The past two seasons have been rocky for Long Beach City College men’s basketball. In 2024-2025, the Vikings finished 8-20, with a sub-500 conference record. They regressed in both respects last year, losing all ten conference games as part of a 5-23 campaign. Longtime head coach Barry Barnes isn’t shying away from the tribulations as […]
LIVE UPDATES: Long Beach Poly vs Coronado CIF State Volleyball, Lakewood vs Northview
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Today’s Long Beach CIF State Playoff Schedule
Today’s Long Beach CIF State playoff schedule sees two girls’ volleyball teams hosting first-round state playoff games, as Poly is fresh off their CIF-SS championship and Lakewood is fresh off a runner-up CIF-SS finals performance. CIF State Volleyball Playoffs Round One Division I: Long Beach Poly vs. Coronado, 6pm Division IV: Lakewood vs. Northview, 6pm
Women’s Basketball: Long Beach State Falls Short vs Santa Clara in Home Opener
The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2026-27 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. The theme of the 2026-27 Long Beach State women’s basketball season will be growth, and the Beach (0-2) seemed to do a bit of that on Monday night against Santa Clara (3-0). After a lopsided 100-46 loss at Cal last […]
PHOTOS: Long Beach State vs. Santa Clara, Women’s Basketball
The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2026-27 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl.
The562.org’s Athletes of the Week
The562’s Athletes of the Week is sponsored by the Long Beach Century Club. Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to the Long Beach Century Club and Naples Rib Company for their support. HIGH SCHOOL Jasmyn Munoz, St. Anthony Girls’ Golf Jasmyn Munoz has been a pivotal player in St. Anthony’s success on […]
Long Beach State Men’s Basketball Preview 2026
The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2026-27 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. The Long Beach State men’s basketball team was already going to look different this season as third-year coach Chris Acker reshuffled the deck in search of stability within the program. Add in a handful of injuries to some of […]
Long Beach State Women’s Basketball Making Home Debut Monday in Minyon Moore Era
The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2026-27 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. It took nearly two years to construct the LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid at Long Beach State. Minyon Moore was given less than six months to build a program to play inside it. The new Long Beach State women’s […]
PHOTOS: LBCC Football Beats Moorpark
The LBCC football team finished its season with a win to wrap up at 3-7 overall thanks to the 35-21 victory. The Vikings’ scoring came from QB Kayde Bodine who threw for a score and ran for one, as well as running touchdowns by Lynnden Hodge and Jacob Taddi, plus a pick-six by Travion Baker.
CIF Volleyball: Lakewood Falls To Villa Park In D6 Final, Await State Playoff Opponent
The562’s coverage of high school volleyball in 2026 is brought to you by the MLP’s Bay Area Breakers. The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. After a stellar run through the first three rounds of the playoffs, the Lakewood girls’ volleyball team saw its title hopes come to an […]










