This week we’re interviewing players and coaches from the four Long Beach football teams who are playing a CIF Southern Section championship game this weekend. 13:30 Long Beach Poly head coach Stephen Barbee 18:10 Long Beach Poly senior Donovan Poe 19:00 Long Beach Poly senior Jalen Johnson 20:45 Jordan head coach Tim Wedlow 23:00 Jordan […]
St. Anthony boys’ soccer and coach Aaron Rodriguez are thrilled to start a full season together. Rodriguez took over the program in January and the Saints scuffled through the rescheduled season with low player turnout. “We didn’t have time to prepare because we didn’t know when the season was coming,” Rodriguez said. “The parents were […]
Like the rest of the Compton High sports programs, the boys’ soccer team is struggling without having a campus and regular practice schedule on a full field. Last week, coach Juan Reynoso was answering questions for this preview while 13 players were using 1/3 of the available grass at Roosevelt Middle School while Compton HS […]
The DJ Vincent era has begun at Wilson. After fifth-year head coach Erin Carey stepped down in June, Vincent has stepped in to try and take the Bruins back to CIF-SS postseason glory. Wilson won its first title in two decades weeks before the COVID-19 shutdowns in 2020. “We’re in rebuilding mode but I do […]
As the Jordan Panthers contingent walked into the CIF Southern Section football championship luncheon at The Grand Hotel in Long Beach on Monday, principal Keisha Irving looked around and nodded her head. “We’ve got to do this more often,” she said. “We should get used to being here.” This is the first time Jordan has […]
All of The562’s water polo coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Aqualand. Visit AqualandOfTheFree.com to learn more. For the second time in the last three seasons, Long Beach State men’s water polo is headed back to the NCAA Tournament after winning the Golden Coast Conference Tournament Championship. The Beach beat Pacific 13-9 at UC […]
Coach Brett Peabody wasn’t afraid to cry a little bit on Saturday night because there was something therapeutic about Long Beach City College football’s season-ending win at Veterans Memorial Stadium. After months of being limited by forces they couldn’t control, the Vikings celebrated every second of their 31-17 victory over Allan Hancock. They especially enjoyed […]
After decades of watching other Long Beach high school football teams bask in postseason glory, Jordan has joined the party and the Panthers don’t want to leave these festivities. Jordan once again came back to win a playoff game on Friday night and it’s just another historic victory as the Panthers edged Twentynine Palms 26-20 […]
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It felt like the Jordan football season was over. The Panthers were training 21-6 at halftime of their CIF Southern Section Division 11 quarterfinals at Granite Hills last week, and senior running back Damian Henderson had been taken off the field injured. That’s when coach Tim Wedlow walked over to sophomore running back Jordan Washington. […]