High School Girls’ Water Polo: Jordan vs. Cabrillo Jordan visited Cabrillo to kick off the shortened 2020-21 Moore League water polo season, and they did it in style with an exciting battle that came down to … Support The562.org
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Girls’ Water Polo: Dediego’s Four Goals Lead Jordan to 5-4 Comeback Win at Cabrillo
The Moore League girls’ water polo season started with an exciting matchup on Monday afternoon on the West Side, as Jordan came from behind for a 5-4 victory in a 710 Rivalry game with Cabrillo. After months of waiting to see if water polo would even be played this season, it was a quick turnaround […]
LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL WATER POLO PREVIEW
In the nick of time, the California Department of Public Health modified its guidelines to allow high school water polo to happen this year. The sport has a deep history in Long Beach and this season will be unlike any other, with games happening almost every day during an accelerated two-week season that will still […]
Long Beach Boys’ Water Polo Preview
The Wilson water polo team is one of the most dominant dynasties in Long Beach sports history, in years both bizarre and regular. This year the Bruins are going for a 13th consecutive Moore League championship, which would also be their 34th in the last 36 seasons. Head coach Jeff Nesmith played a young team […]
Long Beach Girls’ Water Polo Preview
The Wilson girls’ water polo team is going for its third league championship in a row, and has only lost two since the Moore League added the girls’ game in the 2001-02 school year. The Bruins return some great players and have yet again added another talented freshman class with Olympic Development Program experience. “The […]
PODCAST: Getting Clearance For Return Of High School Sports
This week on the show we discuss the latest news from the California Department of Public Health and what it’s going to take to get local high school sports up and running this month. 10:30 Interview with Cabrillo baseball coach Phillip Berman 20:00 Interview with USC Football beat writer Chris Trevino
High School Football Returns to Long Beach In Two Weeks
After a year of silence, the clicks, snaps, and pops of football helmets and pads have returned to the high school fields of Long Beach, thanks to plummeting COVID-19 numbers and swift action on the part of the city’s high school sports administrators. After a 2020 with no football games and months without real practices, […]
BREAKING: High School Football, Other Sports Now Eligible To Resume
Based on data released on Tuesday afternoon by the Los Angeles County Health Department, practices and games for outdoor sports–including high school football–are eligible to return in Long Beach and LA County. Per the updated guidelines from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) released last Friday, outdoor amateur sports would be allowed to resume […]
COLUMN: Clear Your Schedules, Long Beach
I’m a calendar guy. Being a sportswriter means that nights and weekends are usually pretty full. That’s a problem for a father of two and someone who would like to maintain some semblance of a social life. People don’t usually schedule birthday parties for Tuesday mornings, for example, a time window I’m much more likely […]
New State Guidelines Open Path For Football, Baseball, Soccer, Other Sports
Athletes, coaches, and families hoping for a return of football and many other high school sports got a huge boost on Friday with the release of new youth sports guidelines from the California Department of Public Health. In keeping with recent decisions by the state to remove “tier” considerations for the re-opening elementary schools in […]