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Long Beach High School Badminton Preview

With a full offseason and increased participation, the 2022 Moore League badminton season is shaping up to be a competitive one after a shortened 2021 season resulted in only one round being played. After getting a late start last season and some teams being unable to have practices, the Moore League coaches decided not to […]

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Baseball Long Beach State

Dirtbags Drop Home Opener to Sacramento State in Extra Innings

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 baseball team had everything it needed in order to have a special night at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field Friday as the Dirtbags hosted Sacramento State. LBSU (2-2) welcomed back Dirtbags alum […]

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Moore League Boys’ Tennis Preview

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 […]

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Soccer St. Anthony

CIF Boys’ Soccer: St. Anthony Beats CAMS In Second Round

The St. Anthony Saints and junior Jacob Haskill punched their ticket to the CIF Southern Section Division 7 boys’ soccer quarterfinals with a 3-1 victory against California Academy of Math and Science Tuesday afternoon at Molina Park. After spending the first few minutes on the defensive end, Haskill scored his first of three goals in […]

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Baseball Wilson

Stearns Park Renames Baseball Field After Tom Buckle

The Long Beach community honored a local legend recently when the city revealed a new scoreboard at the historic Stearns Championship Field.  The field was renamed Tom Buckle Field to honor Buckle, who was a Long Beach Little League legend that spent 50 years encouraging the next generation of youth players. A new scoreboard with […]

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Millikan Wrestling

Boys’ Wrestling: Millikan Suffers Heartbreaking Loss to South Torrance in CIF-SS Final

The Millikan boys wrestling team looked to be on its way to the CIF Southern Section Division 4 Dual Meet Championship Wednesday night as they took a 31-15 lead over South Torrance after Nathan Gomez pinned the Spartans’ Daniel Palomarez. But with only five matches remaining, the Spartans mounted a furious comeback as they won […]