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.
Wilson boys’ water polo has suffered through its share of growing pains this season, and the Bruins showed off their vast improvement on Wednesday at Belmont Outdoor Pool in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 2 playoffs. Corona del Mar came to Long Beach having easily beat Wilson twice already this year. […]
Wilson baseball coach Andy Hall said it both during and after Wednesday’s 7-3 victory over Long Beach Poly: “Baseball is a silly game.” The Bruins have admittedly not been playing close to their best baseball this season, while the host Jackrabbits entered the game riding high with an unblemished Moore League record. But none of […]
The562’s coverage of Vikings athletics is sponsored in part by Long Beach City College. The Long Beach City College Vikings came up short against the Cerritos College Falcons in the Western State Bowl, 35-28. “I respect the hell out of the fight,” commented Vikings’ head coach Brett Peabody. Tensions were high at Falcon Field on Saturday […]
