The562’s coverage of water polo & swimming is sponsored by the Aquatic Capital of America Foundation The USA Women’s Water Polo team is hosting four exhibition games this week at Long Beach City College against Italy and Spain. Team USA beat Italy 15-10 on Tuesday night, and concludes the week against Spain today.
The562.org is pleased to announce our latest sport-specific sponsor as the Aquatic Capital of America Foundation has stepped up to sponsor all of The562’s coverage of Long Beach water polo and swimming from now through the 2022-23 school year. The sponsorship will support our coverage of water polo and swimming at the high school and […]
The562’s coverage of water polo & swimming is sponsored by the Aquatic Capital of America Foundation. The Glenn McCormick Memorial Invitational Dive Meet returned to Long Beach over the weekend as the state of the art Long Beach City College pool hosted the event. “I was really pleased with our first diving meet at Long Beach […]
The 10 and under girls’ water polo team from Long Beach Shore Aquatics dominated the competition last week at the USA National Junior Olympics at Stanford University. Shore beat seven teams by the combined score of 96-26 to win the age group championship. Long Beach beat Greenwich from Connecticut in the final 12-4 to win […]
Our city has a chance to do something that would improve lives and make things better for people in North Long Beach. A year ago, councilman Rex Richardson pointed out (correctly) that his Northside constituents had less access to public pools than people in other parts of the city. The Westside has a public pool […]
All of The562’s water polo coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Aqualand. Visit AqualandOfTheFree.com to learn more. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. The Wilson High aquatics program has been historically successful in the pool, now the Bruins are trying a little something different on […]
Since 2016, the Moore League girls’ swimming title has belonged to Long Beach Poly. Under head coach Kalani Caldwell, the Jackrabbits have put together the most successful run of aquatic success in the last 50 years for any program outside of Wilson High. With a young and largely unproven roster of swimmers, will the Jackrabbits […]
The last time the Wilson Bruins lost a Moore League boys’ swimming championship, the average price for a gallon of gas was just $0.36. That was in 1972, and while plenty of things have changed in the 50 years since, the Bruin boys continue to reign supreme in Long Beach. Wilson will be looking to […]
Long Beach City College is preparing to open a world-class set of aquatic and athletic facilities in early 2022, the result of five years of planning, designing, and dreaming. The upgrade was made possible by the passage of Measure LB in 2015, giving the college nearly a billion dollars in construction money from a bond […]