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.
This is how the Moore League boys’ soccer standings look after three weeks of action. STANDINGS Wilson (6-0-0) 18 points LB Poly (3-1-1) 10 points Millikan (3-1-0) 9 points Jordan (2-4-1) 7 points Cabrillo (2-3-0) 6 points Lakewood (1-3-0) 3 points Compton (0-6-0) 0 points Support The562.org Soccer We aren’t LA, we aren’t OC. By […]
The562’s baseball coverage in 2025 is sponsored by the Millikan, Long Beach Poly, and Lakewood baseball boosters. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. They say that defense wins championships, and that couldn’t have been more true for […]
Photo by John Napalan/Art O’Neill It’s been a tough couple of seasons for the Jordan boys’ basketball team. Head coach James McDonald is hopeful that this is the year to bounce back from a 6-22 campaign that saw the Panthers finish last in the Moore League, a once-unimaginable occurrence. “Our expectation for this year is […]
