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 wrestling coverage for the 2023-24 school year is sponsored by Emigh Dental Care. 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.
The562’s coverage of Long Beach golf is sponsored from Dan and Desiree Gooch. It took three rounds of 36 holes at three different courses, and two playoff holes in the dark, to find a Moore League girls’ golf individual champion this week. Wilson’s Samantha Shaw lost her lead to Poly’s Madison Williams at Skylinks Golf Course […]
“I’m a very resilient person. That’s one of the key elements to having a business. You have to be resilient. And many times, you have to reinvent yourself.” Isaac Zambrano is one of several store owners who has seen his business impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, but he’s also one of a few local business […]