The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial Long Beach Poly’s signing class for 2024 grew to 21 as they honored a dozen athletes from football, swimming, baseball and golf on Wednesday afternoon for the school’s third signing day celebration of the year. The class is expected to grow to more than […]
The562’s coverage of Jordan Athletics is sponsored by former LBUSD superintendent Chris Steinhauser. It’s hard going to a new place with new people, but it makes it easier if you have a buddy. Jake Bautista and Aidan Diaz came to Jordan High from Cerritos last year, and after solid performances in the classroom and on […]
The562’s coverage of Millikan athletics in the 2023-24 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer. The Millikan Rams doubled their 2024 football signing class on Wednesday, as four Rams joined the four early signees by signing their National Letters of Intent at a ceremony on campus. The latest foursome of Millikan football players to reach […]
Note to editors: I apologize for missing my deadline for this column. For reasons that will be apparent, I typed it with one hand and knocked on my wooden desk with the other hand the entire time I was working on it. I’m an anxious sports fan, so it’s been a stressful NFL playoffs for […]
Wilson football coach Scott Meyer said he’s been fired by the Bruins administration on Monday afternoon after three years coaching his alma mater. Meyer came to Wilson after being the head coach at Lakewood for two seasons; he has remained as a teacher at Lakewood during his coaching tenure at Wilson. The Bruins went 9-20 […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial Friday was a historic day for Long Beach football. Antonio Pierce, a Compton native who played high school ball at Paramount, college ball at Arizona, and pro ball with the Giants and other teams, became the first former Long Beach or Moore League football […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. For the last couple years, the Wilson football team has been saddled with the Moore League bye that nobody wants–the final week of the season. This year the schedule has rotated and the Bruins now have a much more manageable […]
The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. The Lakewood football team’s most golden era in its proud history was the tenure of coach Thadd MacNeal, a man who led them to a Moore League championship and a landmark win over Long Beach Poly in 2009, as well as back-to-back […]
More than 100 NFL players have come from Long Beach, which has been one of the sport’s top producers of talent for more than a century. Wilson alum Joel Bitonio has been towards the top of the list of most accomplished Long Beach NFL products for years as an interior offensive lineman with the Cleveland […]
It’s been a long two years since St. Anthony High School broke ground on the new athletic facility at Clark Field. Now 2023 will always be the start of a new ear for the private school. The Saints have been using the old soybean farm acreage on the corner of Clark Ave. and Del Amo […]