High School Baseball: Wilson vs. Long Beach Poly Long Beach’s oldest rivals squared off to close out the first round of Moore League baseball action. 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 […]
Moore League Girls’ Tennis Finals 2020-21 The Moore League crowned its girls’ individual tennis champion on Tuesday at Lakewood High after an entertaining three-set final. 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 […]
The Big West softball season has officially become a two-team race after last weekend’s results. Second-place Long Beach State dominated third-place Hawaii on the islands with a four-game sweep, which included three run-rule victories and a combined score of 50-15. Long Beach came out slugging, hitting a combined seven home runs in the first doubleheader […]
A 17-2 start for Long Beach Poly (6-1, 5-0) did not accurately foretell how Friday night’s game against visiting Wilson (5-1, 4-1) would play out. The Jackrabbits won their previous four Moore League games by an average of over 62 points, but Wilson was unwilling to go quietly and cut Poly’s lead to single digits […]
High School Basketball: Long Beach Poly vs. Wilson Long Beach Poly hosted Wilson on Friday evening, wrapping up the first round of Moore League play. 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 […]
On a cloudless Thursday afternoon in Huntington Beach, Ricky Tiedemann found himself somewhere he never thought he’d be. The 6-foot-4 left-hander has thrown from hundreds of pitching mounds in his baseball career, but just a year prior it would’ve been difficult to imagine him standing on this one. Tiedemann was warming up for his first […]
LHP Ricky Tiedemann, MLB Draft Prospect (Lakewood HS/Golden West College) We checked in with former Lakewood High left-hander Ricky Tiedemann as he prepares for the 2021 MLB Draft. Tiedemann is ranked the No. 1 junior college draft prospect in the country, finding a home at nearby Golden West College. For more coverage of all Long […]
Long Beach Poly got the same result they’ve been anticipating this entire Moore League season against Lakewood on Wednesday night, but they also got something more–a test. The high-powered Jackrabbits (5-0) have been dispatching opponents with ease since their opening half against Compton, but Lakewood (3-3, 3-2) gave the Jackrabbits a run in the third […]
High School Basketball: Long Beach Poly vs. Lakewood Long Beach Poly picked up a road win over a feisty Lakewood squad on Wednesday night. 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
Opposing teams don’t usually appear to have much fun when visiting Spud O’Neil Baseball Field at Lakewood High. After all, there’s a reason the field’s namesake has over 900 career wins and counting. But despite a 2-0 first-inning deficit, Long Beach Poly (14-3, 4-0) never looked rattled, and even played some “Lakewood Baseball” to secure […]