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All-City Game of the Year: Long Beach Poly Football vs. Orange Lutheran

The night began with frustration for the Long Beach Poly football team, and it ended with glory. The Jackrabbits were late to their own CIF Southern Section Division 2 playoff game thanks to a mixup with buses, and then for the first quarter of their opener against Orange Lutheran, it looked like the Poly offense […]

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All-City Multisport Athletes of the Year: Ryan Pettway, Aniah Cutler

The multi-sport athlete gets rarer and rarer every year as parents opt to lock their kids into one sport at younger ages, often paying enormous fees for club programs that operate year-round. In Long Beach, there are still athletes who can dominate in different sports, and we’re pleased to honor the two who turned our […]

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Moore League Football Practices Open, Close

It was a tumultuous week across the city: the Long Beach Unified School District’s high schools took the field for football practice on Monday, then saw those practices closed back down again on Wednesday. Even while they were going on, those practices looked a lot different. “Our conversation a couple weeks ago about restarting was, […]

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All-City: 10 Memorable Moments of the 2019-20 Sports Season

Cabrillo Hosts Moore League Sportsmanship Symposium One of the final highlights of the abbreviated athletic year came on the Westside as Cabrillo hosted the second annual Moore League Sportsmanship Symposium. The event welcomed 10th and 11th graders from all seven of the league’s schools in an effort to highlight the off-field values brought out by […]

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Moore League Football Teams Return To Practice

This week will see a sight both familiar and completely new: the Long Beach Unified School District’s high schools will take the field for football practice. But while the dog days of summer usually see hundreds of student-athletes on the field, these practices will look a little different. “Our conversation a couple weeks ago about […]

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The562.org’s All-City Athletes of the Year

These are difficult days for newspapers and local media outlets, which have been hit as hard as schools and restaurants by the economic impacts of the COVID-19 shutdowns. That’s why we’re particularly proud to continue a nearly decade-long tradition of awarding the top athletes in the city. Below you’ll find our picks for the All-City […]

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PODCAST: Long Beach Football Practice Is Back!

This week on the podcast we’re talking to Wilson football coach Mark Ziegenhagen about returning to the practice field this week under new restrictions. We also catch up with Long Beach State athletics director Andy Fee to find out why the Los Angeles Angels are using Bohl Diamond at Blair Field and what it’s going […]

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Long Beach Poly Alum Jordan Bell Signs With Cavaliers

Long Beach Poly alum Jordan Bell is back in the NBA after signing a two-year contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday morning, according to the Athletic’s Shams Charania. The deal will take Bell through the end of this season as well as next year with the Cavs.  Bell, who won an NBA title with […]

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PODCAST: Long Beach Schools Plan Athletics Return

This week on the podcast we’re talking about all of the Long Beach schools moving into position for the return of athletics on campus. Millikan athletics director Kevin Marchael joins us to discuss what’s going on with the Rams. 10:30 Millikan athletics director Kevin Marchael 32:45 Sports ranked by difficulty

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Football: Long Beach Poly’s Bryun Parham Commits to San Jose State

Long Beach Poly senior-to-be linebacker Bryun Parham had a special birthday present for his father this week. Parham told his dad, Bryson, that he won’t have to worry about any college payments, as Bryun committed to San Jose State. “It’s a great fit for me, I can fit in the system and compete for a […]