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 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.
The562’s coverage of water polo & swimming is sponsored by the Aquatic Capital of America Foundation The USA Women’s Water Polo team is hosting four exhibition games this week at Long Beach City College against Italy and Spain. Team USA beat Italy 15-10 on Tuesday night, and concludes the week against Spain today.