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 Long Beach State athletics for the 2024-25 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. In the first round of the Big West Women’s Volleyball Championship, No. 4 Long Beach State took on No. 5 UC San Diego in a hard-fought four set match. The Beach dominated the first set before UCSD responded by winning […]
St. Anthony girls’ volleyball celebrated senior night with a 20-25, 25-12, 18-25, 26-24, 15-14 Del Rey League win over St. Paul. The Saints (20-10, 2-5) were led by setter Isabella Bareford’s 59 assists, 10 digs and eight kills. Fellow junior Tiare Jennings had a match-high 17 kills and 11 digs while sophomores Samantha Ashworth and […]