Stephen Dachman has been shooting high school and college sports in Long Beach for more than two decades and has been a professional photographer for more than 40 years. A Philly/Cleveland transplant, he’s been adopted by Long Beach and is a proud local.
The562’s coverage of football in 2024-25 is sponsored by The Terry Donahue Memorial California Showcase. The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013.
The Long Beach State Dirtbags returned to Bohl Diamond at Blair Field on Friday night for their first Big West Conference weekend series in 19 days, and they celebrated in front of a crowd of almost 3,000 with an 8-0 win over UC Davis. LBSU (18-24, 4-6) got another stellar start from Sophomore Zak Baayoun […]
Everyone wanted to forget the 2019 Long Beach State Dirtbags season as soon as it was over. The failed campaign started with a 10-game losing streak — the worst start in program history — and included coach Troy Buckley’s firing after a physical altercation with an assistant. It was also the first thing new Dirtbags […]