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What Division Will Your Team Be In This Winter?

The CIF Southern Section recently released the divisions for the winter sports season, so Long Beach sports fans can get a preview of where their favorite teams will be competing for CIF championships. Because the competitive equity playoff format re-divisions teams every year, these can also serve as a preliminary “power ranking” of local teams […]

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The Hole: Grief, Football, And Trophies At LBCC

Photo courtesy John Fajardo, LBCC All fabric is made in essentially the same way: hundreds of individual threads woven together to make something strong, something whole. A football jersey is made that way. A community is made that way too, or a football team: e pluribus unum. Out of many, one. When a hole is […]

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LB NFL: Jayon Brown And The Power Of Patience

In another world, Jayon Brown might not be a Long Beach Poly alum. Brown exhibited something often lacking in high school athletes: patience. The second-year Titans linebacker didn’t start as a Jackrabbit until his senior year of high school, and ended up signing with UCLA after being lightly recruited. He didn’t start for the Bruins […]

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The562.org’s Athletes Of The Week

Congratulations to this week’s Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. Malik Bradford, Millikan Football Millikan receiver Malik Bradford is one of the city’s top players this year, but injuries have kept him from making his mark in a big way. That all changed Friday against Compton, when Bradford […]

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The562.org’s College Athletes Of The Week

Congrats to this week’s College Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. Pierre Robinson, LBCC Football The Vikings have a talented backfield this year but the leader of the group is Pierre Robinson, a gifted runner who’s leading the team in yards (277) and yards per carry (7.4). He […]

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Football: LBCC Bounces Back Against Cerritos

The best player on the field was wearing Cerritos’ red, white, and blue Falcons helmet, but the best team on the field was LBCC. The VIkings were able to overcome an unbelievable day by Cerritos running back Rhamondre Stevenson to prevail and retain possession of the Crosstown Cup with a 46-32 win. “(Stevenson) is as […]