Bohl Diamond at Blair Field has a longstanding reputation as a pitcher’s ballpark. From its spacious outfield dimensions to the home run-suppressing marine layer that’s known to creep over the playing field after sundown, it’s long been recognized as a place where pitchers have the edge. It’s now been five years since the new outfield […]
WCA Club Football: Long Beach Grind vs So Cal Coverage of Long Beach Grind’s double-overtime win over So Cal on February 6, 2021 in Chino, CA.For more coverage of all Long Beach sports, head to www.The56… Support The562.org
NCAA Women’s Basketball: Long Beach State vs. UC Santa Barbara Long Beach State improved to 9-0 in Big West play with a 61-49 win over visiting UC Santa Barbara on Friday night.For more coverage of all Long Beach sports,… Support The562.org
For many, the events of the past year summoned feelings of helplessness. While the pandemic claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and we remained largely isolated from one another, the problems in the world seemed too large to tackle; too complex to comprehend. In such a chaotic world, what can one individual do to make […]
While the full Signing Day experience was not in effect due to the coronavirus pandemic, a few Long Beach students were able to join the growing list of athletes in the Class of 2021 who’ve earned college scholarships. While a majority of the athletes signed during the early signing period last November, and were joined […]
It took about seven-and-a-half minutes for Long Beach State’s women’s basketball team to shake off the rust from a three-week hiatus, but once the Beach found its groove, the results were the same: wins. LBSU picked up a pair of victories last weekend over new Big West rival UC San Diego, improving to 9-1 overall […]
The start of the current NCAA women’s basketball season was delayed by about a month due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. But if you’d been waiting for nearly two years to play a competitive basketball game, what’s a few more weeks? That was the situation for Long Beach State’s Naomi Hunt, who missed all of […]
Lakewood High School is preparing to have a whole new look once the next school year rolls around this fall. After renovations were completed on the football field and track at Millikan, Lakewood is next in line to have their athletic facilities overhauled. The renovation project at Lakewood is set to break ground in early […]
WCA Club Football: Team Grind vs. Proj3ct Highlights from Team Grind vs. Proj3ct on January23, 2021 in Chino.For more coverage of all Long Beach sports, head to www.The562.org. We are a non-profit, c… Support The562.org
On a recent trip to Yosemite, Diana Michaelson looked out on the natural wonder of one of America’s oldest national parks. She’d yet to begin her sophomore year at Long Beach Poly, but was already planning for major changes at her school, and in her community. “It was really beautiful and it was definitely something […]