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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.
Football: Wilson Tops Jordan
It was a game that represented a lot of the last year’s efforts to get sports restarted at the high school level. Wilson traveled to Jordan to play the Panthers after both teams’ original opponents were shut down this week due to a positive COVID-19 test. In an odd twist, the teams will meet again […]
PHOTOS: Dirtbags vs. CSUN Baseball
Photos by Stephen Dachman
LIVE UPDATES: Long Beach High School Football Games
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Long Beach Clears Basketball, Other Indoor Sports to Resume
After months of waiting for good news, Long Beach’s high school basketball, volleyball, wrestling and badminton coaches got the call they were waiting for on Thursday afternoon. The city’s health department has officially greenlit the return of youth indoor sports, provided that teams and athletes are testing as required by the California Department of Public […]
Football: Positive Test Cancels Long Beach Games
A positive COVID-19 test of a player in the Long Beach Poly football program has canceled multiple games this week and caused confusion about how the season will function going forward. Tuesday afternoon the Poly social media channels posted a message stating that this week’s game between Poly and Wilson had been canceled, a message […]
The562.org’s Athletes of the Week
Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week, presented by Naples Rib Company. HIGH SCHOOL Keyonta Lanier, Long Beach Poly Football Long Beach Poly receiver Keyonta Lanier earned his nickname of “Big Play Tay” with a pair of touchdown catches for the Jackrabbits in their big win over Lakewood. Lanier, a senior, is a New Mexico […]
Long Beach Football Schedule Week Three
All games Friday at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted Wilson @ Long Beach Poly (at Cabrillo) Lakewood @ Jordan St. Anthony vs. Salesian (Clark Field) Compton @ Millikan (Saturday, 12 p.m.)
Long Beach State Men’s Volleyball Splits With No. 3 UCSB
It was an impressive opening weekend for the No. 10 Long Beach State men’s volleyball team, which is starting its season several weeks later than most other nationally ranked programs (every other team in the top 15 had played at least six matches prior to this weekend). The Beach were able to get into rhythm […]
Football: Long Beach Poly Dominates Lakewood
Long Beach Poly football coach Stephen Barbee has been talking for a year about how special his team’s defense this year is, and wishing for them to get a chance to prove it on the field. They proved it and then some in a dominant effort against Lakewood on Friday night, holding the Lancers to […]