After a thrilling start to the season, Millikan was beaten last week in a lopsided game against Calabasas and former Lakewood coach Thadd MacNeal. The Rams and first-year coach Romeo Pellum will try to bounce back tonight on the road at San Bernardino Aquinas, where the Falcons are 0-2 and have only scored 18 points […]
Author: Mike Guardabascio
High School Football Preview: Long Beach Poly vs. Los Alamitos
The Fox Sports game of the week is also the battle for the Vet as Long Beach Poly hosts Los Alamitos in a meeting of two teams who have long called Veterans Memorial Stadium home. It’s also the rematch of the thrilling 2004 CIF-SS Division 1 championship game, which was won by the Jackrabbits thanks […]
LB in NFL: 10 Long Beach Athletes Make NFL Rosters
There were 17 Long Beach athletes on NFL Training Camp rosters trying to make the team, and after the dust settled on Saturday’s cut-down day, 10 of them made it, plus an additional two guys who made practice squads. Here’s the full rundown as well as what to expect from each player as the season […]
COLUMN: Small School, Big Town Magic At St. Anthony Football Game
As someone who was born and raised in Long Beach, I’ve heard more times than I can count that our quaint town of nearly 500,000 residents is “the biggest small town in America.” It’s a sentiment that’s existed since the city’s population began to take off more than 100 years ago with an influx of […]
Long Beach State Women’s Volleyball Preview
The rebuild of the Long Beach State women’s volleyball program under third-year head coach Joy McKienzie-Fuerbringer has been slower than the coach would prefer, but the LBSU alum and All-American says it’s still coming along. The team was 10-19 two years ago and 16-13 last year (8-8 in the Big West), but 2019 looks like […]
Column: A Wake Up Call For Long Beach Poly…Or Not
Long Beach Poly’s football team was beaten 45-0 last Saturday in their season opener against Punahou of Hawaii in the Moorpark High Football Classic. It was the worst loss the Jackrabbits had suffered since 2012’s 56-0 shocker to Narbonne, and just the third time the team had been shut out this decade. Poly, the state’s […]
Long Beach Football Schedule Week 3
Here’s all the games going on this week WEEK 3 SEPTEMBER 6 Cabrillo @ Glenn Compton vs. West Adams Lakewood vs. Pomona LBCC @ Grossmont (Saturday, 3 p.m.) Long Beach Poly vs. Los Alamitos, 7:30 p.m. Millikan @ Aquinas St. Anthony @ Palm Springs Wilson vs. Huntington Beach
The562.org’s Athletes of the Week
Congratulations to our winners and thanks as always to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Michael Bruner, Wilson Football Wilson receiver Michael Bruner was sensational in the Bruins’ win over San jacinto. He only had four catches, but three of them were for touchdowns as his connection with Wilson QB Ryan Pettway produced […]
VIDEO: Long Beach Poly vs. Punahou Football
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PHOTOS: Long Beach Poly vs. Punahou Football
We’ve got some great shots of the game from photographer Art O’Neill.