Both Long Beach Poly basketball teams received a top seed in their bracket of the CIF State playoffs, which begin today in the Ron Palmer Pavilion with semifinals Thursday and Southern California Regional championships on Saturday. As long as the Jackrabbits advance, their games will be at home because the higher seed always hosts in […]
Congratulations to all our honorees and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Kalaya Buggs, Long Beach Poly Basketball Kalaya Buggs had a performance that was the stuff of legends last week, setting a school record for 3-pointers in a game with seven triples in a 25-point, 12-rebound performance in the CIF-SS […]
For the first time in 20 years, Millikan Baseball is one win away from the CIF-SS championship game. The Rams are fresh off a 9-0 win at Saugus in the Division 3 quarterfinals, and are hosting top-seeded Hart in Tuesday’s semifinal. It will be Millikan’s first home game of the playoffs, and the Rams will […]
Professionally, last Friday was the greatest moment of Alen Caveness’ career. The seventh-year St. Anthony boys’ basketball coach signed an NCAA contract and is departing the high school ranks after a historically successful career with the Saints. He’s accepted a position as an assistant on Dan Monson’s Long Beach State men’s basketball coaching staff. But […]
Saturday was a special day for the stars of Long Beach’s track and field scene. Local athletes put on a show and proved that no sport in the city can hang with track and field as Long Beach Poly finished first in the Division 1 girls’ race and second in the Division 1 boys’ race, […]
Two decades of dominance for the Long Beach Poly girls’ track and field program continued on Saturday at the CIF-SS Division 1 Track and Field Finals, as the Jackrabbit girls brought home their 21st CIF-SS championship. Only once since the year 2000 have the Poly girls failed to finish either first or second at the […]
Somehow, PJ Jefferson still had the energy to dance. The Iowa-bound Wilson senior put on a heroic performance on Saturday at the CIF-SS Division 1 Track & Field Finals, winning both the 300 hurdles and the 400 (becoming just the second-ever athlete to do so), and running strong legs for the Bruins’ second-place 4×100 and […]
2021 CIF-SS Division 1 Track & Field Championships It was a historic day for Long Beach’s high schools at the 2021 CIF-SS Division 1 Track & Field Championships at Trabuco Hills High School. 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 […]
Jordan senior Xavier Heard has talked a lot over the last month about fulfilling his family’s proud athletic history at Jordan High. There has been a long line of Heards who’ve gone through the Panther hallways in North Long Beach, many of whom have been standout athletes as well. On Saturday at the CIF-SS Division […]
It’s been a special season for Lakewood senior Cherish Washington, and the CSUN signee wrote a happy ending to it with a strong performance at the CIF-SS Division 1 championships at Trabuco Hills High. Washington claimed the CIF-SS title in the shot put with a heave of 43-1 and was the runner-up in the discus […]