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. Wilson picked up a non-league victory at Rio Hondo Golf Course on Thursday as the Bruins took down Warren with a team total score of 211. That is Wilson’s best round of the young season. Senior captain Samantha Shaw earned medalist […]
A hard fought season came to a close for St Anthony as they dropped the second round of state playoffs 66-60 to Sherman Oaks Notre Dame. “It was hard. We had 32 minutes, but we probably executed for 21 of them,” said Saints head coach Alan Mitchell. “It came down some possessions and misreads on […]
Here are today’s CIF-SS playoff games involving Long Beach sports teams in boys’ water polo and girls’ tennis. The Moore League is also hosting its cross country finals at Heartwell Park with lower levels beginning at 2 p.m. and the varsity races at 4 p.m., with awards to follow. WATER POLO (Games at 5 p.m.) […]
