Top 10 Avalon
All City Avalon Volleyball

2024 Top 10 Long Beach Sports Moments: No. 10 Avalon Volleyball Makes School History

Whether it was on or off Catalina island, the boys’ volleyball team from Avalon looked comfortable in the CIF playoffs while reaching the Division 7 championship game.  “The rise of the Avalon boys’ volleyball playoffs embodies what is best loved in high school athletics: heart, dedication and to never give up,” Avalon coach Carlos Martinez […]

Screenshot 2024 07 13 At 5.15.21 pm
All City Cabrillo

All-City Tech Team of the Year: Cabrillo Drone Soccer

With the rise of e-sports and other technologically-driven competitions like drone soccer, The562 and the Grunion Gazette are adding a “Tech Team of the Year” honor to this year’s All-City Awards, and our first selection couldn’t be easier. The Cabrillo High drone soccer team won a national championship this year, sweeping through the United States […]

Screenshot 2024 07 13 At 4.21.31 pm
All City Long Beach Poly Track & Field Wilson

Freshmen of the Year: Wilson’s Saniah Varnado & Long Beach Poly’s Ben Harris

No sport in Long Beach has been more successful than track and field over the last several years, so it’s no surprise that both of this year’s All-City Freshmen of the Year come from the oval. Long Beach Poly and Wilson both captured state titles this year, and neither would have been atop the podium […]

Unnamed 1
All City Long Beach Poly Track & Field Wilson

All-City Coaches of the Year: Crystal Irving, Neil Nelson & Shannon Fisher

Long Beach Poly track and field head coach Crystal Irving continues to blaze a trail. She’s the head of the most prestigious high school sports program perhaps in all of California, a Trackrabbit team that’s won more boys’ and girls’ state titles than any other school in state history (in any sport). Despite the pressure […]

Screenshot 2024 07 11 At 9.28.15 am
All City Cross Country Long Beach Poly Millikan Swimming Track & Field Wilson

All-City Athletes of the Year: Hamilton, Ricks, Parra Bring Home Top Honors

Our All-City Athletes of the Year award has been around for more than a decade, just a fraction of the 120+ year history of amazing youth athletes in Long Beach. But over the last 11 years we’ve gotten a good look at the top flight of the city’s talent pool: previous recipients of this award […]

Screenshot 2024 07 09 At 5.50.43 pm
All City

The562.Org’s All-City Athletes of the Year 2023-24

We’re once again presenting the All-City Awards, a revival of a beloved city tradition. This week we’ll be presenting our individual All-City Athletes of the Year awards to the top performers in each sport, then next week we’ll name our top boy and girl athlete of the year, as well as begin announcing other awards […]