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. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. There’s a big sign at Lakewood’s baseball field that proclaims, “Two outs, so what?” but it was Wilson providing the two-out magic on Bohl Diamond at Blair Field on […]
Tuesday was a cold day in Southern California–fortunately, Long Beach Poly had a flamethrower. On the heat of 25 points from senior Gabe Cummings, the Jackrabbits were able to outlast Foothill on the road in the CIF-SS Division 2AA semifinals. Cummings’ last shot won the game for Poly breaking a tie score with 38 seconds […]
Long Beach Poly softball contributed to this crazy year of Moore League softball by upsetting Wilson 1-0 on Thursday at El Dorado Park. “We’ve believed in our girls since day one, they just needed to believe in themselves,” Poly coach Elizabeth Sanches said. “Wilson is always a class act and played us tough but we […]
