This weekend is full of local high school and Long Beach State sports action. THURSDAY Long Beach State Men’s Basketball at UC Santa Barbara, 8 p.m. The 49ers (13-17, 7-7) have dropped from first to a tie for fifth place in the Big West because of five losses in the last six games. This is […]
Barry O’Dea was planning his own father’s funeral on a clear early-August evening last year when he heard that Wilson sophomore Camryn Krueger’s mother, Sarah, had died in a sudden accident. O’Dea, who had taken the Wilson girls’ water polo head coaching position in early June, drove straight to the Krueger house in Seal Beach […]
Long Beach Wilson Water Polo CIF Championship BONUS COVERAGE The Long Beach Wilson girls’ water polo team won its first CIF championship in school history on Saturday, and we have exclusive postgame interviews. Visit The562.org for more Long Beach sports coverage! Wilson High Aquatics Family Stays Strong Through Tragedy VIDEO: Long Beach Wilson Wins CIF […]
Opening day for the spring high school sports season was this past Saturday, and several local teams were in action. Baseball Millikan baseball fans got a pair of thrillers as coach Ron Keester’s Rams won two games against Bellflower, both by a score of 4-3. The Rams trailed 3-2 in both games before winning both […]
Welcome to The562.org’s inaugural Athletes of the Week. HIGH SCHOOL Brooke Gruneisen, Wilson Water Polo Wilson junior Brooke Gruneisen has been helping to lead the Bruins all year, and she had a historic Saturday as the Bruins claimed their first-ever CIF-SS championship last weekend. Gruneisen had three goals in the championship, helping deliver a 6-5 […]
Wilson boys’ golf placed third at the Servite Invitational on Monday at Western Hills Country Club while senior Tyler Schafer won the individual championship with a 1-under par round of 71. Schafer had four birdies, and was the only player in the field to finish under par. Wilson’s Hunter Epson won the Servite Invite in […]
IRVINE — Brooke Gruneisen is the unquestioned leader for Wilson girls’ water polo. The junior scored the first two goals of the CIF Southern Section Division 3 championship game on Saturday at Woollett Aquatics Center, but it was her teammates who stepped up down the stretch to help deliver a 6-5 win over Harvard Westlake. […]
Great action photos from our own Stephen Dachman from the championship match against Harvard Westlake on Saturday at Woollett Aquatics Center in Irvine.