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.
The562’s coverage of football in 2024-25 is sponsored by The Terry Donahue Memorial California Showcase. Here’s where things stand after the first week of the high school football season in Long Beach. Subscribe to the562 on GiveButter to make sure we’re around to keep covering Long Beach sports! Don’t let this be the last year for […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. The562’s coverage of Cabrillo Athletics is sponsored by the Cohn Family. Team captains Duane Baker and Nathan Mosqueda led Cabrillo boys’ soccer to a huge 2-1 win over Poly on Wednesday night. The opening 40 minutes featured the Jaguars applying constant pressure on the Poly defense, […]
The562’s coverage of cross country and track and field is sponsored by Bryson Financial. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Poly alum Jayon Brown and PlayFair Sports Management. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by JuJu Smith-Schuster and the JuJu Foundation. […]
