The562’s season previews for the 2022-23 school year are sponsored by Vertical Raise, the official team fundraising partner of The562. The562’s coverage of Long Beach tennis is sponsored by the Long Beach State Tennis Boosters. With the start of the tennis season coming up, we took a trip around Long Beach to check in with […]
The562 is pleased to announce the newest sport sponsorship for the 2022-23 school year. The Long Beach State Tennis Boosters have made a donation to The562 in order to sponsor all of our tennis coverage for the upcoming season. The sponsorship applies to all tennis-related content at The562, including game articles, highlight videos, photo galleries, […]
There were two really deserving honorees for our Girls’ Coach of the Year, with one winning a championship and making school history in the fall, while the other led her team on an impressive run to a CIF title game in her first season on campus. Douglas Schlueter, Long Beach Poly Girls’ Tennis Head coach […]
NUMBER FIVE It’s not easy making history at Long Beach Poly, but the girls’ tennis program did just that with the program’s first ever CIF championship last fall. The Jackrabbits had to fight for it, barely holding off San Dimas with a 10-8 win at the Claremont Club, securing a Division 4 CIF crown. Julia […]
Heading into the CIF Southern Section boys’ individual tournament last week, Millikan’s Andy Nguyen didn’t get wrapped up in the pressure of being the top-seeded athlete at the event. Nguyen was driven to excellence knowing he was repping his school and his city as the only representative of Long Beach heading into the quarterfinals. The […]
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 Gabriel Tyler, Long Beach Poly Track & Field Jackrabbits junior Gabe Tyler made history at the CIF State […]
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 Ethan Schwichtenberg, St. Anthony Golf St. Anthony’s Schwichtenberg had a huge week, shooting a three-under 68 in prelims […]
After winning its first Moore League title in more than 20 years last season, the Millikan boys tennis repeated in 21-22 and continued its dominating run at this year’s Moore League tennis finals. It was a repeat of the 2021 boys title match as No. 1-seeded junior Andy Nguyen once again claimed the boys’ singles […]
With the 2021 Moore League boys’ tennis finalists returning to Millikan, the Rams are primed to continue their run atop the league standings under coach Torie Frapwell. Last season Andy Nguyen, Nolan Alvarez and Lucas Mikasa led a dominant singles rotation that guided Millikan to its first Moore League title since 1997 and capped the […]
Long Beach City College is preparing to open a world-class set of aquatic and athletic facilities in early 2022, the result of five years of planning, designing, and dreaming. The upgrade was made possible by the passage of Measure LB in 2015, giving the college nearly a billion dollars in construction money from a bond […]