We were at the 2025 Dirtbags Leadoff Dinner last Friday at the Old Ranch Country Club in Seal Beach to celebrate the start of the season and talk to new coach TJ Bruce, his mentor and old coach Mike Weathers, emcee John Rami and PGA Tour golfer John Mallinger who is helping with the Dirtbags Collective.
We caught up with Wilson and St. Anthony coaches and players at the CIF Southern Section Championship Luncheon to talk about playing for titles on Saturday.
The Terry Donahue Memorial California Showcase has been the official sponsor of football coverage here at The562 and on the podcast we’re talking about how high school football players can take advantage of this opportunity to continue their academic and athletic careers in college.
We’re previewing the five Long Beach high school football games on Friday for Millikan, Long Beach Poly, Lakewood, Wilson and St. Anthony.
There are many rule changes for the NCAA and its member schools that will impact college athletics for years to come. It’s unclear if that makes life easier or harder for mid-major universities without football programs, and that’s what we sat down and talked to Long Beach State athletic director Bobby Smitheran about last week.
We’re breaking down the Long Beach Poly and Millikan football game coming up Friday night by talking about the players and matchups we’re excited to see.
We sit down with Long Beach State men’s basketball guard Ramel Lloyd Jr. and his dad Ramel “Rock” Lloyd Sr. Ramel Lloyd Jr. transferred in from Nebraska where the 6’6” 210-pound guard sat out last season with a serious knee injury. He is also the son of Ramel “Rock” Lloyd Sr. who was All-Big West for LBSU in 2001. Lloyd Sr. is one of only 10 Beach players to score 600 points in a season, and he ranks eighth in career scoring with 1,527 career points.
We sat down with Long Beach State Athletic Director Bobby Smitheran to talk about NIL collectives, fixing the Walter Pyramid roof and much more.
We sat down with new Long Beach State Dirtbags baseball coach TJ Bruce to talk about his journey back to the Beach before his introductory press conference on Friday.
We sat down with Long Beach State men's basketball coach Chris Acker to talk about building his roster with exciting transfers who have local ties.
We sat down with new Long Beach State Athletic Director Bobby Smitheran and new men’s basketball coach Chris Acker to discuss the basketball program they’re building and everything else going on at the Beach.
We’re talking about Long Beach State men’s basketball improbable run to a Big West Conference Tournament championship and trip to the NCAA Tournament just a week after it was announced that coach Dan Monson and LBSU would be “parting ways” after the season.
We interview former Wilson girls’ basketball coach Erin Carey about stepping down because of bad parents behavior.
We're talking about the top Long Beach High school winter sports teams and storylines with boys' basketball ball (1:30), girls' basketball (13:20), boys' soccer (19:45) and girls' soccer (27:30).
We’re talking about the high school soccer referee strike and how it will chance everything for the CIF Southern Section and the Moore League.
We’re talking about the CIF Southern Section football quarterfinal games for Long Beach Poly and St. Anthony this week.
We’re breaking down the CIF Southern Section playoff openers for the five Long Beach high school football teams to reach the postseason.
On this episode we're talking about how the CIF Southern Section football brackets are decided and trying to figure out which division your favorite school will be in.
This week we’re talking about the behavior of high school and college coaches— from what we’ve seen change to what we think should change.
This week on the show we're talking about how and why the amount of transfers in the CIF Southern Section has been increasing.
We're back and talking about how multiple Long Beach high school football games have been canceled at halftime because of crowd control issues in the stands and around the schools. What can be done about it?
This week on the show JJ, Mike and Tyler are talking about all the history being made at Long Beach Poly this year including a pair of “Hop-Off” wins for the baseball and softball teams on Tuesday.
On this episode we're talking about the Long Beach State athletics department budget and what they're doing to fix it, the recent inclement weather that's changed all of the schedules and much more about our beloved Long Beach sports community.
On this episode we’re talking about the CIF playoff history made by Jordan boys’ basketball, Long Beach Poly boys’ soccer and more.
This week we're talking about the incredible Long Beach basketball, soccer, water polo and wrestling league seasons that just ended.
AND WE’RE BACK! The holiday break is over and we’re returning to Long Beach sports coverage where there’s plenty of underdog teams making some noise.
This week we’re talking about the CIF Southern Section playoff equity system and the changes that might be coming for next season with St. John Bosco and Mater Dei pulling away from the chase pack.
Lakewood is hosting the CIF Southern Section Division 8 Football Championship on Saturday at 7 p.m. and we stopped by practice this week for interview with head coach Justin Utupo (3:00), offensive coordinator Malik Zaire (5:15), defensive coordinator Vince Hernandez (14:30), team captain and defensive lineman Noah Mallon (19:20) and running back/defensive back Zion Smith (22:45).
This week we're stopping by Lakewood to interview coach Justin Utupo and a handful of players before their CIF semifinal on Friday.
This week we’re coming to you live via tape delay from Long Beach Poly football practice as we interview players and coaches after previewing the CIF Southern Section quarterfinals this week for the Jackrabbits, Millikan Rams and Lakewood Lancers.
