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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 Kensley Flynn, Avalon Volleyball Junior Kensley Flynn had 12 kills and 7 blocks in Avalon’s quarterfinal win over California Lutheran. Flynn’s leadership at the net has powered the Lancers to the CIF-SS semifinals once again. Maya Alvarez, […]

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Long Beach High School Football Playoff Schedule

This Friday marks the start of the high school football playoffs in Southern California. Here’s where all the Long Beach teams are playing and when–we’ll be at every game. All games start at 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Division 4 Long Beach Poly vs. Trabuco Hills (Veterans Memorial Stadium, 7 p.m.) Division 6 Millikan @ […]

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Girls’ Tennis: CIF-SS Brackets Released

Brackets for the 2021 CIF-SS girls’ tennis playoffs were released on Monday morning, and four Moore League teams now know where they’ll begin their postseason journeys. Two-time defending Moore League champions Wilson are the only team that was sent through to Wednesday’s first round of competition, meanwhile Millikan, Poly and Lakewood will all be playing […]

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Playoff Preview: Long Beach Poly Football

One question was ripping around Long Beach social media after Sunday morning’s release of this year’s CIF Southern Section playoff brackets: “Division 4?!”  That is indeed where longtime power Long Beach Poly is seeded, as the No. 1 team in Division 4. The Jackrabbits will host Trabuco Hills this Friday at Veterans Memorial Stadium at […]

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Playoff Preview: Long Beach Poly Water Polo

All of The562’s water polo coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Aqualand. Visit AqualandOfTheFree.com to learn more. The Long Beach Poly boys’ water polo has won 11 CIF Southern Section championships, and was for two decades a national power, winning four championships before the school’s vaunted football program had won its first. The last […]

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2021 CIF Southern Section Boys’ Water Polo Brackets

All of The562’s water polo coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Aqualand. Visit AqualandOfTheFree.com to learn more. Long Beach has four teams in the CIF Southern Section boys’ water polo playoffs this year and three of them will host first round games.

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Football: Long Beach Poly Looks Sharp in Lakewood Win

Long Beach Poly was playing as the road team at Veterans Memorial Stadium in a game that Lakewood was hosting while their campus field is renovated–but the Jackrabbits looked right a home in their regular season finale, defeating the Lancers 56-0 in dominant fashion. The Jackrabbits looked so good that their head coach’s only critique […]