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 and Lakewood have a storied history as Moore League baseball rivals, but it’s fair to say they’ve never played a more disjointed game than the Lancers 5-3 win on Wednesday at Skip Rowland Field. There were only nine hits in the contest and the 10 combined errors made sure no one recorded an RBI. […]
Top-seeded Long Beach Poly earned a comfortable win in Wednesday night’s CIF-SS Division 1 girls’ basketball quarterfinal, pulling away for a 69-47 victory at Bishop Montgomery to advance to Saturday’s semifinal. The Jackrabbits got a game-high 26 points from junior Nala Williams while senior Lily Buggs poured in 23. Kalaya Buggs dished out a half-dozen […]
The562’s coverage of football in 2024-25 is sponsored by The Terry Donahue Memorial California Showcase. Cabrillo administration informed the562 Friday afternoon that the Jaguars have offered former Narbonne coach Malcolm Manuel their head coaching position and he’s accepted; he will be the new coach pending employment processing and clearance. Manuel is a Cabrillo alum, which was […]
