The 2021 Major League Baseball Draft wrapped up on Tuesday, with seven Long Beach area ballplayers hearing their names called during the 20-round affair. Last season’s draft was condensed to just five rounds, leaving an even larger crop of talent in this year’s player pool. One of the most notable hold-overs from last year’s shortened […]
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With two weeks to go until the July 23 Opening Ceremony for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, the Long Beach Olympic picture is coming into focus. While it doesn’t look like this year’s local crop of athletes will be as big as in some previous Games, it’s still a good-sized and diverse group. As always, […]
When Wilson High senior Maya Bryson stepped to the microphone to deliver her commencement speech two weeks ago, she took a deep breath and looked out at her classmates, 864 of whom were set to graduate with her that night. In the 95 years since Wilson opened its doors–and the 136 years since the Long […]
This week we continue an eight-year long tradition of presenting the Grunion Sports and The562.org’s All-City Awards, a revival of a beloved city tradition. This week we’ll present our individual All-City Athletes of the Year awards to the top performers in each sport, then next week we’ll name our top boy and girl athlete of […]
Here are the All-Moore League selections for baseball in 2021, as chosen by the league’s head coaches. Support The562.org
After a 10-year stint as the girls’ volleyball coach at Wilson, Carlos Briceno has stepped down. Briceno’s Bruins won a Moore League title in his first year in 2011, and the Bruins have finished in the top three in the league standings ever since. Wilson is searching for a new coach–there are no teaching positions […]
Here are the All-Moore League honorees for softball, as selected by the league’s head coaches. Support The562.org
Here are the All-Moore League golfers for the 2021 school year. Support The562.org