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Long Beach City College Volleyball

Long Beach City College Women’s Volleyball Advances In Southern California  Regionals

The562’s coverage of Vikings athletics is sponsored in part by Long Beach City College. After a dominant regular season the Long Beach City College women’s volleyball team feels prepared for any situation. Not even lineup shuffles and big early deficits could slow the Vikings down as they defeated Bakersfield College 25-21, 25-9, 26-24 in the second […]

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Long Beach City College Soccer

Long Beach City College Men’s Soccer Advances In Southern California Regionals

The562’s coverage of Vikings athletics is sponsored in part by Long Beach City College. The thrilling postseason run for Long Beach City College men’s soccer continued on Tuesday night with a 1-0 double overtime win over Fullerton in the third round of the Southern California Regionals. It is the second consecutive double overtime victory for the […]

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Long Beach State Water Polo

Long Beach State Men’s Water Polo Wins Big West Tournament

The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2024-25 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. They may have entered the Big West Conference Championship tournament as an underdog, but that’s exactly what the Long Beach State men’s water polo team needed to make history. The Beach won three games in three days last weekend at […]

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Long Beach Girls’ Water Polo Preview

The562’s coverage of Aquatic sports in Long Beach is sponsored by the Aquatic Capital of America Foundation. There is plenty of momentum for Long Beach girls’ water polo to build on this season as the Moore League tries to keep climbing CIF Southern Section rankings. WILSON When you play water polo in Long Beach you can’t […]

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Long Beach Athletes Play In LA Chargers’ Flag Football All-Star Game

The562’s coverage of girls’ flag football is sponsored by the Los Angeles Chargers. The Los Angeles Chargers hosted their second annual girls’ flag football all-star game on Monday morning at Sofi Stadium, where several Long Beach representatives were selected to participate.  Lakewood coach Leilani Utupo was nominated as head coach for the Los Angeles team, where […]

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Football St. Anthony Wilson

TICKETS: St. Anthony, Wilson Football in CIF-SS Championship Games

The562’s coverage of football in 2024-25 is sponsored by The Terry Donahue Memorial California Showcase. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. The562’s coverage of St. Anthony athletics is sponsored by Jane & B.I. Mais, Class of 1948. It’s Championship Weekend for the CIF-SS football playoffs, and a pair […]

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PHOTOS: LA Chargers Flag Football All-Star Game

The562’s coverage of girls’ flag football is sponsored by the Los Angeles Chargers. The Los Angeles Chargers hosted their second annual girls’ flag football all-star game on Monday morning at Sofi Stadium, where Leilani Utupo (Lakewood) was nominated as head coach for the Los Angeles team, and players Aaya Mclyn (Long Beach Poly), Devoni Ray […]

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Moore League Girls’ Wrestling Preview

The Moore League girls’ wrestling season is underway and The562 checked in around the city to catch up with the local teams. Long Beach Poly is looking to repeat as league champ after the Jackrabbits dual against Millikan went to the rule book tiebreakers to decide the winner. Poly came away with the win after […]

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Moore League Boys’ Wrestling Preview

With Long Beach boys’ wrestling in full swing, we check in with all the local teams as they take aim at the Moore League title. Millikan looks poised to continue their reign as Chris Anguiano and Tannor Costello hope to lead the Rams to another league title and push them into a postseason run. Anguiano […]