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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Perhaps no team in the city represented the nationwide perseverance through the COVID-19 pandemic than the Long Beach Poly girls’ basketball team, which overcame the odds to win a CIF Southern Section Division 1 and a CIF State Southern California Regional championship. The Jackrabbits finished the season at 18-2, but their story was so much […]
There are dozens of gold CIF championship banners hanging from the rafters inside the Wilson High gym, but none of them had been earned by the boys’ volleyball program–until now. The Wilson boys’ volleyball team culminated a special season with an exhilarating CIF-SS title win on its home floor, earning them the distinction of our […]
This week on our podcast What Up, Long Beach?! we’re talking about the incredible tradition of Long Beach in Major League Baseball and catching up with Lakewood football coach Justin Utupo (15:00) Support The562.org
The Long Beach baseball community needed a moment to savor after having a promising 2020 season ripped away by the pandemic, and the Millikan Rams delivered in June. Millikan had a magical run through the CIF Southern Section Division 3 playoffs and capped it with a 2-0 championship victory over Arlington. Not only is it […]
Many felt like the world stopped in March of 2020, but for Marcell Lineberger it was a chance to catch up and get back to what he loves. The Lakewood wide receiver was diagnosed with Pancreatoblastoma, a rare type of pancreatic cancer, in December 2019. The inevitable delay of the 2020 high school football season […]
This is the eighth year of the revived All-City Awards, which resurrect a decades-long tradition of honoring the city’s best high school athletes. Last week, we looked at the top athletes in each sport, and this week we present other awards including Game of the Year and Coach of the Year. The centerpiece of the […]
There’s only one game on the Major League Baseball schedule for Thursday, July 15, and it’s one that Jarren Duran will remember for the rest of his life. A source told MLB.com that the former Long Beach State Dirtbags standout will be added to the active roster for the Boston Red Sox and is expected […]