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Athlete of the Week Long Beach State Millikan

The562.org’s Athletes of the Week

Congrats to this week’s winners! HIGH SCHOOL Jenna Sonnenberg, Millikan Diving Millikan sophomore Jenna Sonnenberg made history last week, claiming the CIF Southern Section Division 2 diving championship. Sonnenberg finished with a score of 514.30, easily besting second-place Katelynn Shaheen of Crescenta Valley, who finished with 490.90. COLLEGE Clayton Andrews, Dirtbags Baseball The Big West’s […]

Sprinters
Jordan Lakewood Long Beach Poly Millikan St. Anthony Track & Field Wilson

Long Beach Athletes Will Pack CIF-SS Track Finals

The CIF Southern Section track and field championships aren’t being held in Long Beach this weekend, but they’re going to have a distinctly LBC feel—that’s because six local schools placed 33 entries in the finals. The finals will be at El Camino College beginning at 11 a.m. with running events beginning at 1 p.m. Long […]

Walter Pyramid
Long Beach State Track & Field

Long Beach State Women’s Track Wins First Big West Title

The Long Beach State women’s track team made history on Saturday by winning the first Big West Championship in program history. LBSU edged UC Santa Barbara (122-120) and the other seven conference schools at CSU Northridge. The LBSU men’s team finished in second second place, and it’s the first time both teams have finished in […]

Long Beach State Photos

PHOTOS: Long Beach State Dirtbags Blank UCSB 12-0

The Long Beach State Dirtbags (24-26, 9-8) beat UC Santa Barbara 12-0 on Saturday at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field to clinch the Big West Conference series with their sixth straight win. BOX SCORE The LBSU men’s volleyball team was on hand to sign autographs and throw out the “first serve” to celebrate their national […]

JJ & Mike
Podcast

The562 Thirty: Local Journalism, Hospital Closures, Queen Mary Hauntings

SoundCloud – Hear the world’s sounds Explore the largest community of artists, bands, podcasters and creators of music & audio   0:40 – Naples Rib Company 1:30 – Cuts to Local Journalism 15:40 – Community Hospital Closure 18:00 – Summertime in the LBC Lineup 20:30 – Liberation Brewing Opens 22:40 – Is the Queen Mary […]

Wilson Volleyball
Lakewood St. Anthony Wilson

CIF Volleyball: Wilson, Lakewood, St. Anthony Fall In Second Round

A promising boys’ volleyball season came to an abrupt and surprising end on Thursday evening, as Lakewood, Wilson, and St. Anthony were all knocked out of the second round of the playoffs. The Lancers were seeded No. 2 in Division 2 and the Saints were No. 1 in Division 4. Wilson had a great showing […]