Under coach Barry Barnes, LBCC has made sure to represent the first two letters of their school name–Barnes’ Vikings have always been heavy on Long Beach talent, and this year is no exception. LBCC returns all-conference players Jeremiah Sadler (Poly) and Jordan Heard (Jordan), and the Vikings have players from Cabrillo, Millikan, and Lakewood on […]
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PODCAST: Following High School Sports Trends
00:40 Community support for Olympian Danielle Scott-Arruda 05:50 Trends In High School Sports 21:30 Athletes Of The Week 24:15 Do you believe in the power of the jinx? 27:45 Fam Jam
The562.org’s Athletes of the Week
Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship! HIGH SCHOOL Frank Staine, St. Anthony Basketball It’s a new era for St. Anthony basketball as the Saints are competing in Division 1 this year, and senior Frank Staine is trying to help them prove they belong. After a […]
LBCC Volleyball Falls To Cypress In State Playoff Thriller
The LBCC women’s volleyball team was poised on the edge of history, just a few points away from beating Cypress in the second round of the CCCAA State Playoffs to advance to the Elite Eight for the first time since 2001. The Vikings led the match 2-0 and 19-14 in the third set, and after […]
VIDEO: LBCC vs. Cypress Women’s Volleyball
We’ve got highlights from the dramatic five-set thriller between LBCC and Cypress in the state playoffs. JC Volleyball: LBCC vs. Cypress State Playoffs The Vikings fell to Cypress in a five-set thriller in the CCCAA Round of 16 state playoffs.
PODCAST: How To Vote Long Beach For NFL Pro Bowl
On this episode of What Up, Long Beach?! we’re talking about voting Long Beach for the NFL Pro Bowl and the teams to watch for in the upcoming winter sports season. 01:20 Vote Long Beach For NFL Pro Bowl 09:00 Long Beach High School Winter Teams To Watch 09:25 Basketball 12:00 Soccer 14:30 Water Polo […]
COLUMN: Amateur Sports Needs Students To Survive
If prep sports get more serious every year, then why are the crowds shrinking? Not that long ago we saw the Long Beach Poly and Lakewood football game almost sell out Veterans Memorial Stadium. We didn’t see a football sellout this season. Not even close. It wasn’t that long ago we saw the Walter Pyramid […]
LBCC Volleyball Rolls Past Grossmont In State Playoffs
After the first set of Tuesday evening’s first-round CCCAA state playoff match between No. 4 LBCC and No. 13 Grossmont, it looked like they Vikings were in trouble. The Griffins’ intensity and the high-flying antics of Hawaii bounceback Shaney Lipscomb overwhelmed LBCC into a first-set defeat. But Vikings coach Misty May-Treanor dialed up an effective […]
Long Beach City College Update: Women’s Volleyball Starts Postseason
The Long Beach City College women’s volleyball team hosts Grossmont College in the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) Southern California Regional Playoffs tonight at 6 p.m. in the Hall of Champions. LBCC (21-3) won the South Coach Conference South division and is currently ranked No. 6 in the state. Grossmont (21-5) is ranked No. […]
The562.org’s Athletes Of The Week
Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Will Frankenfeld, Long Beach Poly Cross Country Long Beach Poly senior Will Frankenfeld did something a Long Beach runner hadn’t done since 2000, winning last weekend’s CIF Southern Section Division 1 cross country championship. Frankenfeld’s time of […]