High School Basketball: St. Anthony vs. Cantwell Sacred Heart We’ve got highlights from St. Anthony’s runaway victory on Senior Night.
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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.
Football: Millikan To Hire Romeo Pellum As New Coach
Millikan is expected to announce the hire of Romeo Pellum as the school’s next head football coach sometime this week. Pellum has been offered the job and has accepted, but no formal announcement can be made until the hire has gone through official Long Beach Unified School District channels. The move could be seen as […]
Long Beach Poly Wins Both Moore League Basketball Titles + Playoff Scenarios
Most of the remaining Moore League basketball storylines were sorted out on Tuesday evening, with just one day of the regular season remaining before the playoffs begin. CIF Southern Section postseason brackets will be released Sunday morning for boys’ and girls’ basketball, and we’ll be tweeting them out live @562sports. Boys’ Basketball The Long Beach […]
VIDEO: Long Beach Poly vs. Millikan Girls’ Basketball
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VIDEO: Long Beach Poly vs. Millikan Boys’ Basketball
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PHOTOS: Long Beach Poly vs. Millikan Girls’ Basketball
We’ve got great photos of the Jackrabbits’ 13th consecutive league title-clinching win over Millikan, thanks to photographer Art O’Neill.
PHOTOS: Long Beach Poly vs. Millikan Boys’ Basketball
We’ve got great photos of the Jackrabbits’ league-clinching win, thanks to photographer Art O’Neill.
LB In NFL: Smith-Schuster, Bitonio Receive Hometown Recognition In Pro Bowl
For the first time ever, three Long Beach athletes received Pro Bowl honors this year, as Poly alums JuJu Smith-Schuster and Jurrell Casey were joined by Wilson alum Joel Bitonio. It was the first Pro Bowl appearances for Smith-Schuster and Bitonio, both of whom have a strong chance of becoming mainstays. Casey was unable to […]
Long Beach State Volleyball Raises NCAA Banner, Beats USC
Last week’s home opener for the Long Beach State men’s volleyball team was about how far the program has come, and how much farther it still wants to go. There was a look back. Before the team took the floor for their match against USC, a short highlight video from last year’s NCAA championship campaign […]
The562.org’s Athletes of the Week
Congratulations to this week’s Athletes of the Week, and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Rob Diaz, Millikan Basketball Millikan clinched a playoff spot with a win over Wilson last week, overcoming Jackson Barnhill’s 33 points for the Bruins. The win came in large part thanks to freshman guard Rob Diaz, […]