This week on the show we’re talking about all of the Long Beach high school student athletes we picked as our Athletes of the Year in each sport. Support The562.org
All-City Big Payback Of The Year: Millikan Girls’ Soccer Finally Beats JSerra
There was no mincing of words after Millikan girls’ soccer shocked the CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoffs with a 6-0 win over visiting JSerra in the middle of May. “It felt good to get revenge,” Millikan senior Alyssa Reyes said after she dished out three assists to help the Rams finally beat the Lions. […]
All-City Highlight Video of the Year: Poly vs. Millikan Baseball
One of the most memorable games of this past season wasn’t played with a CIF championship plaque on the line, or even in the playoffs. The second regular-season meeting between the Poly and Millikan baseball teams was such an exciting, well-played, back-and-forth game, it needed a highlight video almost 10 minutes long to capture the […]
All-City Inspirational Story of the Year: Long Beach Poly Football
There was a moment after the Long Beach Poly football team’s season-opening overtime win over Serra where Jackrabbits coach Stephen Barbee was overcome with emotion, and needed a second before he could answer a question. “These kids inspire me,” he said. “They put in work every day, they didn’t take days off, even when stuff […]
All-City Dual-Sport Athletes of the Year: Kenny Barnabee, Xavier Heard
Hopefully there will never need to be another sports schedule like the one we saw this past spring. Sports seasons overlapped in new and difficult ways, making it even more challenging for multi-sport athletes to pursue their various passions. There were a number of athletes who navigated those choppy waters, but two of them stood […]
Darren McCaughan Making MLB Debut With Seattle Mariners
Less than a week after Jarren Duran made his MLB debut for the Boston Red Sox, one of Duran’s college teammates from Long Beach State got his call to the big leagues. Right-handed pitcher Darren McCaughan joined the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday and is scheduled to make his big league debut during their game in […]
VIDEO: Long Beach Boxer Ashton Sylve Part Of Docuseries
Long Beach boxer Ashton Sylve is one of the young athletes spotlighted in a ‘No Days Off’ episode from Whistle. READ MORE about Sylve. 17-Year-Old Boxing BEAST Got Floyd Mayweather’s Attention 👀 This episode of No Days Off is in partnership with Axe. 17-year-old boxer Ashton Sylve has already caught the attention of some of […]
All-City Coaches of the Year: Carl Buggs, Torie Frapwell
This year was the hardest year we’ve ever had selecting Coaches of the Year, with six Moore League teams winning CIF Southern Section championships and a number of others pulling off dramatic turnaround. Every coach deserves a salute for bringing a team onto the playing field during such a turbulent year, but we’re choosing to […]
Seventeen From Long Beach Prepare For Tokyo Olympics This Week
It’s not the largest Olympic contingent that Long Beach has had, but the city is sending 17 athletes and coaches with local ties to the Tokyo Olympics, slated to begin this week with Opening Ceremonies on Friday evening. The city’s aquatic scene continues to be well represented with two water polo players in Max Irving […]
All-City Freshmen of the Year: Jason Parra, Sammie Hamilton
The young talent in the city has been much improved over the past few seasons, and this year was no exception, with two freshmen proving themselves the best in the city at their sport. Jason Parra, Millikan Cross Country The long-awaited start of the 2020-21 high school sports season was also the triumphant debut for […]