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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 Darius Curry, Long Beach Poly Football Long Beach Poly junior quarterback Darius Curry wowed in his first start […]

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LIVE UPDATES: Long Beach Poly vs Clovis Football, Millikan vs Santa Ana, Jordan vs Kennedy

Refresh the page to see the latest scores and video updates! We’ll have live updates from tonight’s high school football openers between Long Beach Poly and Clovis, Millikan and Santa Ana, and Jordan and Kennedy, all starting at 7 p.m. Click here for our previews of tonight’s games. Click here if you can’t see the […]

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PREVIEW: Jordan vs. Kennedy, Football

The562’s coverage of Jordan Athletics is sponsored by John Ross, Class of 2013 Jordan football is coming off its most successful season in school history, and that 2021 campaign started with a thrilling overtime victory at home over Kennedy. That victory seemed to catapult the Panthers into the season with more confidence, and they’re hoping of […]

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Wilson, Long Beach State Alum Dustin Watten Hosts Volleyball Clinic

The562’s coverage of volleyball in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Misty-May Treanor and the Dream in Gold Foundation. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. Legendary Wilson and Long Beach State volleyball alum Dustin Watten held a free camp for Moore League volleyball players recently at […]

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COLUMN: Future Bright For Long Beach Baseball

For most of the last century, high school baseball teams who learned they were taking on a Long Beach opponent in the playoffs were scared–or at least not very happy about it. From 1914 through 2008, a Moore League baseball team appeared in the CIF Southern Section’s highest division baseball championship game 38 times out […]

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Long Beach High School Football CalPreps Rankings, Week One

With the new playoff format last year, the number question we got at every practice we went to was about playoff divisions. With that in mind we’re going to track where teams stand each week in the CalPreps rankings, which are used to determine the CIF Southern Section’s playoff divisions at the end of the […]

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Long Beach High School Football Schedule, Week One

Long Beach High School Football Schedule, Week One All games 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted Thursday, Aug. 18 Long Beach Poly at Clovis High  Millikan at Santa Ana High Jordan at Kennedy High Friday, Aug. 19 Lakewood vs. Orange Vista Compton vs. Dymally (at Compton College), 7:30 p.m. Cabrillo vs. Hawkins St. Anthony at San […]

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Long Beach High School Football Preview

Mike Guardabascio, JJ Fiddler, Tyler Hendrickson PHOTO BY JOHN NAPALAN The562’s season previews for the 2022-23 school year are sponsored by Vertical Raise, the official team fundraising partner of The562. There’s never been a year for Long Beach football like 2021. Four teams–Long Beach Poly, Jordan, Compton, and St. Anthony–made a CIF-SS championship game, with the […]