With two weeks to go until the July 23 Opening Ceremony for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, the Long Beach Olympic picture is coming into focus. While it doesn’t look like this year’s local crop of athletes will be as big as in some previous Games, it’s still a good-sized and diverse group. As always, […]
This week we continue an eight-year long tradition of presenting the Grunion Sports and The562.org’s All-City Awards, a revival of a beloved city tradition. This week we’ll present our individual All-City Athletes of the Year awards to the top performers in each sport, then next week we’ll name our top boy and girl athlete of […]
Congratulations to all of our Athletes of the Week, and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. This is the final AOTW of the school year, but we’ll be back in the Fall 🙂 HIGH SCHOOL Simone Morris, Long Beach Poly Basketball Long Beach Poly senior Simone Morris had her best game of the […]
This week on the show we’re talking to athletes and coaches from some of the most successful Long Beach teams this month. 02:00 Long Beach Poly girls’ basketball wins CIF 21:00 Wilson and Poly make CIF Track & Field history 38:00 Millikan baseball hosting CIF Championship at Bohl Dimond at Blair Field
Congratulations to all our honorees and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Kalaya Buggs, Long Beach Poly Basketball Kalaya Buggs had a performance that was the stuff of legends last week, setting a school record for 3-pointers in a game with seven triples in a 25-point, 12-rebound performance in the CIF-SS […]
This week on the show we’re talking about how different it is to see Long Beach teams hosting CIF Southern Section championships at home. 02:00 Covering CIF Championships at home 16:30 Wilson boy’s volleyball wins CIF Championship 24:00 Millikan wrestling hosts CIF Championship 29:00 Millikan baseball winning more playoff games 31:45 Signing Day celebrations
Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. Payne Lounsbery, Wilson Volleyball Wilson senior Payne Lounsbery helped lead his Bruins to a CIF-SS championship last weekend, the first in program history. Lounsbery had a sensational match with 27 kills, three blocks, and an ace. Anthony Eyanson, Lakewood […]
This week on the show we’re talking about a bunch of CIF playoff wins for Long Beach high school teams. 02:00 The best things we’ve seen this week (Rose Cano strikes out 18, picturesque Fromhold Field, Little League walk off) 12:30 Track & Field league championships 17:00 Wilson boys’ volleyball hosting CIF Championship 21:30 Lakewood […]
Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. Nala Williams, Long Beach Poly Basketball Long Beach Poly junior Nala Williams scored an unheard-of 28 points and pulled down 10 rebounds in the Jackrabbits’ second-round Division 1 playoff win over Peninsula last week. Trevor Thompson, Millikan Wrestling Rams […]
Congratulations to our super-sized Athletes of the Week honorees and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Emi Sverduk, Wilson Golf Wilson’s Emi Sverduk is this year’s Moore League girls champion. She shot a final round of 71 for a total of 147. It’s Sverduk’s second Moore League title in three years. […]