This year brought some school history for a pair of tennis programs, as the Millikan boys and Poly girls teams each won the first CIF titles in program history. Their accomplishments are No. 7 on our list of the top Long Beach sports moments of the year. Millikan’s boys claimed the first of several CIF […]
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No event embodied the unpredictable nature of the 2021 sports season quite like the first Moore League Cross Country Championships of the calendar year, and that’s why it’s our No. 8 moment of 2021. The event was held back in March, not at its usual Heartwell Park location, but it instead took place at Cabrillo […]
This wasn’t the year the Summer Olympics were supposed to take place in Tokyo, but that didn’t stop Long Beach from having another solid contingent of representatives in the games and that’s why it’s our No. 9 moment of the Long Beach sports year. There were 17 athletes with ties to Long Beach who traveled […]
SYFL Super Bowl: Long Beach Patriots vs. Baldwin Hills Bruins The Long Beach Patriots took down the Baldwin Hills Bruins in the 11U Super Bowl XVI at SoFi Stadium. 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 […]
A golden season for Long Beach football came to an end on Monday as the Patriots 11U team brought home the Snoop Dogg Super Bowl XVI title in a dominant win over Baldwin Hills. The game was played under the bright lights at SoFi Stadium, home to the Rams and Chargers, and the Patriots looked […]
It was a long 16 months between high school football games in Long Beach, and the return to the gridiron was an emotional one at Cabrillo High where Long Beach Poly hosted Serra on March 13. The game itself was incredible and just another close contest in this local rivalry. The Jackrabbits won it in […]
A slow offensive first half would end in a hard-fought 55-42 loss for Poly as they faced Serra in the championship of the Dwan Hurt Classic. Poly was shutout in the first quarter as they couldn’t put the ball in the basket. However, their defense was solid enough to only give up six points and […]
A week before Christmas Day, Iman “Biggie” Marshall brought some holiday cheer to the communities that raised him. The former Long Beach Poly Jackrabbit, who is in his third NFL season with the Baltimore Ravens, spent his Saturday dressed in a Santa Claus suit, handing out toys to kids in Compton and Long Beach. “It’s […]
Millikan senior Joseph Daniele can’t remember a time where he didn’t have the urge to jump into a car and go for a joy ride. Since he was three years old, Daniele has had a fascination with cars and a need for speed– whether it was a go-kart traveling 50 miles per hour or a […]