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PREVIEW: Long Beach Poly Boys’ Water Polo

The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Poly alum Jayon Brown and PlayFair Sports Management. The Long Beach Poly boys’ water polo team finds itself in a position it hasn’t been in for more than 90 years–defending CIF Southern Section champions. The Jackrabbits won the Division 4 […]

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JP Crawford Sponsors Lakewood High Coverage For 2022-23

The562 is pleased to announce that our coverage of Lakewood High School for the 2022-23 school year will be sponsored by Lancers alum and current MLB star JP Crawford. Crawford graduated in 2013 after a standout Moore League career, and was drafted straight out of high school. The 2020 Golden Glover is in his sixth […]

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The562.org Hires Nina Fife, Kasey Holland as Social Media Directors

The562.org is pleased to announce that we have hired LBUSD high school students Nina Fife and Kasey Holland as our social media directors.  “Nina and Kasey were part of our high school internship program last year and were both stars,” said The562.org publisher Andy Kerr. “We’re proud to add them to our growing team.” Nina […]

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Long Beach Poly Football Coach Stephen Barbee Wins Rams, Chargers Awards

The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Poly alum Jayon Brown and PlayFair Sports Management. Long Beach Poly football coach Stephen Barbee is not a big fan of the limelight. Any time he’s complimented or recognized, he pivots the credit to his players or his coaches. As […]

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Long Beach High School Football CalPreps Rankings, Week Four

With the new playoff format last year, the number question we got at every practice we went to was about playoff divisions. With that in mind we’re going to track where teams stand each week in the CalPreps rankings, which are used to determine the CIF Southern Section’s playoff divisions at the end of the […]

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Long Beach High School Football Schedule, Week Four

All games 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted Thursday, Sep. 8 St. Anthony vs. Wilson (@ St. Pius X) Jordan vs. Irvine Compton vs. Eisenhower Cabrillo @ Lynwood Friday, Sep. 9 Long Beach Poly @ Leuzinger (@ El Camino College) Lakewood @ Mayfair Saturday, Sep. 10 Millikan @ Sunrise Mountain (Ariz.) LBCC @ Riverside, 12 p.m.

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The562.org’s Athletes of the Week

The562’s Athletes of the Week is sponsored by the Long Beach Century Club. Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to the Long Beach Century Club and Naples Rib Company for their support. HIGH SCHOOL Phoenix Tusa, Long Beach Poly Football Senior lineman Phoenix Tusa came up huge for Long Beach Poly in […]

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Volleyball: Lakewood Sweeps Poly For Dominant Moore League Start

The562’s coverage of volleyball in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Misty-May Treanor and the Dream in Gold Foundation. Lakewood won the 2021 Moore League girls’ volleyball championship in dominant fashion, and the Lancers look poised to do it again. Following a strong nonleague start to the season which saw them sweep Mater Dei, […]

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Long Beach State Women’s Volleyball Sweep Notre Dame

The562’s coverage of Long Beach State Volleyball is sponsored by Naples Island Car Wash. Visit NaplesIslandCarWash.com to learn more. The Beach party is on.  The Long Beach State women’s volleyball team improved to 4-1 on Saturday night in the Walter Pyramid, easily sweeping Notre Dame in a match that showed why expectations are so high […]