St. Anthony went on the road and defeated JW North 10-2 in the second round of the CIF-SS Division 5 playoffs. The Saints have won their first two playoff games by a combined score of 30-5, and will host No. 2 seed Shadow Hills Friday at Clark Field at 3:15 p.m., trying to advance to next week’s semifinals.
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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.
Photo courtesy LBCC Entering his 26th season as the head coach at LBCC, Casey Crook is the seven-time conference coach of the year. He didn’t get to that point by mincing words, and he chooses not to in evaluating where the Vikings are a few weeks into the 2019 season. “Well we’re 2-6, so you’d […]