This week on the show we’re previewing all of the Long Beach high school football games including the big one as Long Beach Poly renews its nonleague rivalry with Serra. Support The562.org
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PREVIEW: Long Beach Poly Football Visits Serra
Football fans across Southern California will be watching intently as Long Beach Poly visits Serra’s newly-opened stadium Friday night at 7 p.m. The friendly rivalry between the Jackrabbits and Serra has produced some of the region’s most predictably exciting games over the last decade. Last Spring, the Jackrabbits defeated Serra 27-21 in overtime. The Cavaliers […]
Football: Cabrillo Can’t Catch Jefferson In Home Opener
There were a lot of positives to take from Cabrillo’s first home football game since 2019, but unfortunately for the Jaguars the final score wasn’t one of those things as visiting Jefferson led wire-to-wire in a 50-20 victory. Cabrillo had a handful of standout individual performances and the Jaguars showed impressive cohesiveness on and off […]
LIVE UPDATES: Cabrillo vs Jefferson, High School Football
We’ll have live updates from the return of high school football tonight at 7 p.m. as Cabrillo hosts Jefferson CLICK HERE for our previews of the game. Click here if you can’t see the updates. Tweets by 562sports Support The562.org
Player Profile: Jordan Football Captain Elijah Jones
It’s no surprise that Elijah Jones has a propensity for leadership. The Jordan football team captain is the oldest of four siblings and he helps take care of his immobile great grandmother Cilla Morales who lives with his family. Jones makes food for her, goes to the store for her and sometimes he’ll just sit […]
High School Football Preview: Cabrillo vs. Jefferson
The Cabrillo Jaguars will play a football game on the West Side for the first time in almost two years when they host Jefferson High tonight at 7 p.m. Both teams will be looking for their first win of the season, after Cabrillo dropped its opener at Hawkins last week, and Jefferson suffered a 33-0 […]
Football: Impact Transfers Curry, Williams, Robinson Cleared at Long Beach Poly
It was a frustrating opening week of the football season at Long Beach Poly, where COVID-19 positives necessitated a week-long shutdown. The Jackrabbits have been back practicing since Saturday, however, in preparation for their season opener Friday at 7 p.m. on the road against Serra. Poly also got some good news last week with three […]
The562.org’s Athletes of the Week
Congratulations to our first Athletes of the Week of the school year and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Damian Henderson, Jordan Football Jordan junior Damian Henderson turned in a star performance in the team’s season-opening overtime win, with a rushing touchdown, a kickoff return for a touchdown, a sack, a […]
COLUMN: Let’s Appreciate Friday Night Lights While They’re Here
I covered two important events in the world of Long Beach schools last week, and they helped me chart the course for how I’m going to try and navigate the rest of the COVID-19 pandemic. On Wednesday, I was in attendance for the Long Beach Unified School District’s Board of Education meeting. At the meeting, […]