Matt Simon
Matt Simon has been covering sports since 2013. After graduating from Long Beach State, he has covered sports for multiple publications throughout Southern California.
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Basketball Lakewood

CIF Basketball: Lakewood Girls Punch Ticket to First-Ever Championship

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. The Lakewood girls’ basketball team is going to its first-ever CIF-SS championship next week after knocking off Santa Margarita on the road in the Division 2A semifinals, 60-54. The Lancers were led as they have been all year long by Nyemah King (28 […]

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Baseball Lakewood Video

VIDEO: Lakewood vs Norco CIF Baseball

Mike Guardabascio

The562’s high school baseball and softball coverage for the 2022 season is sponsored by LBUSD Board of Education Member Megan Kerr.

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Basketball Compton Lakewood

Basketball: Compton Edges Lakewood, Holds Onto Share of League Lead

Mike Guardabascio

Moments after his team defeated Long Beach Poly on the road for the first time since 2008, Compton boys’ basketball coach Tony Thomas was already stressed about his team’s prospects of hanging onto a co-Moore League championship with the Jackrabbits.  “The key for us is we can’t slip up and lose a dumb one,” said […]