The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2025-26 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl.
Women’s Soccer: Long Beach State Settles For Scoreless Draw Against St. Mary’s In Season Opener
The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2025-26 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. With its first game of the season came some early growing pains for the Long Beach State women’s soccer team, which took time to find its rhythm against Saint Mary’s on Wednesday night. The Beach gained traction late but […]
Millikan’s Jonah Tuaniga Makes U17 Boys’ Volleyball National Team, Takes Home Bronze at Pan American Cup
The562’s coverage of Millikan Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Brian Ramsey and TLD Law. Photo via USA Volleyball. It’s been a very busy fall for Millikan sophomore Jonah Tuaniga. Amid training camp as Millikan’s star quarterback, the dual-sport athlete was also announced as a member of the U17 Men’s Volleyball National […]
Long Beach Coast Push Through Week 12 PBL Chaos
The Long Beach Coast has had an eventful inaugural season, most recently becoming the first Pioneer Baseball League team to reach 50 wins. With PBL playoffs just a month away, the Coast took their foot off the gas and had a quiet week on the diamond. Long Beach spent the first week of August on […]
LB in MLB: Long Beach Ballplayers On The Move at Trade Deadline
The MLB trade deadline brought changes for some of Long Beach’s baseball alumni, with plenty of other news as the 2026 season enters its homestretch. One of the biggest trades this season was between AL East rivals, as the Boston Red Sox acquired catcher Adley Rutschman from the Baltimore Orioles. The top prospect acquired by […]
Hub City League Media Day Kicks Off Inaugural Season
A new chapter of high school football kicked off Thursday morning at Compton High School’s Field House, where coaches and athletes gathered for the first-ever Hub City League Football Media Day. The Compton Unified School District celebrated its new league and partnership with the Long Beach Unified School District as they lead a new era […]
LBCC Community Mourning Loss of ‘Beloved’ Augie Luuga
8/16/1961 – 7/23/2026 There was never anyone else like August Luuga. Better known by his nickname “Augie,” he served the Long Beach Community College campus with a dedication and selflessness that was unparalleled at the Vikings’ school, or any other. Augie passed away of an illness in late July after more than four decades of […]
Football: Moore League Hosts Second Annual Media Day, Prepares For New Landscape
The Moore League officially kicked off the 2026 football season Monday at Millikan High School, where coaches and players gathered for the league’s second annual Media Day while preparing for one of the biggest changes in league history. For the first time since the league’s formation, Moore League football will consist of five teams after […]
Moore League, Hub City League Usher in New Era
The landscape of high school athletics in Long Beach, Lakewood and Compton will undergo its biggest transformation in more than half a century beginning with the 2026-27 school year. After 55 years as a member of the Moore League, Compton High will depart to join the newly formed Hub City League, a four-school league made […]
Millikan Community Rallies To Find Lacrosse Coach
While Millikan High administrators continue searching for the school’s next boys lacrosse coach, parents are joining the effort to help ensure the reigning Moore League co-champions take the field next spring. Millikan boys lacrosse booster club president Todd Dyer said parents have begun using personal contacts, social media and Southern California’s lacrosse community to identify […]