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Author: Mike Guardabascio
An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 18 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He's won numerous state and national honors 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.
COLUMN: Long Beach Goes Back to School During Emotional Week
Long Beach is a city built around its schools in the same way that some towns are built around a coal mine, or an automobile factory. Education employs more Long Beach residents than any other industry, by a mile, and the Long Beach Unified School District is the city’s biggest employer, as well as its […]
Long Beach High School Football Schedule, Week Four
Long Beach High School Football Schedule, Week Four All games 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted Thursday, Sept. 9 Long Beach Poly vs. Leuzinger (at Cabrillo High) Compton at Dominguez, 5 p.m. St. Anthony at Wilson Friday, Sept. 10 Cabrillo vs. Lynwood Jordan at St. Paul Lakewood vs. Mayfair (at Veterans Memorial Stadium) Millikan vs. La […]
The562.org’s Athletes of the Week
Congratulations to this week’s Athletes of the Week, sponsored by Naples Rib Company. HIGH SCHOOL Damian Henderson, Jordan Football Two weeks after his spectacular week one debut, Jordan junior Damian Henderson has another sensational game last week in a win over Fairfax. Henderson had three touchdowns: an 80-yard kickoff return, a 20-yard run, and a […]
Football: Long Beach Poly Flattened By Mission Viejo
A young Long Beach Poly team wasn’t ready for primetime as the Jackrabbits were beaten handily by Mission Viejo in a televised game Friday night. Poly fell to 0-2 on the season with the loss, which saw them trail by just seven at halftime but fall 41-14. “It’s very hard to win when you give […]
VIDEO: Millikan vs. St. Anthony Football
High School Football: Millikan vs. St. Anthony Visit the562.org for full coverage Support The562.org
LIVE UPDATES: Long Beach Poly vs Mission Viejo Football, Millikan vs St. Anthony, Wilson at Huntington Beach
We’ll have live updates from tonight’s high school football games with Long Beach Poly and Mission Viejo kicking off at 7:30 p.m. and the other games kicking off at 7 p.m. CLICK HERE for our previews of the games. Click here if you can’t see the updates. Tweets by 562sports Support The562.org
High School Football Preview, Long Beach Poly vs. Mission Viejo
Fresh off a tough loss against Serra last week, Long Beach Poly (0-1) is preparing for another tough test in their home opener tonight against Mission Viejo at Veterans Memorial Stadium at 7:30 p.m., in a game that will be televised on Bally Sports. “Watching the film, it was disappointing because we made so many […]
Season Preview: Long Beach Poly Boys’ Water Polo
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 program continues to grow under sixth-year head coach Ish Pluton, also a Jackrabbit alum and former players. Pluton and other Poly coaches recently started a club program, the 562 Water […]
Football: Jordan Beats Fairfax, Improves to 2-1
No high school football team in Long Beach has won more games than the Jordan Panthers, who improved to 2-1 with an impressive road win at Fairfax on Thursday evening. Jordan fell behind 6-0 early, then rallied behind another big performance from Damian Henderson, winning 36-20. Asked how his team was feeling about winning a […]