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 The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013 It wasn’t pretty on Monday night at Wilson where the Bruins hosted Lakewood in a Moore League boys’ soccer clash that got doused with a surprising rain storm. However, […]
Without their best player and a slew of other injuries, St. Anthony’s Del Rey League game at Mary Star of the Sea on Friday was an opportunity for other Saints to step up. While the game didn’t go exactly as planned, the Saints (5-3, 2-0) won their fifth straight with a 37-14 victory over the […]
The562’s standings, schedule, and rankings stories are sponsored by International City Plumbers. We’re entering the third year of the new CIF-SS playoff format, and Long Beach teams made five CIF-SS championship appearances over the last two years under the competitive equity system. Clearly it’s been a big benefit to local schools with several teams making […]
