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The562.org’s College Athletes Of The Week

Congratulations to all of this week’s winners. TJ DeFalco, Long Beach State Volleyball Senior TJ DeFalco had five aces in a sweep of UCLA last weekend, obliterating the UCLA defense even with the serves that didn’t find the floor. DeFalco is now just seven aces shy of the school record. He also had six kills, […]

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Long Beach State Volleyball

Long Beach State Volleyball Thumps UCLA On Historic Night

The Long Beach State men’s volleyball team made history on Saturday night, and they did so in front of more than 3,000 fans. The team’s sweep of No. 4 UCLA was the 33rd consecutive home victory, which sets a new school record–the team hasn’t lost in the Pyramid since March 26, 2016. Long Beach was […]

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Long Beach Poly Soccer

CIF Soccer: Long Beach Poly Drops Semifinal To Sunny Hills On PK Heartbreak

Long Beach Poly certainly had its chances against Sunny Hills in a Division 2 girls’ soccer semifinal hosted at Wilson High on Saturday afternoon, but the Jackrabbits came up one moment short of their first CIF-SS championship game in more than two decades. Strong wind created and suffocated plenty of chances in a scoreless game […]

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Long Beach State Volleyball

TONIGHT: Long Beach State Men’s Volleyball Hosts UCLA

In a game that’s expected to draw a huge crowd to the Walter Pyramid, the No. 1 Long Beach State men’s volleyball team will host No. 4 UCLA at 7 p.m. on Saturday in another highly-anticipated rematch of last year’s NCAA title game. The two teams played earlier this year, with Long Beach sweeping the […]

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Basketball Long Beach Poly

CIF Basketball: Poly Offense Stalls At King In Semifinals

The strength of Long Beach Poly’s girls’ basketball team this year has been its depth, as head coach Carl Buggs has gotten big games from players up and down his bench. On Friday night at King High in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 semifinals, there were no answers to be found offensively anywhere for […]