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 Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. The Long Beach Poly boys’ and girls’ basketball teams both won their Moore League finales at Cabrillo yesterday, wrapping up undefeated 12-0 league championships. Poly boys def. Cabrillo 66-53 Long Beach Poly defeated an upset-hungry Jags team to wrap up a 12-0 title. It’s […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. Like a family road trip with a full tank of gas but no map, Wilson girls’ soccer knows it has what it takes to get to where it wants to go but it has to figure out how to get there. […]
The562’s coverage of Millikan athletics in the 2023-24 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer. Gymnastics is coming down to its final two years as a sport in the Long Beach Unified School District, and the Rams are looking to continue their success in the Moore League hunting for their seventh straight title. As club gymnastics […]
