NUMBER SEVEN St. Anthony had a solid season under first-year head coach Alan Mitchell, and really continued to improve all the way through the postseason. After a third-place finish in the Del Rey League, the Saints weren’t expected to do much in the Division 1 bracket, opening up on the road at Dominguez. All the […]
NUMBER NINE Long Beach Poly came up 10 points short of the program’s 21st CIF-SS championship in a 78-69 defeat at Village Christian in the Division 2AA final, but it was still a memorable season for the state’s all-time wins leader. The Jackrabbits’ thrilling 50-45 win over Foothill on the road–behind 25 points from senior […]
Growing up in Long Beach, playing basketball at the JCC as a kid and at Long Beach Poly as he grew, Peyton Watson dreamed of the moment that happened last night. The Long Beach and Bixby Knolls native was in the Barclays Center in Brooklyn where he heard NBA commissioner Adam Silver announce his name […]
One of Compton High’s best coaches of the last half-century has left the school after a highly-successful 16-year tenure, citing the difficulties of the longterm campus construction as well as frustrations with administration. Longtime basketball coach Tony Thomas won a CIF-SS championship at Compton, as well as the school’s only Moore League titles in the […]
The562’s coverage of Cabrillo Athletics is sponsored by the Cohn Family. Cabrillo has announced its next boys’ basketball coach, as the Jaguars have hired Jordan/LBCC alum and recent St. Anthony assistant Chris Spencer to take over the Westside program. Spencer, 27, is a young coach but already well-regarded and respected in the Long Beach hoops […]
Four Long Beach Poly basketball players are still alive in the NCAA Tournament with tickets punched for the Sweet 16. On the court, Myles Johnson and Peyton Watson are on the UCLA team that will face North Carolina Friday at 6:30 p.m. in the Sweet Sixteen. Both have contributed this year and will have to […]
Beach City Hoops is a valued media partner of the562.org, and today BCH and founder Alex Carmon are hosting an unsigned senior showcase at St. Pius X/St. Matthias Academy from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. “This event is to provide a good atmosphere for seniors who may have slipped through the cracks, and could use […]
On the five-year anniversary of Long Beach State’s last trip to the NCAA Tournament, the Beach returned to the very same venue on Thursday night, taking on Oregon State in the first round of the Women’s NIT. The Beach shot well to start the game, leading 26-16 after the opening quarter, but couldn’t maintain that […]
Live by the run, die by the run. Long Beach State men’s basketball has thrived on uptempo play this season, but fell victim to another big run in the second half and lost 93-72 at BYU in the first round of the NIT on Wednesday. The Beach (20-13) had a five-point lead in the first […]
The season isn’t over. Despite losing in the Big West Conference Tournament championship game on Saturday, Long Beach State men’s basketball will start the NIT on Wednesday at BYU. This is the Beach’s ninth appearance in the postseason NIT. The NIT is a 32-team tournament featuring the best teams outside the NCAA Tournament. LBSU lost […]