Long Beach City College had a historic start to the 2024-25 school year with standout performances across multiple fall sports. Women’s water polo won the school’s first state championship since 2019, defeating Santa Barbara for the CCCAA title in their new aquatics facility. “To host a state tournament, to make that tournament and win the […]
Back in May, Walter Pyramid once again hosted the final matches of the NCAA Men’s Volleyball season, and a national champion was crowned in Long Beach. Unfortunately for the Beach, they ended up on the losing side of the championship match, falling to UCLA 25-21, 25-20, 27-29, 25-21. The victory gave the Bruins their 21st […]
The562’s coverage of high school volleyball in 2024-2025 is brought to you by the MLP’s Bay Area Breakers. Here are the All-Moore League honorees for the 2024 girls’ volleyball season, as voted on by the league’s head coaches.
After a historic season, the Long Beach City College women’s volleyball team saw its season end Friday night in a 25-17, 19-25, 25-22, 25-22 loss to Feather River in the 3C2A State Championship quarterfinals at Mt. San Antonio College. It was LBCC’s first trip to the state tournament in 24 seasons. The Vikings (23-2) rode […]
The562’s Athletes of the Week is sponsored by the Long Beach Century Club. Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to the Long Beach Century Club and Naples Rib Company for their support. COLLEGE Mykelle Richards, Long Beach State Basketball Freshman Mykelle Richards recorded a career-high 15 points as she shot 70.0% from […]
The Long Beach City College women’s volleyball team practices for any situation. So, when the Vikings had to start their SoCal Regional Championship match against Cerritos with a new starting lineup LBCC knew what to do. They leaned on their situational volleyball on their way to a 25-17, 21-25, 25-17, 26-24 win over Palomar Saturday […]
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The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2024-25 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. In the first round of the Big West Women’s Volleyball Championship, No. 4 Long Beach State took on No. 5 UC San Diego in a hard-fought four set match. The Beach dominated the first set before UCSD responded by winning […]
The562’s coverage of Vikings athletics is sponsored in part by Long Beach City College. After a dominant regular season the Long Beach City College women’s volleyball team feels prepared for any situation. Not even lineup shuffles and big early deficits could slow the Vikings down as they defeated Bakersfield College 25-21, 25-9, 26-24 in the second […]
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