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 high school volleyball in 2023 is brought to you by the MLP’s Bay Area Breakers The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. Wilson girls’ volleyball had their comeback fall short in a five-set loss at San Luis Obispo in the first round of the CIF […]
The future is looking bright for the talented, young Long Beach Poly boys’ soccer team, but the future hasn’t arrived yet. The Jackrabbits struck first in a second-round CIF-SS Division 2 playoff game against Riverside Poly, but couldn’t react in the second half when the Tigers turned it on, falling 4-1. “We didn’t react,” said […]
This year was the hardest year we’ve ever had selecting Coaches of the Year, with six Moore League teams winning CIF Southern Section championships and a number of others pulling off dramatic turnaround. Every coach deserves a salute for bringing a team onto the playing field during such a turbulent year, but we’re choosing to […]
