Eli Aquino
Eli Aquino began working with the562 in the inaugural intern class before continuing to work throughout high school as a freelancer. Eli has since been hired as a new Assistant Editor and he’s currently entering his first semester at Long Beach State.

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Mike Guardabascio & JJ Fiddler

A certain level of toughness and grit is required to play any sports, but every year an athlete or two catch our eyes and distinguish themselves as having found another gear. That’s true of both of this year’s honorees, who played through injury and led their teams both emotionally and in terms of production. Sone […]

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Today’s Long Beach CIF-SS Playoff Schedule: Boys’ Basketball, Soccer

Mike Guardabascio

The playoffs open for 11 Long Beach boys’ basketball and soccer teams today–we’ll have live updates and coverage from several games. Boys’ Basketball (All games start at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted) Division 1: St. Anthony @ Dominguez Division 2AA: Long Beach Poly vs. Villa Park Division 2AA: Compton @ Oxnard Division 2A: Lakewood vs. […]

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CIF Football: Long Beach Poly Mollywhops Upland in Quarterfinals

Mike Guardabascio

The Long Beach Poly football team has been getting better every week this season, but the Jackrabbits still hadn’t put together a complete offensive and defensive game over a full 48 minutes. The Jackrabbits picked the right time to do it as they absolutely dominated their CIF Southern Section Division 4 quarterfinal on the road […]