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.
Here’s a look at this week’s high school football schedule in Long Beach–all games are league contests with major playoff implications. Thursday, Oct. 14 Wilson vs. Lakewood at Veterans Memorial Stadium St. Anthony at Salesian Friday, Oct. 15 Poly vs. Compton at Veterans Memorial Stadium Jordan at Cabrillo Support The562.org
The562’s coverage of football in 2023-24 is sponsored in part by the MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center Foundation and Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital Foundation There are few coaches in Southern California who you’d rather have preparing your high school football team for the start of the playoffs than St. Anthony’s Raul Lara. The former […]