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Football Long Beach Poly

Long Beach Poly Football Transfer Ruled Eligible, Can Play Immediately

Photos taken from Poly football social media pages The long and winding saga of football transfers in the CIF Southern Section this Fall has taken another dramatic twist. Long Beach Poly transfer Kevin Alexander II, who was initially one of the players ruled ineligible and banned from high school sports in California for two years, […]

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Long Beach Poly Millikan Water Polo Wilson

CIF-SS Boys’ Water Polo Brackets Released

The562’s coverage of aquatic sports in Long Beach in 2025-26 is sponsored by Watersafe Swim School. The CIF Southern Section released its boys’ water polo playoff brackets today, with three Long Beach teams set to begin the postseason next week. Wilson aims to make a statement against the top competition in the CIF-SS, while Long […]

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Water Polo Wilson

Boys’ Water Polo: Wilson Claims Another Undefeated Moore League Championship

The562’s coverage of aquatic sports in Long Beach in 2025-26 is sponsored by Watersafe Swim School. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. The Wilson boys’ water polo team claimed a win over Jordan earlier this week to close out the regular season, capping off another undefeated […]

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Long Beach State Soccer

Women’s Soccer: Long Beach State Can’t Score In Draw Against UC San Diego

The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2025-26 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. Throughout many of their matches this season the Long Beach State women’s soccer team has had a lot of really good chances to score.  However, converting those chances has been the Achilles heel for the Beach and that was […]

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Girls’ Golf: Millikan’s Hailey Stoskopf Leads Wire-To-Wire To Claim Moore League Crown

Over the summer Millikan’s Hailey Stoskopf spent her time working at a golf camp at Recreation Park Golf Course. When she wasn’t working, she was on the course honing her craft and playing a lot of golf. So, when the final day of play ended up being at Recreation Park – she felt confident that […]

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Long Beach Poly Volleyball

CIF Volleyball: Long Beach Poly Takes Down Corona Centennial in Five

The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Former Jackrabbits Wendell “WoWo” Moe, Jr. & Tyson Ruffins. Long Beach Poly’s girls’ volleyball squad went on the road and picked up a huge road playoff win in the second round of the CIF Southern Section Division 2 bracket. The Jackrabbits […]

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Lakewood Volleyball

CIF Girls’ Volleyball: Lakewood Can’t Hold On in Five-Set Loss to Providence

The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. It’s no longer a surprise when Lakewood ends up in a gritty five-set battle — the Lancers have played four of them over the last two postseasons. But for the first time in that stretch, they ended up on the wrong side of […]

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Long Beach State Volleyball

Long Beach State’s Alan Knipe Earns Major Hall of Fame Induction

Longtime Long Beach State men’s volleyball coach Alan Knipe was recently announced as an upcoming inductee into the AVCA Hall of Fame, one of the highest honors available to a coach in the sport. The induction ceremony will take place on Dec. 18 in Kansas City, Missouri at the AVCA’s Convention, centered as it is […]