We’ve got previews of all of this week’s football games. St. Anthony @ St. Paul Lakewood vs. Compton Long Beach Poly vs. Jordan Cabrillo vs. Millikan LBCC @ Bakersfield
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High School Football Preview: Long Beach Poly vs. Jordan
It’s another Battle of the Atlantic as Long Beach Poly (5-3, 4-0) hosts Jordan (4-4, 1-4) in a battle of two teams separated by a few dozen blocks on Atlantic Ave. Poly is tearing through the Moore League at the Jackrabbits’ usual clip, having gone 4-0 and outscored opponents 204-33. Last week the Jackrabbits beat […]
Wilson’s Alyson Sor Wins Moore League Girls’ Golf Title
It wasn’t a shock to see Wilson golfers leading the Moore League girls’ golf individual tournament this week, but it certainly ended in surprising fashion as freshman Alyson Sor came back to win the title on the 18th hole of the final round at Skylinks Golf Course on Thursday. Defending champion and Wilson sophomore Emi […]
CIF Volleyball: Long Beach Poly Falls To Aliso Niguel, Will Prepare For State
The long road from Long Beach to Aliso Viejo and back looked like one big silver lining on Thursday evening for the Long Beach Poly girls’ volleyball team. The Jackrabbits were eliminated from the CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoffs, falling in their opening match to host Aliso Niguel, 25-20, 22-25, 25-19, 25-23. But the […]
PHOTOS: Long Beach Poly vs. Aliso Niguel CIF-SS Volleyball
We’ve got great photos from Poly’s first-round loss to Aliso Niguel from photographer Art O’Neill.
TODAY: Long Beach Teams Start CIF-SS Volleyball Playoffs
The first round of the CIF Southern Section girls’ volleyball playoffs is this evening, and five teams remain in the action after Millikan was eliminated in Tuesday’s wild card round. All games are at 6 p.m. We’ll have live updates on the website. Division 1 Long Beach Poly @ Aliso Niguel Division 2 Lakewood vs. […]
PODCAST: Long Beach Poly, LBSU, Lakers/Clippers & Much More
We need to get some NBA thoughts off of our chests after a rundown of the top Long Beach sports stories this week. 2:40 Question O’ The Week: What the heck is going on at Long Beach State?! 7:25 Athletes O’ The Week 15:25 Game O’ The Week: St. Anthony Football 18:00 Player O’ The […]
COLUMN: Long Beach Volleyball’s Diversity Is Its Strength
Longtime Long Beach State women’s volleyball coach Brian Gimmillaro had many accomplishments during his run at the school, which produced multiple national championships. The one he spoke about most fondly wasn’t the undefeated 1998 national title (the first in NCAA history) or the many Olympians that came out of Long Beach State–it was the national […]
Feature: Jordan Bell’s Charity Basketball Game Had Special Meaning
Jordan Bell is known for many things. The Long Beach Poly alum, NBA champion, and Minnesota Timberwolves forward has been an elite basketball player and shotblocker for many years, dating back to his playing days in his hometown. He’s always been known as a talker, too–he talked back in class, he talked trash to opponents, […]
The562.org’s Athletes of the Week
Congratulations to our winners and thanks to Naples Rib Company for the sponsorship! Khilyn Neal, Long Beach Poly Football The Long Beach Poly senior has had four touchdowns called back on penalties this year, but finally got into the end zone twice against Compton, first on a strip-and-score sack as a defensive end, then as […]