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Football Rankings

Long Beach Football Rankings

The562’s football coverage for the 2026-27 school year is sponsored by Long Beach Poly alums Wendell “WoWo” Moe, Jr. & Tyson Ruffins. The562 does not do rankings–we prefer to cover the kids and spotlight them than to give our opinions. However, since HSRatings.com’s computer rankings are used to determine CIF-SS playoff brackets, we do consider […]

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Football Long Beach City College

Football: LBCC Closes Regular Season on Positive Note with Win

After a challenging season, the Long Beach City College football team closed out the regular season with a much-needed win. With a 35-21 victory over Moorpark, the Vikings ended 2026 with a 3-7 record. LBCC collected touchdowns through the air, on the ground and on defense. In the team win, quarterback Kayde Bodine contributed a […]

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Long Beach City College Soccer

Men’s Soccer: LBCC Wins Back-to-Back Conference Titles with Shutout Win

Long Beach put an exclamation point on its regular season with a 6-0 win over Rio Hondo on Nov. 3. Following the Women’s Soccer team, the Men’s squad was able to claim the South Coast-South Conference title with this shutout. In this crucial match, Jeremiah Omishakin sparked the offense with two goals to lead the […]

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Long Beach City College Soccer

Women’s Soccer: LBCC Reclaims No. 1 Spot and Conference Title

The Vikings are back at No. 1. In last week’s California Community College Sports Information Association state poll, LBCC reclaimed the top spot. Long Beach earned eight first-place votes and 271 points to finish ahead of Folsom Lake, who had 246 points and three first-place votes. The team climbed their way back to the top […]

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Long Beach Poly Volleyball

CIF State Volleyball: Long Beach Poly Falls to Coronado in Five Sets

The562’s coverage of high school volleyball in 2026 is brought to you by the MLP’s Bay Area Breakers. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly Athletics for the 2026-27 school year is sponsored by Former Jackrabbits Wendell “WoWo” Moe, Jr. & Tyson Ruffins. Just two days after the Long Beach Poly girls’ volleyball team captured the […]

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Lakewood Volleyball

CIF State Girls’ Volleyball: Lakewood Sweeps Northview in First Round

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. It’s a tough but fortunate reality of the playoffs that you put everything into a CIF-SS championship run, only to start all over again […]

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SCHEDULE: Long Beach Football CIF Playoffs

The562’s football coverage for the 2026-27 school year is sponsored by Long Beach Poly alums Wendell “WoWo” Moe, Jr. & Tyson Ruffins. It’s playoff time! We’ve got a good group of teams representing Long Beach in the CIF-SS playoffs this week. From the Hub City League, Dominguez is taking on Montclair, Compton Centennial is facing […]

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Basketball Long Beach City College

LBCC Men’s Basketball Preview: Vikings Hope Out-of-State Newcomers can Lead Turnaround

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 […]