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PODCAST: Our Favorite Long Beach Basketball Championships

This week on the show we’re wrapping up Long Beach basketball season by talking about our favorite championship games we’ve covered. We’ll also catch up with some Wilson softball players after their upset win at Lakewood. 03:45 Question O’ The Week: Are the Dirtbags really this good? 12:00 Athletes O’ The Week 16:50 Quote O’ […]

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Wilson Girls’ Basketball Falls In First Round Of CIF State Playoffs

This historic Wilson girls’ basketball season came to an end on Tuesday night in the first round of the CIF State Division 2 playoffs. The top-seeded Bruins couldn’t match visiting Mira Costa in a 55-42 loss. Wilson coach Erin Carey told her team after the game to not hang their heads. “No one expected us […]

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The562.org’s Athletes of the Week

Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. Taylor Johnson, Keller Middle School Keller Middle School student Taylor Johnson made Long Beach history at last week’s LBUSD All-City Track & Field meet. Johnson won the 100m dash with a time of 12.2 seconds, breaking a nearly 40 […]

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Three Long Beach Basketball Teams Make CIF State Tournament

Three Long Beach basketball teams qualified for the upcoming CIF State basketball tournament, including the newly-minted CIF-SS Division 3A champion Wilson girls’ basketball team. Open Division The Long Beach Poly girls’ basketball team will get a chance to end their season on a more positive note as they earned the No. 7 seed in the […]

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Wilson Girls’ Basketball Wins First CIF Championship In 20 Years

STORY BY MATT SIMON The Long Beach Wilson girls basketball team had one mission throughout the playoffs: rewrite history. The Bruins did exactly that Saturday afternoon when they defeated Eisenhower 66-62 in overtime to claim the CIF-SS Division 3A championship at Godinez Fundamental High School. The championship marks the first time the Bruins girls basketball […]