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FEATURE: Long Beach’s Dodd Brothers Achieve Olympic Dream With USA Water Polo

The562’s coverage of aquatic sports in Long Beach is sponsored by the Aquatic Capital of America Foundation. The odds of knowing an Olympic level athlete are slim. The odds of becoming one are even slimmer. But at the Dodd household, right next to the Long Beach State campus, you can find a pair of world-class water […]

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Top 10 Long Beach Youth Sports Teams Of The Decade: 2019 Shore Water Polo 10U Coed National Champions

This is the fourth of 10 stories about the best Long Beach youth sports teams we’ve seen over the last decade. We’ve taken nominations from the community and will release the top 10 in no particular order. Come back next week to read about other club squads that made this historic list. The Long Beach […]

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Nominate Your Long Beach Youth Sports Teams Of The Decade

The COVID-19 shutdowns have stolen so much joy from everyone. The sports community of Long Beach felt that the most this summer when fields and courts across the city were left unused. For the last decade, we have provided in-depth coverage of the incredible achievements of the elite Long Beach youth sports teams. We respect […]

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Top 10 For 2020: Remember The Elephant Lot

One of the most surprising storylines of 2019 was the city of Long Beach entering into negotiations with the Anaheim Angels about bringing the team to our city, with a new stadium potentially being constructed on the “Elephant Lot,” also known as the Long Beach Arena’s parking lot. While the Angels conversations fell through (the […]

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COLUMN: Support Sets Tone For Long Beach Youth Sports

From the national championships for Beach FC and Shore Aquatics to the regional tournament victories for Uptown LB and Los Altos baseball leagues — it’s been another incredibly successful summer for Long Beach youth sports. It isn’t rare to find a group of young Long Beach athletes dominating their competition, and it isn’t a coincidence […]

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Shore Water Polo 10U Coed Team Wins National Championship At Junior Olympics

The Shore Aquatics 10U coed water polo team went undefeated at the Junior Olympics last week to win Shore’s second consecutive national championship at this level. They were one of five Shore squads to grab a top finish. After entering the tournament ranked 26th nationally, the Shore 10U coed team dominated the competition. Goaltender Morgan […]

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PODCAST: Top Long Beach Sports Stories Of The Week

We’re running down the most important local sports news this week before talking about watching the Women’s World Cup in Long Beach. 03:00 Former Dirtbag Jeff McNeil is going to the MLB All-Star Game 05:35 Long Beach Should Name Main Library For Billie Jean King 09:30 Lisa Busch Steps Down After 20 Years As Lakewood Athletic […]

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Shore Aquatics 10U Coed Water Polo Wins USA Club Championship

The Shore Aquatics 10U Coed water polo team won a USA Club Championship last weekend at Don Lugo High in Chino. Shore won this same age group title five years ago. Shore was the ninth of 10 seeded teams in the invitational tournament featuring most of the top teams in the country, but they relied […]