The562’s season previews for the 2022-23 school year are sponsored by Vertical Raise, the official team fundraising partner of The562. The562’s volleyball coverage is sponsored by Misty May-Treanor and the Dream in Gold Foundation There’s a ton of excitement and anticipation for this year’s Millikan volleyball season, and rightfully so. Last year the Rams beat […]
Author: Mike Guardabascio
Cabrillo Girls’ Volleyball Preview 2022
The562’s season previews for the 2022-23 school year are sponsored by Vertical Raise, the official team fundraising partner of The562. The562’s volleyball coverage is sponsored by Misty May-Treanor and the Dream in Gold Foundation The562’s coverage of Cabrillo Athletics is sponsored by the Cohn Family It was a hard offseason for the Cabrillo girls’ volleyball team, […]
Jordan Girls’ Volleyball Preview 2022
The562’s season previews for the 2022-23 school year are sponsored by Vertical Raise, the official team fundraising partner of The562. The562’s volleyball coverage is sponsored by Misty May-Treanor and the Dream in Gold Foundation The562’s coverage of Jordan Athletics is sponsored by John Ross, Class of 2013 The Jordan girls’ volleyball program is growing under coach […]
Football: QBs Nico + Madden Iamaleava Transfer From Long Beach Poly to Warren
247sports.com’s Greg Biggins broke the news this week that quarterbacks Nico and Madden Iamaleava are transferring from Long Beach Poly to Warren for the upcoming season. The Iamaleavas had transferred in and been enrolled at Poly for the Spring semester after having played the 2021 season at Warren. “He just felt more comfortable at Warren,” […]
Wilson Swimming Star Sammie Hamilton Wins 8 Silvers at Maccabiah Games
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009 Wilson junior Sammie Hamilton is in Israel competing in the Maccabiah Games for Team USA. Competing among 38 countries and thousands of other Jewish athletes, Hamilton has proven herself one of the best young swimmers in the world with an outstanding […]
COLUMN: Build the Ramona Park Pool
Our city has a chance to do something that would improve lives and make things better for people in North Long Beach. A year ago, councilman Rex Richardson pointed out (correctly) that his Northside constituents had less access to public pools than people in other parts of the city. The Westside has a public pool […]
COLUMN: Long Beach Rolled Deep in NBA’s Summer League
Mike Guardabascio “You can take the Summer League out of Long Beach, but you can’t take Long Beach out of the Summer League.” That was the thought I had as I was driving my family home from Las Vegas last weekend, after 72 hours of nonstop basketball action at the NBA’s Summer League, hosted at […]
Feature: Wilson’s Sammie Hamilton, Team USA Begin Maccabiah Games
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009 It’s been Sammie Hamilton’s dream for as long as she can remember, and next week for the first time she’ll compete with a Team USA swim cap on. Hamilton is part of the strong USA contingent competing among more than 10,000 […]
All-City Tribute of the Year: Long Beach Poly Football and Keith “Slice” Thompson
One of the special aspects of the Long Beach sports world is how community-based it is, and how many programs feel like a family. The Long Beach Poly football team has always been one of those teams, and that’s been evident in how the program has grieved and remembered Keith “Slice” Thompson, the beloved longtime […]
All-City Freshmen of the Year: Jovani Ruff, Jillene Wetteland
The All-City Freshmen of the Year award has been a great predictor of success the last two years, with previous winners Camille Lindsay, Maya O’Dea, Jason Parra, and Sammie Hamilton all continuing to dominate the Moore League this year (all four won Moore League Player of the Year or individual championship honors in 2021-22). We […]