JuJu Smith-Schuster is a busy guy. The Long Beach Poly alum won the Super Bowl with the Chiefs, and life has been a bit of a whirlwind since then, trying to squeeze in a White House visit, a ring ceremony, time with family, endorsement opportunities, and perhaps a little downtime too. But last weekend the […]
After 12 months full of peaks and valleys on the playing surface and in the administrative offices, the Long Beach State athletics department finds itself at a crossroads. The Beach has a budget deficit, has had an interim athletic director for a year, and is in desperate need of facility upgrades. Yet, LBSU has also […]
The562’s coverage of Dirtbags Baseball for the 2023 season is sponsored by P2S, Inc. Visit p2sinc.com to learn more. Bryan Peters stepped up to take interim head coaching duties for the Long Beach State Dirtbags after the sudden departure of Eric Valenzuela, and he announced on Wednesday that he’s adding Jeff Opalewski and Bryan Prince as assistant […]
Unprecedented times sometimes call for unprecedented measures, and outgoing Long Beach Century Club President Mike Fillipow certainly had a unique tenure at the helm. Fillipow was not only tasked with bringing the club back to normal business following the COVID-19 pandemic, he was also asked to serve for two years as president, rather than the […]
Dating back to his playing days with the Los Angeles Clippers in the late 1990’s, St. Anthony alum Darrick Martin has provided a yearly Books & Basketball Camp for kids in the Long Beach area. What was once the highlight of his offseason continues to be a staple for Martin and his family each summer, […]
Any first-time visitor to the Long Beach Poly weight room over the last few decades has had the same basic reaction: “All those athletes came out of *here*?” Indeed, despite having produced more NFL players than any other high school in the nation, Poly’s weight room was a dump, with outdated equipment that prevented even […]
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It’s been a heck of a 2023 already for recent Long Beach Poly alum Colin Geer. Geer led his Long Beach Poly team to a historic Moore League title, signed with Michigan, won CIF-SS and CIF State titles, and was named the city’s top high school boys’ athlete in our All-City Awards as well as […]
The Long Beach Poly football team will enter the 2023 season with a new face calling the shots for the Jackrabbits defense–although it won’t be a new face to the program. Daniel Singh, who’s been an assistant coach under Stephen Barbee for five years, has been promoted to defensive coordinator for the Jackrabbits. “I really […]
The Los Altos 9s All-Stars won their second tournament of the Summer last weekend, claiming the championship at the Pismo Beach Ride the Wave Tournament by coming out on top of a bracket of 18 teams, mostly from Central California. The Los Altos kids went 4-0-1 at the tournament. They won their first game on […]