With the Villa Riviera and the Queen Mary providing a picturesque backdrop at Alamitos Beach, the Association of Volleyball Professionals returned to Long Beach for Week 5 of AVP League action. The Miami Mayhem turned in a dominant weekend, going 4-0 behind two pairs with Olympic aspirations. Kelly Cheng and Megan Kraft, along with Taylor […]
Photo via Volleyball World. Wilson senior Simrin Adams recently represented Team USA at the U18 Beach Volleyball World Championships in The Hague, Netherlands, where she and partner Sienna Castillo made an impressive run to the quarterfinals. The pair dominated the qualifying stage, earning straight-set victories over Hong Kong, Poland and Türkiye to secure a spot […]
Long Beach is once again home to professional beach volleyball as the Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) kicked off its weekend event at Alamitos Bay on Saturday for Week 5 of the regular season. The last time the AVP stopped in Long Beach was in 2020, when the league played three consecutive weeks without fans […]
The St. Anthony Boys’ Volleyball team had a historic year in 2026. The Saints’ winning record of 14-8 doesn’t capture the team’s success in its entirety, but there is one big game that stands out as a testament to St. Anthony’s perseverance and tenacity. En route to their first-ever CIF championship, the Saints claimed back-to-back […]
Some of the world’s best beach volleyball athletes are coming to Long Beach and this weekend’s AVP League stop is about much more than another event on the professional tour. For two days, Alamitos Beach will become the center of the beach volleyball world as the AVP returns to downtown Long Beach for League Week […]
It’s not uncommon to play multiple sports in high school, nor is it unusual to excel in more than one. But winning at the highest level in multiple sports is exceptionally rare. That’s exactly what Millikan junior Sarah Thaut did this year, starring in both soccer and beach volleyball and earning the Aaya McLyn Multisport […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2025-26 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. Long Beach State’s influence on international volleyball will be hard to miss during the 2026 Volleyball Nations League season. There will be a collection of 11 former and incoming Beach athletes competing for five different countries this summer, as […]
The562’s coverage of Avalon Athletics is sponsored by Curtin Maritime. Erick Madriz is a man of few words. Rather than talk about his accomplishments, the Avalon senior has spent the last four years letting his play speak for itself. A naturally shy kid, Madriz found his place in high school playing three sports, building his […]
Thursday was a tough start to the baseball and softball playoffs. The Lakewood baseball team picked up the lone win of the day and the St. Anthony and Compton baseball teams lost while the Lakewood and Long Beach Poly softball teams dropped their playoff openers. Today we’ve got another full slate of games as local […]