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.
Long Beach Poly’s football team has taken two tests so far, and passed both of them. Tonight at Cerritos College at 7 p.m., they’ll face another big one in Los Alamitos. Plenty of Poly fans are already talking about next week’s televised showdown with Serra, but head coach Stephen Barbee isn’t among them. “Los Al […]
Positive COVID-19 tests in the Long Beach Poly boys’ basketball program have shut the team down until Jan. 14, head coach Shelton Diggs said Monday morning. The Jackrabbits were crowned Gold Division co-champions at the Damien Classic last week but were unable to play in their final scheduled game due to the positive tests. Poly […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Volleyball in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Misty May-Treanor and the Dream in Gold Foundation. The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. Winning the Moore League with an undefeated record and finishing with a 28-6 overall record has earned Lakewood girls’ volleyball a spot […]
