It was a hot day in the Long Beach Poly gym and the boys’ and girls’ freshman basketball teams were warming up and practicing free throws. Standing under one of the baskets in the Ron Palmer Pavilion was a familiar figure, one who was objectively overqualified to be serving as a rebounder for the soon-to-be-9th-grader […]
Author: Mike Guardabascio
Long Beach Poly’s Alex Austin Named To USA Football Team
Long Beach Poly senior football player Alex Austin will get a rare honor in the next few weeks, as he’s been selected as one of the 45 high school football players who will represent their country as part of the USA U19 Football team. The team is in Flagstaff for a two-week training camp before […]
Cabrillo Hires Mike Ulufale As New Football Coach
It’s a new day at Cabrillo, where the Jags have a football coach for the 2018 season. Longtime assistant coach Mike Ulufale will coach the team this year after six years in the trenches coaching the team’s offensive line and serving as its offensive coordinator. Ulufale takes over for George Richardson, who was the team’s […]
PHOTOS: John Ross III Charity Football Game w Snoop Dogg, Trey Songz
PHOTOS BY WILLIAM JOHNSON
PHOTOS: John Ross III First Annual Football Camp
PHOTOS BY WILLIAM JOHNSON
Long Beach All-City Athletes Of The Year
Presenting our list of the top high school athletes in Long Beach this year in every sport. Come back over the next week for more awards like Team of the Year, Coach of the Year, Scholar-Athlete of the Year, the Long Beach Spirit Award, and the big reveal of our top two Athletes of the […]
Long Beach Poly, St. Anthony Football Give Sneak Peak
Long Beach sports fans got a little sneak peak of football season on Tuesday afternoon, as St. Anthony hosted a four-team passing league event at Clark Field. In addition to the Saints, the event was attended by Long Beach Poly as well as Ocean View and Corona del Mar. The Jackrabbits looked pretty good for […]
Marcedes Lewis Camp Celebrates 10th Anniversary
Earlier this month at Long Beach Poly, the Marcedes Lewis Foundation hosted its 10th annual free football camp for Long Beach youngsters. The camp was attended by more than 400 players and took place on Poly’s softball and baseball fields while the campus’s new all-weather track and turf football field are being installed. There were […]
Long Beach Athletes Earn All-American Honors At NCAA Track Finals
EUGENE, OR — Last weekend’s NCAA Track & Field championships were memorable in a number of ways. For one, it was the last event held at historic Hayward Field on the University of Oregon’s campus, the cathedral of the sport. For another, Long Beach athletes had a great weekend and piled up a dozen All-American […]











