The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2024-25 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. Sunday’s home opener for Long Beach State Softball began with a show of respect for the head coach in the opposing dugout. LBSU softball alum Patty Gasso threw out the ceremonial first pitch in her return to her alma mater, […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2024-25 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl.
Photo courtesy Devin Malast/Long Beach State Athletics The Long Beach State Athletics Hall of Fame gained eight new members on Wednesday evening, with the induction of five former student-athletes and three community members in the Class of 2025. The five athletes enshrined into the Hall were Kyle Abbott (baseball), TJ DeFalco (men’s volleyball), Ashley Gonzales […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. Long Beach Poly junior softball star Ki’ele Ho-Ching has always loved representing her family, her city, and her school. Now she’s going to have a chance to represent her country, as the Oklahoma commit was just named to the USA Softball U18 women’s national team. […]
Wilson sophomore Sacha Zalamea received a major national honor last week, as she was named one of the Top Performers from USA Softball’s U16 National Team Selection Event. Zalamea not only started for the Bruins last year as a freshman, she was one of the best players in the city, earning first-team All-Moore League honors. […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. Long Beach Poly junior Ki’ele Ho-Ching received a major national honor on Thursday, as she was named one of the Top Performers from USA Softball’s U16 National Team Selection Event. Ho-Ching, ranked the No. 3 recruit in the junior class, recently committed to the […]
The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. This week is the perfect time to give back to the Veterans community, and the Lakewood softball team did exactly that at Heartwell Park. The Lancers hosted a clinic for local Veteran Dustin Scott’s 6U Heartwell softball team. Dustin served in the United […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. One of the nation’s top softball juniors has made her collegiate decision, as reigning Moore League Player of the Year and Long Beach Poly star Kiele Ho-Ching announced on Instagram last week that she’s verbally committing to the University of Oklahoma. The Sooners are […]
The562’s high school softball coverage is sponsored by Playmakers. Visit LetsBePlaymakers.org for more information on their adaptive sports programs. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. Star Long Beach Poly softball junior Emoni Lam Sam committed to Cal earlier this week, wrapping up a frantic recruiting schedule where she weighed several […]
Unfortunately as specialization is pushed at younger and younger ages, the high school multisport athlete is largely becoming a thing of the past, with year-round commitments crowding out the old-school approach. As such we wanted to recognize four Long Beach athletes competing in multiple sports at a high level this year. On the boys’ side, […]