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 football in 2024-25 is sponsored by The Terry Donahue Memorial California Showcase. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. Long Beach Poly visits Wilson Friday at 7pm for the 92nd anniversary playing of […]
You might hear Donovan Poe coming before you see him. The Long Beach Poly senior and Army commit is vocal, and hilarious. On the field, at practice, or in the classroom he keeps people laughing. As a sophomore, he went viral in Southern California for a TikTok in which he explained why different players went […]
The562’s coverage of football in 2023-24 is sponsored in part by the MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center Foundation and Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital Foundation. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial The562’s coverage of Millikan athletics in the 2023-24 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer.