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 Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. The562’s coverage of Jordan Athletics is sponsored by John Ross, Class of 2013. Raucous is the best way to describe atmosphere Wednesday night, as the Lakewood Lancers traveled to the “Norf” to take on the Jordan Panthers in a Moore League title race clash. […]
The562’s coverage of football in 2024-25 is sponsored by The Terry Donahue Memorial California Showcase. It’s the second week of the high school football season and we’ve got a ton of Thursday games to get the week started early. All games 7pm unless otherwise noted. Thursday, August 29 Compton at Compton Centennial, 6pm Cabrillo vs. […]