The Long Beach Poly football team capped a bizarre 2021 with a CIF-SS Division 4 championship, the 20th in the program’s history. The year saw much heartbreak for the Jackrabbits, who were mourning the loss of longtime assistant coach Keith “Slice” Thompson as well as the family members of many players. But Poly was able […]
Long Beach Sports Top 10 Moments Of 2021: Wilson Volleyball, Poly Basketball Win Titles At Home
CIF championship games usually carry the added lore of a large, neutral site venue. High school athletes get the rare opportunity to share locker rooms that would otherwise house college or professional teams. Unique settings like Angel Stadium, Honda Center, or even Long Beach’s Walter Pyramid add a different level of grandeur to these important […]
Long Beach Sports Top 10 Moments Of 2021: Long Beach Poly Water Polo Makes History
In the 1910s and 1920s, the Long Beach Poly boys’ water polo team was one of Southern California’s best sports programs, winning 11 CIF-SS titles between 1912 and 1929. Since then? Not so dominant, as the Jackrabbits have been the definitive second-place team in the Moore League behind Wilson for the last several decades. The […]
LBCC Preparing To Open “Dream” Aquatic, Athletic Facilities
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 […]
Long Beach State Men’s Basketball Big West Opener Canceled
The Long Beach State men’s basketball team had its fourth consecutive game canceled this week due to COVID-19 protocols. The Beach (3-7) was scheduled to visit Cal Poly on Thursday to open Big West Conference play. Support The562.org Because of recently adjusted Big West guidelines, the game against Cal Poly will be declared a no […]
Long Beach Sports Top 10 Moments Of 2021: Long Beach State Softball Wins Championship
The most improbable championship of 2021 has to be the one Long Beach State softball won, and that’s why it’s No. 6 on our list of top Long Beach sports moments of the year. LBSU hosted the final Big West Conference series of the regular season against Cal State Fullerton in May. The Titans came […]
Long Beach Sports Top 10 Moments Of 2021: Millikan, Poly Tennis Programs Make History
This year brought some school history for a pair of tennis programs, as the Millikan boys and Poly girls teams each won the first CIF titles in program history. Their accomplishments are No. 7 on our list of the top Long Beach sports moments of the year. Millikan’s boys claimed the first of several CIF […]
PHOTOS: Long Beach Patriots 11U Win SYFL Super Bowl XVI
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Long Beach Sports Top 10 Moments Of 2021: Moore League Cross Country Finals
No event embodied the unpredictable nature of the 2021 sports season quite like the first Moore League Cross Country Championships of the calendar year, and that’s why it’s our No. 8 moment of 2021. The event was held back in March, not at its usual Heartwell Park location, but it instead took place at Cabrillo […]
Long Beach Sports Top 10 Moments Of 2021: Local Representation At Summer Olympics
This wasn’t the year the Summer Olympics were supposed to take place in Tokyo, but that didn’t stop Long Beach from having another solid contingent of representatives in the games and that’s why it’s our No. 9 moment of the Long Beach sports year. There were 17 athletes with ties to Long Beach who traveled […]