The Jordan baseball program is ready to take the next step and follow in the footsteps of the Jordan football program after the Panthers reached a championship game a few months ago. “In Division 6, if we can get into the playoffs anything is possible, just like the football program,” Jordan coach Bryan Whitfield said. […]
Cabrillo Jaguars Baseball Preview
It would have been easy for the Cabrillo baseball team to wave the white flag last season. The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic hit West Long Beach hard, leaving the Jaguars with just 10 varsity players in 2021. Nonetheless, Cabrillo navigated a full season under head coach Phillip Berman, who is now entering his third […]
Compton Tarbabes Baseball Preview
Anyone who’s held the job would say that it’s hard enough being the Compton baseball coach, but sixth-year coach Lorenzo Reddick is dealing with a new level of difficulty–his team is currently without a field to practice on as Compton High is being torn down and rebuilt, and the campus has temporarily been relocated to […]
St. Anthony Saints Baseball Preview
There is nothing ideal about the St. Anthony baseball season. The Saints only have two starters back from the team that won two playoffs games last year, they’re dealing with the construction at Clark Field that’s taken away the space for their batting cages and over the winter break someone broke in and stole their […]
Long Beach State Dirtbags Season Preview
The562’s coverage of Dirtbags Baseball for the 2022 season is sponsored by P2S, Inc. Visit p2sinc.com to learn more. The Long Beach State Dirtbags have all of the ingredients necessary to cook up a very successful year in the first full season under coach Eric Valenzuela. “Our guys are hungry and they’re ready for any […]
CIF Basketball: Long Beach Poly Girls Lock Down Marlborough
Every single player on the Long Beach Poly girls’ basketball team projects at the next level as a guard or a wing, and the Jackrabbits have been soldiering through this season without a true post player. That poses a pretty big challenge (pun intended) for a team that had to travel to Marlborough Wednesday evening […]
VIDEO: Long Beach Poly vs. Marlborough, CIF Girls’ Basketball
CIF Girls’ Basketball: Long Beach Poly vs. Marlborough Long Beach Poly traveled to Marlborough for the second round of the 2022 CIF-SS Division 1 girls’ basketball playoffs. For more coverage of all Long Beach sports, head to www.The562.org. We are a non-profit, community-funded media outlet in the City of Long Beach, covering primarily sports and […]
CIF Girls’ Soccer: Millikan Loses At Los Alamitos
One incredible kick of the ball was all Los Alamitos needed to end Millikan’s season in the second round of the CIF Southern Section Division 1 girls’ soccer playoffs on Wednesday. The wonder strike off the foot of Marisa Salazar in the 59th minute proved to be the difference in a hotly contested match that […]
VIDEO: Millikan vs. Los Alamitos, CIF Girls’ Soccer
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