An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 13 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He's won numerous awards 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 defeated Compton 73-5 after leading 50-3 at halftime. It was both teams’ Moore League opener. Poly was led by 13 points from Lily Buggs and 11 points from Nala Williams.
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Poly alum Jayon Brown and PlayFair Sports Management. We’ve been getting lots of questions this week about the Long Beach Poly vs. Serra game, scheduled for a 7:30 p.m. kickoff at Veterans Memorial Stadium. It’s Poly’s home opener and a […]
Wilson started the year 0-2 with one-run losses to Banning and Bishop Amat, but bounced back on Monday in a big way thanks to junior pitcher Jacob Ribitzki, who threw a no-hitter in his first varsity start. Ribitzki needed just 77 pitches in a complete game effort to help lead Wilson to a 6-0 victory. […]