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 […]
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PHOTOS: Long Beach State Women’s Basketball Beats Hope International
The Long Beach State women’s basketball team got its first win of the season over Hope International, prevailing 68-62 on Monday night in the LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid. The Beach got 23 points from JaQuoia Jones-Brown in the victory. The win improves LBSU’s record to 1-11 on the season. They’ll travel to Cal Poly […]
PHOTOS: Long Beach State vs. Toledo, Women’s Basketball
The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2025-26 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. Long Beach State fell to 0-11 on Monday afternoon after a 64-43 loss against the Toledo Rockets at LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid. The Beach led 14-12 after the opening quarter, but were outscored by a combined margin of 33-12 […]
The562.org’s Athletes of the Week
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 Alexandra Rios, Millikan Girls’ Soccer In a dominant 7-0 win over Lakewood, junior Alexandra Rios was working all […]
PHOTOS: Compton vs Cabrillo Girls’ Basketball
The562’s coverage of Cabrillo Athletics is sponsored by the Cohn Family.
PHOTOS: Cabrillo vs Compton Boys’ Basketball
The562’s coverage of Cabrillo Athletics is sponsored by the Cohn Family.
Boys’ Basketball: Millikan Wins Tough At Wilson
The562’s coverage of Millikan Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Brian Ramsey and TLD Law. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. Millikan boys’ basketball head coach Stephon Price intentionally built an early season gauntlet of a schedule in hopes of forging a hardened Rams team […]
PHOTOS: Millikan vs. Wilson, Boys’ Basketball
The562’s coverage of Millikan Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Brian Ramsey and TLD Law. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009.
Men’s Basketball: Long Beach State Fight for Gritty Win Over Pepperdine
The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2025-26 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. The562’s coverage of Long Beach State Basketball is sponsored by CSULB Distinguished Alumnus Nelson Farris. Bounce back Beach. Long Beach State Men’s Basketball (2-9, 0-2) claimed just their third win of the season on Thursday night when they hosted […]











