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 Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. New coach Raudric Curtis isn’t trying to reinvent the wheel for Wilson football. In fact, Curtis isn’t even changing the 2025 schedule that he’s inherited while trying to roll over the momentum that the Bruins built with a historic CIF championship […]
The562’s Athletes of the Week is sponsored by the Long Beach Century Club. Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to the Long Beach Century Club and Naples Rib Company for their support. HIGH SCHOOL Dylan Williams, Long Beach Poly Football Long Beach Poly linebacker Dylan Williams, a USC commit, has helped anchor […]