The Long Beach State softball team is earning its new No. 22 ranking this week at the San Diego Classic. Today, senior pitcher Jessica Flores allowed one hit while striking out eight to beat Santa Clara 8-0 in six innings. Yesterday, sophomore Cielo Meza pitched her second complete-game shutout of the season, and also only […]
LBCC alum Bryan Braman fulfilled a lifelong dream last month when he won a Super Bowl with the Philadelphia Eagles, completing a journey from struggling Vikings student to the peak of the football world. Braman literally sealed the game for the Eagles, making the final tackle of the game and setting off the team’s celebration. […]
The Long Beach State Dirtbags rescheduled Sunday’s game against No. 9 Ole Miss for 11:30 a.m. due to travel plans, but they’re still going to hold a naming ceremony for the locker room in honor of former Mayor Bob and Nancy Foster. “I love baseball, I love the game,” said Bob Foster in an official […]
Cabrillo High is looking for a head girls’ basketball coach. Interested candidates should mail resume to girls’ athletic director Denise Sarno at dsarno@lbschools.net
The LBCC alum and Super Bowl champ shared some words of wisdom.
The 49ers needed something special to happen after losing five of their last six games, and Deishuan Booker delivered with a full-court buzzer-beating layup run that gave them a 70-69 win over UC Santa Barbara on the road. Booker had a career-best 20 points, sharing the scoring lead with senior Gabe Levin, who had 20 […]
When we first started working on building The562.org we were excited about creating a world-class website that will feature all the videos, articles, and photo galleries our readers have come to expect from us over the last decade. But we also thought about those special moments when parents get to see their kids’ names in […]
Wilson High boys’ lacrosse started its second season with a 19-0 win over visiting Westchester on Wednesday. Twelve of the 20 Bruins on the roster scored goals. Jacob Soriano and Jack Cummings both scored three goals while Kyle LaBorne, Malachi Valenzuela-Mier, Kyle Pax and Noah McLaughlin each scored two goals.
This weekend is full of local high school and Long Beach State sports action. THURSDAY Long Beach State Men’s Basketball at UC Santa Barbara, 8 p.m. The 49ers (13-17, 7-7) have dropped from first to a tie for fifth place in the Big West because of five losses in the last six games. This is […]
Barry O’Dea was planning his own father’s funeral on a clear early-August evening last year when he heard that Wilson sophomore Camryn Krueger’s mother, Sarah, had died in a sudden accident. O’Dea, who had taken the Wilson girls’ water polo head coaching position in early June, drove straight to the Krueger house in Seal Beach […]