We’ve got previews of all of this week’s football games. St. Anthony @ St. Paul Lakewood vs. Compton Long Beach Poly vs. Jordan Cabrillo vs. Millikan LBCC @ Bakersfield
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St. Anthony Quarterback Lucas Lehmar Has His Priorities Straight
Lucas Lehmar is about his family, the food they eat together and the sports he learned to play with them along the way here in Long Beach. All of that home cooking has prepared the senior to step up and quarterback the St. Anthony Saints this season. “I stuck with playing all of the sports […]
High School Football Preview: St. Anthony vs. St. Paul
The Del Rey League title is on the line tonight when St. Anthony travels to Santa Fe Springs for the regular season finale against St. Paul. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. “They’re a very good football team that is physical and athletic,” St. Anthony coach Mario Morales said of St. Paul. “And they’re coached […]
CIF Volleyball: St. Anthony Sweeps Sunny Hills
STORY BY MATT SIMON Heading into the opening round of the CIF Division 4 playoffs, the St. Anthony girls volleyball team had some jitters on Thursday night at Jack Errion Memorial Gymnasium. Although there were playoff nerves, the Saints were the better team on the court as they swept Sunny Hills 25-10, 25-22, 25-19. LMU […]
VIDEO: St. Anthony vs. Sunny Hills CIF-SS Volleyball
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TODAY: Long Beach Teams Start CIF-SS Volleyball Playoffs
The first round of the CIF Southern Section girls’ volleyball playoffs is this evening, and five teams remain in the action after Millikan was eliminated in Tuesday’s wild card round. All games are at 6 p.m. We’ll have live updates on the website. Division 1 Long Beach Poly @ Aliso Niguel Division 2 Lakewood vs. […]
PODCAST: Long Beach Poly, LBSU, Lakers/Clippers & Much More
We need to get some NBA thoughts off of our chests after a rundown of the top Long Beach sports stories this week. 2:40 Question O’ The Week: What the heck is going on at Long Beach State?! 7:25 Athletes O’ The Week 15:25 Game O’ The Week: St. Anthony Football 18:00 Player O’ The […]
COLUMN: Long Beach Volleyball’s Diversity Is Its Strength
Longtime Long Beach State women’s volleyball coach Brian Gimmillaro had many accomplishments during his run at the school, which produced multiple national championships. The one he spoke about most fondly wasn’t the undefeated 1998 national title (the first in NCAA history) or the many Olympians that came out of Long Beach State–it was the national […]
The562.org’s Athletes of the Week
Congratulations to our winners and thanks to Naples Rib Company for the sponsorship! Khilyn Neal, Long Beach Poly Football The Long Beach Poly senior has had four touchdowns called back on penalties this year, but finally got into the end zone twice against Compton, first on a strip-and-score sack as a defensive end, then as […]
Long Beach’s ‘Special Six’ Open CIF-SS Volleyball Playoffs
The CIF Southern Section girls’ volleyball playoffs begin on Thursday, and the city of Long Beach is sending its best-ever crop of six teams to try and win a championship. Long Beach Poly, Lakewood, Wilson, Millikan, St. Anthony, and Avalon will compete in five divisions to try and win the city’s first CIF-SS title since […]