Here’s our gallery from the Long Beach Poly/Lakewood girls’ soccer game, taken by student intern Ana Gonzalez. Support The562.org
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VIDEO: Long Beach Poly vs. Lakewood, Girls’ Soccer
High School Girls’ Soccer: Long Beach Poly vs. Lakewood Long Beach Poly took on Lakewood in a Moore League girls’ soccer clash at Vets Stadium. For more coverage of all Long Beach sports, head to www.The562.org. We are a non-profit, community-funded media outlet in the City of Long Beach, covering primarily sports and education. Support […]
LIVE UPDATES: Long Beach Poly vs. Lakewood, Girls’ Soccer
We’re picking up coverage of the winter sports season with Long Beach Poly vs. Lakewood girls’ soccer. Follow along from live updates from LBCC, where kickoff is scheduled for 5 p.m. Click here if you can’t see the updates. Tweets by 562sports Support The562.org
Century Club Provides Funds for CIF Championship Rings
High school coaches spend countless hours over the course of a season trying to prepare their teams for success. If they’re lucky, they’ll start their offseason designing and ordering championship rings for their players. Here in Long Beach, a number of coaches got the chance to discuss jewelry in 2021, as nine different programs won […]
Basketball: Positive COVID-19 Tests Pause Long Beach Poly Until Jan. 14
Positive COVID-19 tests in the Long Beach Poly boys’ basketball program have shut the team down until Jan. 14, head coach Shelton Diggs said Monday morning. The Jackrabbits were crowned Gold Division co-champions at the Damien Classic last week but were unable to play in their final scheduled game due to the positive tests. Poly […]
Long Beach Sports Top 10 Moments Of 2021: Golden Day For Long Beach Track & Field
Long Beach high school teams won an unprecedented nine CIF-SS championships in 2021, so there was a lot of competition for the top sports moment of the year. But one day stood above the rest: the CIF Southern Section track and field championships, which saw an LBC double-up at the Division 1 meet, with the […]
Long Beach Sports Top 10 Moments Of 2021: Long Beach Poly Football Wins 20th CIF Title
The Long Beach Poly football team capped a bizarre 2021 with a CIF-SS Division 4 championship, the 20th in the program’s history. The year saw much heartbreak for the Jackrabbits, who were mourning the loss of longtime assistant coach Keith “Slice” Thompson as well as the family members of many players. But Poly was able […]
Long Beach Sports Top 10 Moments Of 2021: Wilson Volleyball, Poly Basketball Win Titles At Home
CIF championship games usually carry the added lore of a large, neutral site venue. High school athletes get the rare opportunity to share locker rooms that would otherwise house college or professional teams. Unique settings like Angel Stadium, Honda Center, or even Long Beach’s Walter Pyramid add a different level of grandeur to these important […]
Long Beach Sports Top 10 Moments Of 2021: Long Beach Poly Water Polo Makes History
In the 1910s and 1920s, the Long Beach Poly boys’ water polo team was one of Southern California’s best sports programs, winning 11 CIF-SS titles between 1912 and 1929. Since then? Not so dominant, as the Jackrabbits have been the definitive second-place team in the Moore League behind Wilson for the last several decades. The […]
Long Beach Sports Top 10 Moments Of 2021: Millikan, Poly Tennis Programs Make History
This year brought some school history for a pair of tennis programs, as the Millikan boys and Poly girls teams each won the first CIF titles in program history. Their accomplishments are No. 7 on our list of the top Long Beach sports moments of the year. Millikan’s boys claimed the first of several CIF […]