostly inexperienced players. The Jackrabbits showed how far they’ve come, especially defensively, in an impressive first-round win in their CIF-SS Division 1 playoff opener against Roosevelt. The Jackrabbits got […]

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Basketball Long Beach Poly

CIF Basketball: Long Beach Poly Wins Slugfest With Villa Park

Everything has a different edge in the playoffs, a fact that the Long Beach Poly boys’ basketball team was reminded of Friday night in their CIF-SS Division 2AA playoff opener against Villa Park. The two teams slugged it out defensively in the first half, and at the break just 26 points had been scored total. […]

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Basketball Lakewood

CIF Boys’ Basketball: Lakewood Rolls Over Pasadena Poly

For the Lakewood boys’ basketball team on Friday, when one thing wasn’t working they found another way to succeed. “Just shots not falling,” Lancers coach Duane Cooper said. Lakewood juniors Macarthy Morris (17 points), Chris Willis (15), and Mason Pacheco (9) attacked and attacked the basket, converting layup after layup in the team’s 64-43 win […]