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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.
PREVIEW: Wilson Faces Eisenhower For CIF-SS Championship
Wilson High is not a basketball school. It has one of the finest high school athletic traditions of any institution in the country, with dozens of Olympians, and more than 60 CIF-SS championships. But those championships have come in water polo, golf, baseball, track and field, and others. Only two CIF-SS hoops titles have been […]
Boys’ Lacrosse: Long Beach Poly Wins Historic League Opener Against Wilson
History hung thick in the air as the Long Beach Poly and Wilson boys’ lacrosse teams squared off at Burcham Field on Thursday, in the first Moore League meeting between the city’s two oldest rivals. The Jackrabbits proved the superior team Thursday in a 12-2 victory. “It was a nice game for us, we didn’t […]
VIDEO: Long Beach Poly vs Wilson Boys’ Lacrosse
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Feature: Wilson’s Ashley Hawkins Has Big Game, Personality
If you hadn’t watched a Wilson girls’ basketball game this year, it would be easy to be fooled by Ashley Hawkins. At a recent practice, the junior guard had the biggest smile, the loudest laugh, and was the happiest player on the court. If you hadn’t seen a game, it would be hard to imagine […]
Moore League Lacrosse Season Preview 2020
It’s official: lacrosse has arrived. And no matter what happens in 2020, it’s guaranteed to be a historic season for the sport in Long Beach. That’s because this year, history is happening on every corner of the field. It’s the first year that the Moore League has officially added boys’ and girls’ lacrosse, as has […]
Lacrosse Preview: Wilson Bruins
There are three divisions for this year’s CIF-SS playoffs, and all the Long Beach teams are in Division 3 except the Wilson boys, who are in Division 2. Wilson coach Glenn Styron is like many of this year’s trailblazing lacrosse coaches: he’s an evangelist of the sport. The founder of the Long Beach State Lacrosse […]
Lacrosse Preview: Long Beach Poly Jackrabbits
Jackrabbits boys’ coach Will Pryor is also a Beach Cities club coach. A Connecticut native and lifelong lacrosse devotee, he’s excited to guide the Poly program, now in its third year, into the spotlight of official league competition. “The addition of CIF and Moore League teams is making Long Beach a lacrosse town,” he said. […]
Lacrosse Preview: Millikan Rams
The Rams boys’ team was drawing plenty of preseason buzz as a possible inaugural Moore League champion, and an opening-day win over Wilson helped boost that sentiment. Head coach Thomas Sutfin has high hopes. “We’re young but we fully expect to earn a spot in the CIF playoffs this season,” he said. Sutfin is excited […]
Lacrosse Preview: Ellen Ochoa Academy
The odd school out in the new Moore League arrangement is Ellen Ochoa Prep Academy, the Pico Rivera-based private school that joined the league to allow it playoff eligibility. Girls’ coach Becky Alvarez is excited to see her team hang with the big schools. “We would like to exceed the expectations to put our school, […]