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 high school baseball and softball coverage for the 2022 season is sponsored by LBUSD Board of Education Member Megan Kerr. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. Following last Friday’s epic nine-inning win over Lakewood, it looked like Millikan might be poised to run away with […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach golf is sponsored by Dan and Desiree Gooch. The562’s coverage of Millikan athletics in the 2023-24 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. Millikan’s Zach Wood shot a 1-over par round of 64 in a 16-hole match on Thursday at Recreation Park […]
It didn’t look like it was going to happen, as the Compton girls’ basketball team fell behind by 13 points in the first quarter. But Compton and head coach Derrick Anderson have been making history all year, and they did it again, coming from behind to beat Palm Desert on the road in the first […]
