We’ve got some great shots of Frankenfeld’s run from Image of Sport’s Kirby Lee.
Author: 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.
Long Beach Poly’s Frankenfeld Finishes Year At FootLocker Nationals
Long Beach Poly cross country senior Will Frankenfeld’s season ended right where he wanted it to, in San Diego at the prestigious FootLocker Nationals. Frankenfeld did the city proud with an outstanding finish, taking 14th in the nation with a 15:52 5K time, along with a third-place finish out of all West Region runners and […]
PREVIEW: Millikan Boys’ Soccer
Rod Petkovic is entering his 37th year as head coach of the Millikan boys’ soccer program. He’s the coach who founded the team, and has guided them to one of the best runs of any program in league history, including 10 of the last 11 Moore League championships. In other words, Petkovic has heard it […]
PREVIEW: Long Beach Poly Boys’ Soccer
Long Beach Poly coach Eric Leon has slowly built the Jackrabbits into a contender. His first season at Poly saw the boys’ soccer team go 4-10-4, a mark that improved to 14-8-2 last season. Still, the Jackrabbits found themselves on the outside looking in for the league championship hunt, finishing in fifth place and having […]
PREVIEW: St. Anthony Boys’ Soccer
St. Anthony has been hiring coaches that the school feels can take their sports programs over the top, and they may have found their man on the pitch in new boys’ soccer coach Matt Dold, who inherits last year’s 10-11-1 team, which did win a Santa Fe League title. Dold is a well-connected local coach […]
SEASON PREVIEW: Long Beach Girls’ Basketball
Four of the eight Long Beach and Moore League girls’ basketball teams were ranked in the first CIF-SS poll that came out this year, a signal that a special season is on the horizon, with several teams in the running for a CIF championship this season and a ton of young talent. We’ve got previews […]
Long Beach Poly Jackrabbits Girls’ Basketball Preview
If you believe the rankings, this isn’t Long Beach Poly’s year. The Jackrabbits aren’t in the national polls, and they’re No. 11 in the first CIF-SS rankings of the year. Jackrabbits head coach Carl Buggs isn’t that worried about it. That’s in large part because he remembers what it was like when he and his […]
St. Anthony Saints Girls’ Basketball Preview
The Saints are off to a great start under first-year coach Ray Bennett, and they’ll need to have a good season to compete at the Division 1 level. Not only is St. Anthony in the top CIF-SS bracket, they’re also in the newly-formed Del Rey League with Bishop Montgomery, perhaps California’s best team. “I feel […]
LBCC Vikings Women’s Basketball Preview
Head coach Michael Anderson’s Vikings team is off to a 3-4 start this season, including the first 0-2 start in Anderson’s successful nine-year tenure. “We’ve got six freshmen and they had to get their feet wet,” said Anderson. “It’s a long season.” Since that start, LBCC has shown their potential by going 3-1 in their […]
Millikan Rams Girls’ Basketball Preview
It’s a new season for the Rams, who are led by longtime coach Lorene Morgan, the school’s all-time basketball wins leader. Millikan is in Division 2, where they’re ranked No. 12. The season isn’t the only ‘new’ thing at Millikan, where the Rams also feature perhaps the youngest roster Morgan has ever had. “It’s a […]