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Baseball Wilson

Stearns Park Renames Baseball Field After Tom Buckle

The Long Beach community honored a local legend recently when the city revealed a new scoreboard at the historic Stearns Championship Field.  The field was renamed Tom Buckle Field to honor Buckle, who was a Long Beach Little League legend that spent 50 years encouraging the next generation of youth players. A new scoreboard with […]

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Millikan Wrestling

Boys’ Wrestling: Millikan Suffers Heartbreaking Loss to South Torrance in CIF-SS Final

The Millikan boys wrestling team looked to be on its way to the CIF Southern Section Division 4 Dual Meet Championship Wednesday night as they took a 31-15 lead over South Torrance after Nathan Gomez pinned the Spartans’ Daniel Palomarez. But with only five matches remaining, the Spartans mounted a furious comeback as they won […]

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Millikan Video Wrestling

VIDEO: Millikan vs. South Torrance, Boys’ Wrestling

CIF Boys’ Wrestling Championship: Millikan vs. South Torrance Millikan hosted South Torrance for the CIF-SS Division 4 Boys’ Wrestling Championship. For more coverage of all Long Beach sports, head to www.The562.org. We are a non-profit, community-funded media outlet in the City of Long Beach, covering primarily sports and education. Support The562.org

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Millikan Wrestling

Wrestling: Millikan Will Host CIF-SS Championship Wednesday

The Millikan wrestling team is primed for redemption after two dominating performances on Saturday at the CIF Southern Section Division 4 Dual Meet Saturday. After defeating Lawndale 76-6 in the quarterfinals, the Rams punched their ticket back to the CIF championship with a 78-3 victory against Cypress. Support The562.org “Our team is special,” Millikan coach […]

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Long Beach Poly Water Polo Wilson

Girls’ Water Polo: Wilson Rolls To Win Over Long Beach Poly

All of The562’s water polo coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Aqualand. Visit AqualandOfTheFree.com to learn more. Zoe Grover scored five goals for Wilson girls’ water polo team on Wednesday afternoon at Belmont Outdoor Pool as the Bruins defeated Long Beach Poly 17-5. Like many other programs in the area dealing with games being […]

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Basketball Long Beach State

Long Beach State Men’s Basketball Defense Leads To Win Over UCSB

With plenty of options for Long beach State men’s basketball to turn to offensively, freshman Aboubacar Traore usually doesn’t have to worry about creating at that end. But with guards Colin Slater and Joel Murray in early foul trouble, Traore used his defense to create offensive opportunities which led to him scoring a game-high 17 […]