For decades, Los Alamitos Friday Night Lights flag football has been home to young athletes from across the local area. But finally, Long Beach is home to its own FNL league. Friday Night Lights is now taking registrations for its new Long Beach league that will host K-8 divisions of both girls and boys flag […]
For the first time in 21 years, the Heartwell PONY squad of 14s All Stars is heading to Washington, Pennsylvania for the PONY World Series. The squad out of Long Beach’s Heartwell Park won the West Zone Tournament last week and is now one of 10 teams remaining heading to the World Series, out of […]
The ELB PONY Shetland 6U All Star team won the central regional championship tournament two weeks ago, and will begin play in the PONY West Zone 6s World Series this weekend in Simi Valley. The team went 4-0 in the regional tourney and defeated LAYB in the championship game. The coaches are Joey Diette, Dana […]
Forming AAU basketball teams in the summer has become a trend amongst high school friend groups in recent years. But for one group of Long Beach friends, it’s become an opportunity for basketball players across the Moore League to conjoin into one team to get work in during the offseason. The 562 Select was created […]
The Long Beach Little League 11U All Stars recently won the Little League District 38 championship in thrilling fashion, defeating Lakewood Village 5-3 in a winner-take-all. The Long Beach boys lost to Village in the semifinals to fall into the loser’s bracket and had to win three straight games to take the district championship and […]
Did you know you can hire 562 pro photographer Joseph Kling to shoot your kids’ youth sporting events? Contact Joe on any social media platform at @JKlingPhotos to get rates and book him for your next game!
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The Long Beach PONY 14U All-Stars have been absolutely dominating their competition this month. They’ve outscored their eight opponents 104-15 while winning the District and Central Region tournaments. “We have a powerhouse of a squad that is the deepest in my memory,” PONY president and manager Ken Jakemer said. “We’ve got great pitching, tremendous defense, […]
The Lakewood Village Little League 11U All-Stars won the District 38 Championship earlier this month by beating Long Beach 6-5 in extra innings of the title game. Lakewood Village used impeccable defense and phenomenal pitching by Cason Clark and Evan Raleigh to stay in control throughout the tournament. David Mancha and Henry Aguas provided the […]