VIDEO BY MATT SIMON CIF Volleyball: St. Anthony vs. Sunny Hills For full coverage visit the562.org
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.
PHOTOS: Long Beach Poly vs. Aliso Niguel CIF-SS Volleyball
We’ve got great photos from Poly’s first-round loss to Aliso Niguel from photographer Art O’Neill.
LIVE UPDATES: CIF Volleyball Playoff Matches
We’ll have live updates from Long Beach Poly @ Aliso Niguel, Lakewood vs. Alemany, as well as the St. Anthony and Wilson matches. Click here if you can’t see the updates. Tweets by 562sports
TODAY: Long Beach Teams Start CIF-SS Volleyball Playoffs
The first round of the CIF Southern Section girls’ volleyball playoffs is this evening, and five teams remain in the action after Millikan was eliminated in Tuesday’s wild card round. All games are at 6 p.m. We’ll have live updates on the website. Division 1 Long Beach Poly @ Aliso Niguel Division 2 Lakewood vs. […]
COLUMN: Long Beach Volleyball’s Diversity Is Its Strength
Longtime Long Beach State women’s volleyball coach Brian Gimmillaro had many accomplishments during his run at the school, which produced multiple national championships. The one he spoke about most fondly wasn’t the undefeated 1998 national title (the first in NCAA history) or the many Olympians that came out of Long Beach State–it was the national […]
Feature: Jordan Bell’s Charity Basketball Game Had Special Meaning
Jordan Bell is known for many things. The Long Beach Poly alum, NBA champion, and Minnesota Timberwolves forward has been an elite basketball player and shotblocker for many years, dating back to his playing days in his hometown. He’s always been known as a talker, too–he talked back in class, he talked trash to opponents, […]
The562.org’s Athletes of the Week
Congratulations to our winners and thanks to Naples Rib Company for the sponsorship! Khilyn Neal, Long Beach Poly Football The Long Beach Poly senior has had four touchdowns called back on penalties this year, but finally got into the end zone twice against Compton, first on a strip-and-score sack as a defensive end, then as […]
Long Beach’s ‘Special Six’ Open CIF-SS Volleyball Playoffs
The CIF Southern Section girls’ volleyball playoffs begin on Thursday, and the city of Long Beach is sending its best-ever crop of six teams to try and win a championship. Long Beach Poly, Lakewood, Wilson, Millikan, St. Anthony, and Avalon will compete in five divisions to try and win the city’s first CIF-SS title since […]
VIDEO: LBCC vs. ELAC Football
VIDEO BY MATT SIMON JuCo Football: LBCC vs. ELAC Visit the562.org for full coverage
LBCC Football Starts Conference Play With A Win
STORY BY MATT SIMON The 2019 season has been deemed the redemption tour for the Long Beach City College football team. Heading into Saturday night’s contest the Vikings (4-2, 1-0) were 0-2 on their journey to make up for a disappointing 2018 campaign. Behind the arm of quarterback Derrach West and a staunch defense, LBCC […]