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 Aquatic sports in Long Beach is sponsored by the Aquatic Capital of America Foundation. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009.
Long Beach Poly went into the season believing that their offensive line was the best unit on the team, with confidence they’d be able to run the ball and assert themselves whenever they wanted to. The rushing attack and pass protection was uneven against powerhouse opponents like Punahou and Serra, but by and large the […]
The Millikan Rams (6-4) are taking their show on the road for Friday night’s CIF-SS first round, visiting the top seed in the Division 6 bracket, Camarillo High (6-4), at 7:30 p.m. It’s the playoff debut for third-year Millikan head coach Romeo Pellum, who had a solid team in the spring but didn’t get a […]