We couldn’t be more excited for another Long Beach football season. Millikan kicks things off today in Nevada, then there’s a full slate of games next Friday. This season will feature another much-hyped battle between Millikan and Long Beach Poly, as well as the final season of Veterans Memorial Stadium, the city’s home of high […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. “We have unfinished business over there on 7th Street.” These were the words from first-year Head Coach Raudric Curtis in regards to this year’s Bruins. The team is playing with something to prove. “Consistently, Wilson is not named in the […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009.
Some of our All-City Awards required lengthy deliberation, weighing the pros and cons of a number of potential winners. Then there was our Girls’ Multisport Athlete of the Year Award, which took no time at all. In fact, the award felt inadequate for an athlete who embodied what this honor was all about: relentless determination, […]
Good coaches build good teams—but great coaches build dynasties. That’s exactly what coaches Neil Nelson and Shannon Fisher have built with the Wilson track and field program over the past few decades. This season, the duo added both a CIF-SS championship and a CIF State championship to their impressive resume, continuing their remarkable run at […]
Long Beach water polo continued to impress at the USA Junior Olympics as the LB Vikings Aquatics 18-and-under girls’ team took bronze in the silver bracket of the classic division last week. The team brought together athletes from Wilson, Millikan, and had representatives from Los Alamitos, Mira Costa and Redondo Union. Competing in the Classic […]
It’s been another eventful year in Major League Baseball and there’s only two months left in the regular season. Local products have been heavily involved this year, with some notable recent highlights on the diamond. Long Beach native Justin Turner just recorded his biggest hit of the season, launching a walk-off home run for the […]
After months of preparation the Shore Aquatics 18-and-under boys’ water polo team capped its summer with a Gold Division championship at the USA Water Polo Junior Olympics, finishing the tournament with an undefeated 5-0 run in the Gold bracket. In the gold-medal match, Long Beach defeated South Florida 13-11 to win the title in the […]
For the first time ever, Long Beach coaches and select players gathered Monday morning at Jordan High School for the inaugural Moore League Media Day. “I thought it was pretty cool, a lot of leagues do it,” said Millikan coach Romeo Pellum to open the media day. Pellum worked alongside Jordan’s Alfred Rowe to make […]