All of The562’s cross country coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Bryson. Visit BrysonFinancial.com to learn more. For the first time in more than two decades, the Long Beach City College cross country programs got the chance to compete at the CCCAA State Championship meet. Both Vikings squads headed to Woodward Park […]
We’re hoping that as we drive all over Southern California to cover this week’s championship games, we’ll see you in the stands! Long Beach and Moore League teams made history with four teams in the finals, including Jordan making it for the first time ever and Compton making it for the first time since 1979. […]
It’s fair to say that Long Beach boys’ soccer is elite. The Moore League is one of only a handful of CIF Southern Section leagues that have all of its teams in Division 3 or higher. Wilson, Millikan and Cabrillo are all in Division 1. Long Beach Poly, Jordan and Lakewood are in Division 2, […]
Last year, Long Beach Poly won its second consecutive Moore League boys’ soccer championship for just the second time in school history. This year, the Jackrabbits are going for a three-peat for the first time ever, and head coach Eric Leon is fired up for the opportunity. “We’re eager to get started,” he said. “We […]
This week we’re interviewing players and coaches from the four Long Beach football teams who are playing a CIF Southern Section championship game this weekend. 13:30 Long Beach Poly head coach Stephen Barbee 18:10 Long Beach Poly senior Donovan Poe 19:00 Long Beach Poly senior Jalen Johnson 20:45 Jordan head coach Tim Wedlow 23:00 Jordan […]
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 […]
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 […]
There’s almost a half-century of history behind the CIF Southern Section’s championship football luncheon, which has been held for the last several years at the Grand in Long Beach. Each year, the finalists for each CIF-SS football divisional championship gather to have lunch, be celebrated by their peers, and hear a message from the program’s […]
Long Beach Poly has been to the CIF Southern Section football championship luncheon plenty of times over the last half-century, but haven’t made the short trip to the Grand in Long Beach since 2012. On Monday, the Jackrabbits made their return as they prepare to face St. Francis in the CIF-SS Division 4 championship game […]
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’ […]