Here are the All-Moore League honorees for the 2024 girls’ tennis season, as voted on by the league’s head coaches.
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Today’s Long Beach CIF-SS Playoff Schedule
It’s going to be a busy day in Long Beach as two water polo teams try to advance to next Tuesday’s semifinals, and the girls’ tennis playoffs begin. Boys’ Water Polo Division 1: Wilson at Huntington Beach, 5pm (Westminster High) Division 2: Long Beach Poly vs. Brea Olinda, 5pm (LBCC) Girls’ Tennis Division 3: Wilson […]
The562.org’s Athletes of the Week
The562’s Athletes of the Week is sponsored by the Long Beach Century Club. Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to the Long Beach Century Club and Naples Rib Company for their support. HIGH SCHOOL Sydney Mercado, Long Beach Poly Volleyball Long Beach Poly libero Sydney Mercado was an assassin from the back […]
Girls’ Tennis: Mandy Oliveros Repeats As Moore League Singles Champion
It was deja vu all over again for the Moore League girls’ tennis finals on Wednesday at Billie Jean Moffitt King Tennis Center. Just like last year, CAMS sophomore Mandy Oliveros beat a quality opponent from Wilson to take the singles championship. Oliveros finished her near perfect tournament by beating Wilson senior Vannesa Holden 6-2, […]
Long Beach High School Tennis Preview
The 2024 Moore League girls’ tennis season is underway, with each school feeling a sense of optimism and excitement for what will be another competitive season. CAMS will look to build on their historic season last year, where they were crowned Division 5 CIF-SS champions for the first time in school history and won the […]
All-Moore League Boys’ Tennis
Here are the All-Moore League honorees for the 2024 boys’ tennis season, as voted on by the league’s head coaches. Subscribe to the562 on GiveButter to make a recurring donation and keep Long Beach sports coverage free!
Long Beach Poly Pickleball Club Hosts Local Tournament
Photo courtesy Daniella Eisman In the past year, pickleball emerged as the latest sports craze and has swept across the country. Today in Long Beach, hundreds of people participate in the popular sport at parks and gyms across the city. Pickleball, founded in 1965, gained popularity over the recent COVID-19 pandemic. As the pandemic limited […]
Tennis: Millikan’s Alvarez Wins Moore League Singles and Doubles Championships Alongside Carranza
After falling in the Moore League boys singles championship in his first two years at Millikan it was finally Nolan Alvarez’s turn. The senior made his fourth trip to the championship game on Tuesday at the Billie Jean King Tennis Center, defeating Douglas Smith to win his second straight championship, 6-4, 6-1. Alvarez fell to […]