Mike Guardabascio, JJ Fiddler, Tyler Hendrickson PHOTO BY JOHN NAPALAN The562’s season previews for the 2022-23 school year are sponsored by Vertical Raise, the official team fundraising partner of The562. There’s never been a year for Long Beach football like 2021. Four teams–Long Beach Poly, Jordan, Compton, and St. Anthony–made a CIF-SS championship game, with the […]
Mike Guardabascio The562’s season previews for the 2022-23 school year are sponsored by Vertical Raise, the official team fundraising partner of The562. Last year was a terrific start to the Raul Lara era at St. Anthony. The Poly coaching great led the Saints to a CIF-SS championship game appearance, where they came up just short […]
This week we’re talking to CIF Southern Section Commissioner Rob Wigod about the tough decisions he has to make in his last year on the job. We also catch up with local legend Bobby Hauck about what it’s like working at the 49er Summer Camp.
The562’s season previews for the 2022-23 school year are sponsored by Vertical Raise, the official team fundraising partner of The562. The562’s volleyball coverage is sponsored by Misty May-Treanor and the Dream in Gold Foundation New St. Anthony head coach Keli Pula has roamed the sidelines for some of the biggest and most successful high school […]
The St. Anthony volleyball program will have a change in leadership for the 2022-23 school year with the announcement that longtime head coach Alicia Lemau’u is stepping away from the program. Lemau’u has been the head coach of both the girls’ and boys’ volleyball programs for the past decade, winning a CIF title with the […]
We interview Jordan High alum and NFL wide receiver John Ross about hosting a youth football camp in Long Beach. How important is winning and losing in high school sports? What’s it like to go to the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas? Why are there so many Long Beach guys at MLB All-Star Weekend […]
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 […]
NUMBER ONE It’s hard to imagine a Long Beach high school football season to go better than it did at the end of 2021 when Long Beach Poly, Jordan, Compton and St. Anthony all reached CIF championship games. Poly was moved down to Division 4 but its 20th CIF football championship didn’t mean any less […]
NUMBER FOUR The Saints showed impressive resiliency on their way to making school history, winning the school’s first ever CIF State SoCal Regional title with a 2-1 win at Temple City. St. Anthony suffered a tough 9-1 loss in the CIF-SS semifinals at Tesoro, but took full advantage of the state tournament that followed. After […]