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The562.org’s Athletes of the Week

The562’s Athletes of the Week is sponsored by the Long Beach Century Club.

Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to the Long Beach Century Club and Naples Rib Company for their support.

HIGH SCHOOL

Julian Lopez, Jordan Baseball

Jordan won their first baseball game of the season last week as Julian Lopez pitched a complete game giving up four runs and four hits. Offensively he had 2 RBIs and drew the walk-off walk in a 5-4 win.

Kadence Bain, Long Beach Poly Soccer

Long Beach Poly sophomore Kadence Bain picked a nice time for her first goal of the season, putting one home to give the Jackrabbits a 1-0 semifinal win at home that puts them in this weekend’s CIF-SS championship.

Cici DeLuca, Wilson Water Polo

Wilson’s Cici DeLuca scored all eight goals for the Bruins in their CIF Southern Section Open Division playoff win last week, as they defeated Foothill.

COLLEGE

Savannah Tucker, Long Beach State Basketball

Senior Savannah Tucker became the 27th player in program history to score 1,000 points, averaging 18.0 points per game while leading the team in scoring in both games last week.

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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