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LONG BEACH BOYS’ BASKETBALL PREVIEW

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The 2019-20 boys’ basketball season should be one of the most exciting of the last decade for Long Beach sports fans. There are two legitimate, ranked Division 1 programs in the city with Long Beach Poly and St. Anthony, something the town hasn’t seen since Ron Massey was coaching at Jordan. Between budding stars like Poly’s Peyton Watson and up-and-coming talent at Millikan and Compton, there’s plenty for fans to look forward to–five of the eight teams open the season ranked in CIF.

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LONG BEACH GIRLS’ BASKETBALL PREVIEW

Photo by John Napalan/Art O’Neill It’s shaping up to be a special girls’ basketball season in Long Beach, with three teams making appearances in the CIF Southern Section rankings to start the year as well as the reigning Moore League Player of the Year and more than half of last year’s first team

Mike Guardabascio
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.
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