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The562.org’s Athletes of the Week

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HIGH SCHOOL

Amir Diaz Espinoza, Long Beach Poly Soccer

Long Beach Poly senior Amir Diaz Espinoza had a week to remember, winning a pair of penalty kick playoff tiebreakers for his team (with three total saves) to help the Jackrabbits advance to this weekend’s CIF-SS championship for the first time since 1999.

Frankie Chambers, Jordan Basketball

Jordan has had a great leader this season in Frankie Chambers, who has stepped up for them in whatever way they needed. Chambers had 29 points, four assists, and three steals in the quarterfinals and 15 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists in the semis to put Jordan in their first championship this weekend since 2006.

Jennine Osorio, Millikan Water Polo

Millikan made the girls’ water polo CIF-SS championship game for the first time ever last week, thanks in part to the heroics of Jennine Osorio, who put the Rams into the title game with four goals in the semifinals. 

Charlotte Echlin, Wilson Water Polo

Wilson came up just short in the CIF-SS Division 1 championship last weekend, but the Bruins had a historic season to reach that game. Goalkeeper Charlotte Echlin had five saves in Wilson’s semifinal win to help get them to the championship.

COLLEGE

Ian Gilligan, Long Beach State Golf

Ian Gilligan finished in a tie for third place at the John Burns Intercollegiate as he fired a 61-71-67 for 199 (-17), a mark that equals the program’s best 54-hole score. His 61 in the first round was a new personal-best for Gilligan, as well as a course record for the Ocean Course at Hokuala.

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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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