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Basketball Long Beach Poly

CIF Basketball: Long Beach Poly Girls Top Roosevelt In Playoff Opener

The Long Beach Poly girls’ basketball team has been on a journey of improvement over the course of the 2021-22 season, with a roster full of mostly inexperienced players. The Jackrabbits showed how far they’ve come, especially defensively, in an impressive first-round win in their CIF-SS Division 1 playoff opener against Roosevelt. The Jackrabbits got […]

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Lakewood Water Polo Wilson

SCOREBOARD: CIF-SS Girls’ Water Polo Quarterfinals

All of The562’s water polo coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Aqualand. Visit AqualandOfTheFree.com to learn more. The girls’ water polo season came to an end for Long Beach schools on Saturday as both Wilson and Lakewood dropped playoff games on the road. Division 1 ML King 7, Wilson 6 The Bruins came up […]

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Millikan Soccer

CIF Girls’ Soccer: Millikan Drops El Dorado in Playoff Opener

The Millikan Rams opened the CIF-SS Division 1 girls’ soccer playoffs on an unseasonably warm Saturday afternoon in Long Beach, hosting the El Dorado Hawks. The Rams dominated the second half on their way to a 2-0 victory, earning their second victory over the Hawks this season. After things were scoreless at halftime, the Rams […]

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Millikan Soccer Video

VIDEO: Millikan vs. El Dorado, CIF Girls’ Soccer

CIF Girls’ Soccer: Millikan vs. El Dorado Millikan hosted El Dorado in the first round of the 2022 CIF-SS Division 1 girls’ soccer playoffs. For more coverage of all Long Beach sports, head to www.The562.org. We are a non-profit, community-funded media outlet in the City of Long Beach, covering primarily sports and education. Support The562.org

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Soccer Wilson

CIF Girls’ Soccer: Wilson Holds Off Flintridge Sacred Heart

Wilson doesn’t care if its first round CIF Southern Section Division 2 playoff game wasn’t the most exciting affair of the season. The Bruins got the game-winning goal from Brooke Karatsu-Boteilho and held on to beat Flintridge Sacred Heart 1-0. “A win is a win in playoffs,” Wilson first-year coach Brian Irvin said. “I thought […]