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.
CIF Boys’ Basketball: St. Anthony vs. Colony St. Anthony hosted Colony in the 2022 CIF-SS Division 1 quarterfinals on Friday night in Long Beach. Support The562.org
The CIF State girls’ volleyball bracket was released Sunday evening, with a cruel twist for Long Beach Poly fans. The Jackrabbits were defeated in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 quarterfinals by one of the nation’s top programs in Mater Dei, a difficult loss but one that provided a silver lining. In years past, that […]
The562’s coverage of girls’ flag football is sponsored by the Los Angeles Chargers. The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013.