{"id":150148,"date":"2026-01-26T16:29:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T16:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/150148\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T16:29:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T16:29:06","slug":"the562-orgs-athletes-of-the-week-the562-org-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/150148\/","title":{"rendered":"The562.org\u2019s Athletes of the Week \u2013 The562.org"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The562\u2019s Athletes of the Week is sponsored by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the562.org\/2022\/03\/23\/the-century-club-sponsors-the562-orgs-athletes-of-the-week\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Long Beach Century Club<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to the Long Beach Century Club and Naples Rib Company for their support.<\/p>\n<p>Quali Giran, Millikan Boys\u2019 Basketball<\/p>\n<p>Giran continued what\u2019s been a monstrous freshman season last week with another strong outing against Wilson. Millikan handled the Bruins 91-40, and Giran chipped in a game-high 31 points with three steals.<\/p>\n<p>Ethan Weinman, Millikan Boys\u2019 Soccer<\/p>\n<p>The senior makes it back-to-back weeks as an Athlete of the Week thanks to another goal that proved to be the difference in a close Moore League boys\u2019 soccer match. This time, Weinman\u2019s goal came in the 8th minute of Millikan\u2019s matchup against Wilson and was the game-winner in a 2-0 win.<\/p>\n<p>Zoie &amp; Kai Fontenot, Wilson Girls\u2019 Soccer<\/p>\n<p>It was a special senior night for the Fontenot twins last week, who combined for 10 shots in a productive performance against Long Beach Poly. Both of the twins found the net as they scored Wilson\u2019s only two goals in a 2-0 win.<\/p>\n<p>Reece Haga, Wilson Girls\u2019 Water Polo<\/p>\n<p>The senior helped her team win yet another undeafeated Moore League championship, matching the game-high with four goals in Wilson\u2019s 24-13 win over Millikan. The win marks Wilson\u2019s ninth consective Moore League title.<\/p>\n<p>Alek Carrera, Long Beach Poly Boys\u2019 Wrestling<\/p>\n<p>The senior won his match against Wilson via pin last week to help the Jackrabbits defeat the Bruins and complete an undefeated season. The Moore League boys\u2019 championship marks the program\u2019s first since 1989.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The562\u2019s Athletes of the Week is sponsored by the\u00a0Long Beach Century Club. Congratulations to our Athletes of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":150149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-150148","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-long-beach","8":"tag-long-beach","9":"tag-long-beach-headlines","10":"tag-long-beach-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}