Traditionally there’s been one or two star forwards leading the Millikan boys’ soccer team when the Rams are battling for the top spot in the Moore League or winning CIF Southern Section playoff games. That was the case last year when local teams struggled to slow down Moore League Co-Most Valuable Player of the Year […]
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Long Beach Girls’ Basketball Preview 2021-22
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 […]
Girls’ Basketball Preview: Millikan Rams
Expectations are high for Millikan’s girls’ basketball team this year, with the Rams starting the season on the CIF Southern Section’s Division 2AA watchlist. Head coach Lorene Morgan is all but guaranteed to become just the 19th high school girls’ basketball coach in California history to reach 600 wins this season–according to the Cal-Hi Sports […]
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 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’ […]
CIF Cross Country: Camille Lindsay, Jason Parra Qualify for State
All of The562’s cross country coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Bryson. Visit BrysonFinancial.com to learn more. There were ideal running conditions at Mt. San Antonio College on Saturday morning for the 2021 CIF-SS Cross Country Championships, and Long Beach’s top runners had the results to match. All season it’s been Poly’s […]
VIDEO: CIF-SS Cross Country Championships
All of The562’s cross country coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Bryson. Visit BrysonFinancial.com to learn more. CIF-SS Cross Country Championships 2021 Long Beach Poly sent both of its teams to the 2021 CIF-SS Cross Country Championships, while Millikan’s Jason Parra was there competing as an individual. For more coverage of all […]
PREVIEW: CIF-SS Cross Country Championships
All of The562’s cross-country coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Bryson. Visit BrysonFinancial.com to learn more. The CIF-SS Cross Country Championships are set for Saturday morning at Mt. San Antonio College. Long Beach Poly is sending both its girls’ and boys’ squads to compete for a Division 1 title, and Millikan sophomore […]
Long Beach Boys’ Basketball Preview 2021-22
Last basketball season was a tumultuous one for Long Beach and much of the rest of Southern California. Long Beach high school teams launched their seasons on less than two weeks notice, some of them after just a handful of practices following a summer and fall without the typical practice games. This year, coaches at […]
Boys’ Basketball Preview: Millikan Rams
Millikan coach Curtis Boyer is technically entering his second season as the Rams’ coach, after being hired mid-pandemic in December of 2020 and then coaching the abbreviated Spring season. But because of the hasty preparation for last year and a frustrating season for Millikan that saw the Rams finish in fifth place at 3-9, Boyer said […]
Cross Country: Both Long Beach Poly Teams Qualify for CIF Finals
All of The562’s cross-country coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Bryson. Visit BrysonFinancial.com to learn more. Long Beach’s top distance runners competed for a spot in the CIF-SS Championships over the weekend at Mt. SAC, with Long Beach Poly getting both of its cross country teams through to next Saturday’s Division 1 […]