Development Director/Associate Editor at @562sports. Formerly of @LBSUAthletics. I used to rattle cages via @LBDirtbags. Known internationally as Young Doug.
IT'S HERE! 🎉 Click the link below to see the winners of our second annual Student Photo Contest for the 2025–26 school year. Congratulations to all of this year's winners and thank you to everyone who submitted their work and participated!
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Summer means the end of another school year covering Long Beach’s athletes. Make sure this isn’t the last one for @562sports!
Hit the link to support our year-end fundraiser. The562 can only exist with your support!
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Thanks to the 12 readers who’ve helped kick off our annual fundraising drive! We need more of the 200,000 monthly 552 readers to join in and help us come back for another year
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Our annual end of school year fundraiser is now LIVE! If you'd like to see the 562 back for 2026-27 we need your support today--please donate what you can and SHARE to spread the word
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COLUMN: The562 board member Dan DeCarlo reflects on the end of his son's college baseball career and his journey from Stearns to Whaley to Millikan to the University of Washington. Maybe 'ends' aren't such a bad thing after all...
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The562 would like to offer our congratulations to our founding sponsor Marilyn Bohl as she receives an honorary doctorate from CSULB today.
We wouldn't be here without her generosity, which has lifted so many in Long Beach. Read her trailblazing story:
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BREAKING: Jordan High has hired former NFL running back Rashaad Penny as its next head football coach
The Norwalk High legend had a prolific career at San Diego State, then spent six seasons in the NFL with the Seattle Seahawks and Philadelphia Eagles
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From "Win The Day" to "Who Dey"
We spoke to @MillikanHSFB's Tacario Davis about his NFL Draft moment, as he went in Round 3 to the Cincinnati Bengals
"You dream about that moment. It was really a blessing." @TacarioDthe562.org/2026/04/29/millik…
It’s a huge week in the Moore League with a packed schedule of finals across the board. We couldn’t be out at every event without the support of our subscribers! To keep the562 free for another year, become a subscriber today. LINK IN BIO
Our Student Photo Competition is live!!
Submissions are now being accepted until Sunday, April 26. Hit the link below for more information on the competition, and to access our entry form with official rules. We can't wait to see your photos! 📸
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The 2026 World Baseball Classic starts tonight! Three former @LBDirtbags were named to this year's WBC rosters, and two of them will face off Friday in Houston
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PREVIEW: Millikan softball is in the midst of a modern day dynasty, and the Rams can make big history this year if they win a sixth straight Moore League championship
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Baseball season is here! Check out our massive Long Beach high school baseball preview with looks at every team including interviews and projected starters.
Shoutout to All-In Press for the great pics and Long Beach PONY's Whaley Park for the great scene
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STORY PHOTOS: The upgrades continue at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field with the addition of a state-of-the-art pitching lab
We got a look inside the new facility at a ribbon-cutting ceremony before Friday night's season opener
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Dirtbags Baseball is back this weekend!
Take an in-depth look at the 2026 squad, and what will be brand new (and also very familiar) in the second season for head coach TJ Bruce
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STORY: We invited LBUSD students from the city's comprehensive high schools to share their perspectives on today's walk-out protests of ICE actions in SoCal and across the country. Good, bad, and everything in between--they had a lot to say
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STORY: Long Beach Poly alum Alex Austin is headed to the Super Bowl! The Jackrabbit and Patriot becomes part of a proud tradition. Fifteen out of 60 Super Bowls (25%) have featured a Poly alum
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BREAKING: On the eve of their season starting, Long Beach Little League was hit by copper thieves, robbing of them of lights and endangering the start of the year.
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