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Basketball Millikan

CIF Girls’ Basketball: Millikan’s Late Comeback Falls Short in Loss to St. Margaret’s

The562’s coverage of Millikan athletics in the 2023-24 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer. Despite a valiant fourth quarter comeback effort, the Millikan Rams’ season came to close Saturday night in Howard F. Lyon Gymnasium, as No. 2 seed St. Margaret’s Episcopal defeated them, 46-41.  “This last part of the season, we started showing […]

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Basketball Long Beach Poly

CIF Girls’ Basketball: Long Beach Poly Falls to Orange Lutheran

The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial Looking to advance to the semifinals for the second time in two years, the Long Beach Poly girls’ basketball season came to an end Saturday night after a 64-48 loss to Orange Lutheran.  The Lancers came flying out of the gates as Kelly Garrity and […]

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Basketball Jordan

CIF Girls’ Basketball: Jordan Beats La Serna, Returns to Quarterfinals

The562’s coverage of Jordan Athletics is sponsored by former LBUSD superintendent Chris Steinhauser. Whether you play your best basketball or not, the playoffs are about one thing: winning. The Jordan girls’ basketball team didn’t have its best night on Saturday evening in J-Town, but the final buzzer still sounded as sweet as ever after their […]

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Basketball Lakewood

CIF Girls’ Basketball: Lakewood Wins At Xavier Prep, Going Back To Quarterfinals

The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. Lakewood girls’ basketball is going back to a CIF Southern Section quarterfinal game for the first time in more than two decades thanks to a 68-50 win at Xavier Prep in Division 2A on Saturday. It was a one-point game after the first […]

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Basketball St. Anthony

CIF Girls’ Basketball: Big First Quarter Carries St. Anthony Past Crean Lutheran

Melaiah Joseph wasn’t the most confident player headed into St. Anthony’s CIF Southern Section Division 2AA girls’ basketball second-round game on Saturday. “I didn’t expect it coming from warmups because I wasn’t really making too many shots,” Joseph said. “But I knew we had to come out with energy, pace and just push the ball […]