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 Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. The Lakewood girls’ basketball team is going to its first-ever CIF-SS championship next week after knocking off Santa Margarita on the road in the Division 2A semifinals, 60-54. The Lancers were led as they have been all year long by Nyemah King (28 […]
It’s a big day for five Long Beach teams as they compete in the CIF Southern Section semis and quarterfinals. The Long Beach Poly girls’ water polo team is trying to qualify for this weekend’s CIF-SS championship while the other schools are trying to advance to quarterfinals later in the week. Tuesday, February 18 Boys’ […]
The562’s standings, schedule, and rankings stories are sponsored by International City Plumbers. The562’s coverage of high school volleyball in 2023 is brought to you by the MLP’s Bay Area Breakers. THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE: Tuesday, Oct. 10 Poly at Wilson Millikan at Lakewood Cabrillo at Compton (4 p.m.) St. Anthony at Bishop Montgomery (6 p.m.) Thursday, Oct. […]
