We’ve got highlights from the dramatic five-set thriller between LBCC and Cypress in the state playoffs. JC Volleyball: LBCC vs. Cypress State Playoffs The Vikings fell to Cypress in a five-set thriller in the CCCAA Round of 16 state playoffs.
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.
Long Beach Poly Cross Country Family Carrying On State Tradition
It’s a cliche that a good high school sports program is like a family, but it’s also true. Like any family, the Long Beach Poly boys’ cross country team has some traditions. For example: the Wednesday before Thanksgiving they met at Bolsa Chica for a three-mile tempo run, and then retreated to Nick’s in Seal […]
Long Beach Century Club Announces Hall Of Fame Class
Long Beach Century Club president Ben Goldberg announced the club’s Hall of Fame honorees at a meeting last week. The Century Club Hall of Fame is Long Beach’s only sports Hall of Fame that spans all sports and schools, and has taken on an air of prestige as a result. “We think this year’s class […]
LBCC Volleyball Rolls Past Grossmont In State Playoffs
After the first set of Tuesday evening’s first-round CCCAA state playoff match between No. 4 LBCC and No. 13 Grossmont, it looked like they Vikings were in trouble. The Griffins’ intensity and the high-flying antics of Hawaii bounceback Shaney Lipscomb overwhelmed LBCC into a first-set defeat. But Vikings coach Misty May-Treanor dialed up an effective […]
VIDEO: Millikan vs. Fountain Valley Basketball
We’ve got our first basketball highlight of the year, thanks to our video partner Beach City Hoops for the footage. High School Basketball: Millikan vs. Fountain Valley It’s our first high school basketball highlight of the year as the Rams went to 1-0 on the season with a win over FV. Thanks to Beach City […]
FEATURE: Poly’s Will Frankenfeld Is Finishing His Unfinished Business
When Will Frankenfeld began this cross country season, he put two words as its theme: unfinished business. Last year as a junior, the Long Beach Poly standout proved himself the best distance runner in the city, but was disappointed with the way he finished the season, taking 13th place in the CIF-SS Finals and falling […]
LB In NFL: Pro Bowl Voting Open For Six Long Beach Products
Pro Bowl voting has officially opened at NFL.com, and there are six Long Beach products on the ballot, including a few trying to make history. JuJu Smith-Schuster and Jayon Brown, both Poly alums, will have a decent shot to get their first Pro Bowl honors while DeSean Jackson and Jurrell Casey are aiming for their […]
The562.org’s Athletes Of The Week
Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Will Frankenfeld, Long Beach Poly Cross Country Long Beach Poly senior Will Frankenfeld did something a Long Beach runner hadn’t done since 2000, winning last weekend’s CIF Southern Section Division 1 cross country championship. Frankenfeld’s time of […]
Basketball: St. Anthony Gets First Win
It wasn’t the start that head coach Allen Caveness was hoping for. His St. Anthony boys’ basketball team hit the big time this year, moved by the CIF Southern Section into Division 1 and ranked highly by outlets like Cal Hi Sports, which put them 29 in the State, above traditional powers like Long Beach […]
Cross Country: Poly’s Will Frankenfeld Wins CIF Title, Jackrabbits State-Bound
Long Beach Poly senior Will Frankenfeld continued his record-setting year with a huge honor, winning the CIF Southern Section Division 1 cross country championship with an eye-popping time of 14:35.8. The Finals were held at Riverside City Cross Country course on a dusty three-mile route. Frankenfeld is Long Beach’s first individual cross country champion since […]