An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 13 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He's won numerous awards for his writing as well as the CIF Southern Section’s Champion For Character Award, and is the author of three books about Long Beach history.
With teams moving divisions every year in the CIF Southern Section now as part of their playoff competitive equity model (using the teams’ previous two years of results to place them), we wanted to make sure everyone knew where they stand. For football, Long Beach Poly will be in the newly-formed Division 1/2, a 24-team […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial After the Senior Night celebration, and before the opening whistle of their Moore League girls’ soccer clash with Long Beach Poly, Wilson senior captain Cindy Norfles made sure her team was […]
The winter playoffs begin in earnest tonight for a ton of Long Beach teams with opening round contests for boys’ basketball, girls’ soccer, and girls’ water polo. Boys’ Basketball Division 4AA: Jordan vs. Montclair, 7 p.m. Division 1: St. Anthony at Damien, 7 p.m. Division 1: Long Beach Poly at Mater Dei, 7 p.m. Division […]
