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The562.org’s Athletes of the Week

Congratulations to our winners and thanks to Naples Rib Company for the sponsorship! Khilyn Neal, Long Beach Poly Football The Long Beach Poly senior has had four touchdowns called back on penalties this year, but finally got into the end zone twice against Compton, first on a strip-and-score sack as a defensive end, then as […]

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LBCC Football Starts Conference Play With A Win

STORY BY MATT SIMON The 2019 season has been deemed the redemption tour for the Long Beach City College football team. Heading into Saturday night’s contest the Vikings (4-2, 1-0) were 0-2 on their journey to make up for a disappointing 2018 campaign. Behind the arm of quarterback Derrach West and a staunch defense, LBCC […]

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ROUNDUP: Long Beach Football Coverage, Week Nine

We’ve got coverage from all of this week’s football games! Wilson 49, Lakewood 14  STORY/VIDEO/PHOTOS Long Beach Poly 55, Compton 6  STORY/VIDEO/PHOTOS St. Anthony 20, St. Genevieve 14  STORY Cabrillo 20, Jordan 14  VIDEO/PHOTOS Avalon 65, Brethren Christian 8 Lancers WR/DB Adalberto Martinez had another big game for Avalon with 250 yards from scrimmage, two […]

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Football: Wilson Rolls Over Lakewood For Homecoming Win

Six touchdowns from senior quarterback Ryan Pettway led Wilson to a dominant 49-14 win over visiting Lakewood on Friday night. “We told our guys all week that the last four years we’ve played them it’s been physical close games, and that we couldn’t be slow from the get-go,” Wilson coach Mark Ziegenhagen said. “We executed […]

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Football: Long Beach Poly Shuts Down Compton

Long Beach Poly football coach Stephen Barbee is familiar with Compton’s double-wing offense, which relies on punishing run after punishing run, with some misdirection thrown in. Barbee dialed up the right defense for his Jackrabbits, who platooned several defensive lineman and employed eight different D-Line combinations to shut down the Compton attack, which was limited […]