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 Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. Wilson hosted Sherman Oaks Notre Dame in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 3 boys’ lacrosse playoffs, with the Bruins suffering a 10-6 defeat against the Knights.
Usually nothing is fair about a draw resulting from a quality soccer game, and that was the case for the Moore League girls’ soccer showdown between Long Beach Poly and Millikan on Thursday night. The Rams had the vast majority of scoring opportunities during the end-to-end action, but the Jackrabbits equalized in the second half […]
Mike Guardabascio 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. Long Beach Poly alum Alex Austin joined the lengthy list of […]
