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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.
High School Football Preview: Long Beach Poly vs. Compton
After a positive COVID-19 test in the Jackrabbits’ program canceled last week’s Long Beach Poly and Wilson football game, Poly has been chomping at the bit to get back on the field. They’ll do so tonight against Compton in a game played at Cabrillo at 7 p.m. “The team is excited to get back out […]
The562.org’s Athletes of the Week
Congratulations to this week’s Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Jason Parra, Millikan Cross Country Millikan freshman Jason Parra won the boys’ Moore League cross country championship with a time of 15:06 on the three-mile course last week. Parra’s time was 10 seconds faster than the […]
Randy Totorp Is Back As Athletic Director At LBCC
Long Beach City College will soon have alum and former champion coach Randy Totorp back running things as the Vikings’ athletic director–again. “You can regurgitate the quotes from the last time,” joked Totorp when interviewed for this story. Totorp will be entering his third tenure as the LBCC athletic director, having served as interim AD […]
LIVE UPDATES: Millikan vs Compton Football, Moore League Cross Country Finals
We’ll have live updates from today’s Millikan vs. Compton football game (12 p.m.) and today’s Moore League Cross Country Finals (2/2:30 p.m.) Click here if you can’t see the updates. Tweets by 562sports
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 […]