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The562.org’s Athletes of the Week

Congratulations to all of our Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Joshua “Noodles” Cason, Long Beach Poly Football Long Beach Poly’s run game was the star of the show in Saturday’s championship win, and junior Devin Samples could easily have won his third Athlete of the […]

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Long Beach Girls’ Basketball Preview 2021-22

After a tumultuous pandemic season, Long Beach is prepping for a high school girls’ basketball season that looks a little bit more like normal. Every coach we spoke with talked about how significant it was to have a full summer and fall offseason, and optimism is running high. Three Long Beach teams made the preseason […]

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Girls’ Basketball Preview: Long Beach Poly Jackrabbits

The Long Beach Poly girls’ basketball team had a rough start last year but found its footing under head coach Carl Buggs and ended up claiming the CIF Southern Section Division 1 championship, and the CIF State SoCal Regional Division 1 championship. It was a special season during a difficult year, and was remarkable considering […]

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Girls’ Basketball Preview: Millikan Rams

Expectations are high for Millikan’s girls’ basketball team this year, with the Rams starting the season on the CIF Southern Section’s Division 2AA watchlist. Head coach Lorene Morgan is all but guaranteed to become just the 19th high school girls’ basketball coach in California history to reach 600 wins this season–according to the Cal-Hi Sports […]

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Girls’ Basketball Preview: St. Anthony Saints

For the second consecutive season, the St. Anthony girls’ basketball team reached the second round of the CIF-SS playoffs before seeing its season come to an end. The shortened 2020-21 campaign was anything but average, but that’s exactly where the Saints’ record ended up.  St. Anthony finished 8-8 overall, with an even 4-4 record in […]

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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. HIGH SCHOOL Camille Lindsay, Long Beach Poly Cross Country Lindsay was a Top 10 finisher at the 2021 CIF-SS Cross Country Championships over the weekend, finishing with a time of 18:11, the fastest time ever for a Poly girls’ […]

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Basketball Long Beach State

Long Beach State Women Stifle Santa Clara, Remain Undefeated

The Long Beach Beach State women’s basketball team has been hanging its hat on defense since head coach Jeff Cammon took over the program. This year, that defense has been wreaking absolute havoc on opponents as the Beach have gotten off to an undefeated 4-0 start, with every game decided by at least 16 points. […]

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Long Beach State Women Blow Past Seattle University

The Long Beach State’s women’s basketball team has championship aspirations once again this year. After last season was derailed by injuries, the Beach came into this year healthy and ready this year to make a special run. After a 2-0 start to the season, they looked sharp on Thursday in their home opener, defeating Seattle […]