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Long Beach State Volleyball Welcomes Fans Back With Senior Night Sweep 

Move over cardboard cutouts…real fans are back inside the Walter Pyramid.  Saturday night marked the first time Long Beach State hosted fans in the Pyramid since last March. Men’s volleyball welcomed their fans back as they hosted the Cal State Northridge Matadors in their last regular season conference matchup. The Beach closed the regular season […]

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Long Beach State Notebook: Fans Coming Back To The Stands

Long Beach State announced Monday that lower tiers in statewide COVID-19 pandemic monitoring means it can have limited in-person attendance at athletic events. They will be able to provide seating for households of up to four people in socially distanced pods six feet apart. The first priority for tickets will go to families of the […]

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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 support. HIGH SCHOOL Tacario Davis, Millikan Football Millikan senior Tacario Davis is one of the top players in the city this year, and the senior Arizona commit showed it in a 28-21 win over Wilson last week. Davis had three […]

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Long Beach State Notebook: Softball Pitching Staff Eclipses CSUN

Shannon Haddad, Kellie White, Morgan Quinlan, Samantha Fowler and Sophia Fernandez proved they’re the best pitching staff in the Big West this year by combining for three wins with a 0.00 ERA and 27 strikeouts during the weekend series sweep at Cal State Northridge. The Beach (12-5, 8-1) outscored the Matadors 24-4 in the three […]

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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 Wendell “WoWo” Moe, Long Beach Poly Football Long Beach Poly junior Wendell “WoWo” Moe might be the best player on the field this year. The 6’4” 340 pound junior lineman has been playing both ways, powering Poly’s […]

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LB in MLB: Large Crop of Local Talent Prepared for 2021 Season

As the calendar turns to April, it signals the start of another Major League Baseball season. That makes it the perfect time to check in with Long Beach’s former ballplayers to see how they’re faring on the big stage. This year’s Spring Training had a large contingent of local talent, with a mixed group of […]

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The562.org’s Athletes of the Week

Congratulations to this week’s Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Jason Parra, Millikan Cross Country Millikan freshman Jason Parra won the boys’ Moore League cross country championship with a time of 15:06 on the three-mile course last week. Parra’s time was 10 seconds faster than the […]

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Long Beach State Dirtbags Split Series With CSUN

The postgame talk on Sunday at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field was a stern one after the Long Beach State Dirtbags lost to visiting Cal State Northridge 6-1 to split the four-game Big West Conference series. “I think we’re searching for our identity a little bit,” Dirtbags coach Eric Valenzuela said. “If we continue to […]