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.
Lakewood boys’ basketball came out victorious against Wilson on Wednesday night 62-51 when they didn’t play their best brand of basketball according to coach Duane Cooper. “Tonight we won and we didn’t play our best,” he said. “For me, that’s always a plus but we have a lot of stuff we have to work on. […]
The562’s high school softball coverage for the 2023 season is sponsored by Long Beach City Councilwoman Megan Kerr. The562’s coverage of Millikan athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer. The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013.