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Author: Mike Guardabascio
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.
CIF Water Polo: Long Beach Poly Tops Portola in Semifinal Thriller
All of The562’s water polo coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Aqualand. Visit AqualandOfTheFree.com to learn more. The Long Beach Poly boys’ water polo team hasn’t won a CIF Southern Section championship since 1929–and in the last 92 years, it’s hard to imagine the Jackrabbits have played in many games that were better or […]
PREVIEW: Long Beach Poly vs. Portola, CIF Water Polo Semifinal
All of The562’s water polo coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Aqualand. Visit AqualandOfTheFree.com to learn more. Long Beach Poly boys’ water polo is in the CIF Southern Section semifinals for the first time since 1977, and will be traveling to Irvine this evening to face Portola High at Woodbridge High at 5 p.m. […]
Feature: Hall Sisters Bring Energy, Excitement to Lakewood Volleyball
During a play earlier this season, Lakewood had a funny series of events. Lala Hall dug an opponent’s attack, passing it to setter Fatima Hall. Fatima set the ball up for the middle blocker, and Katesia Hall killed it, pummeling it straight down. The three Halls involved in that play are sisters, and their energy […]
Today’s Long Beach CIF-SS Water Polo, Volleyball, Tennis Playoffs
It’s a huge day for Long Beach high school sports, with two water polo teams and one tennis team trying to punch their ticket to this weekend’s championships, and a volleyball team opening its state playoffs. Boys’ Water Polo Division 1: Wilson vs. Loyola (Woollett Aquatic Center, 6:30 p.m.) Division 4: Long Beach Poly vs. […]
PREVIEW: Championship Hopes For Long Beach State Women’s Basketball
The Long Beach State women’s basketball team started 12-1 last season and looked headed for a special year. Then a series of injuries derailed their progress, and the team ended up losing eight games in a row, ultimately falling in their first game in the Big West Tournament to Cal Poly. This year’s Beach team […]
The562.org’s Athletes of the Week
Congratulations to all of our Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Camille Lindsay, Long Beach Poly Cross Country Long Beach Poly junior Camille Lindsay wasn’t 100% at last week’s Moore League cross country finals, but her finish was 100% gold. Lindsay finished first in 18:02 to […]
Long Beach High School Football Playoff Schedule, Quarterfinals
Four local teams qualified for this week’s CIF-SS quarterfinal round thanks to wins last week. All games are Friday at 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Division 4: Long Beach Poly @ Upland, 7 p.m. Division 10: St. Anthony @ Katella, 7 p.m. (@ Glover Stadium, La Palma Park) Division 11: Jordan @ Granite Hills Division […]
ROUNDUP: Wilson, Poly Advance to CIF-SS Water Polo Semifinals
Saturday was a historic day for Long Beach boys’ water polo teams, with four teams playing in the quarterfinals–the first time in history that four teams from the Moore League made it that deep into the playoffs. CLICK HERE to read about Wilson’s win over PV / VIDEO PHOTOS CLICK HERE to read about Long […]
ROUNDUP: Four Long Beach Football Teams Make CIF-SS Quarterfinals
Friday was a memorable and historic night for Long Beach football and the Moore League. The league went 3-1 in the first round to advance three teams to the quarterfinals for the first time since the early 1980s. Long Beach Poly, Jordan, and Compton all won games–it was the first time the Panthers had advanced […]