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 high school volleyball in 2024-2025 is brought to you by the MLP’s Bay Area Breakers. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. It costs more than $50,000 a year to attend school at Windward, and it’s absolutely free to attend Long Beach Poly. Saturday night in the CIF […]
The562’s coverage of football in 2024-25 is sponsored by The Terry Donahue Memorial California Showcase. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. The562’s coverage of Cabrillo Athletics is sponsored by the Cohn Family. Student intern Eddie Becker contributed to this story. It was only a matter of time before Wilson […]
It’s quarterfinal Friday in the CIF-SS boys’ basketball brackets. We’ll have live score updates from St. Anthony hosting Colony in Division 1 and Long Beach Poly visiting Crespi in Division 2AA. Both games are scheduled for a 7 p.m. tip. Be sure to check back for coverage of both games! Click here if you can’t […]