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 football in 2024-25 is sponsored by The Terry Donahue Memorial California Showcase. With the numbers Anthony League is putting up this season, he’s certainly placed himself among the best running backs in the CIF-Southern Section. If he continues that same production for the next two months, he may be remembered as one of […]
The city of Compton is in for a special night Saturday when the Compton football team takes the field at Compton College for the CIF Southern Section Division 12 championship game. Compton will be playing in front of generations of fans that have been waiting for the moment to cheer on their football team at […]
Compton football has fallen heartbreakingly short in a handful of Moore League games over the last few years. Losing a 13-point second half lead at Jordan and a last-second touchdown pass given up against Millikan are just two examples from this year alone. Compton and coach Calvin Bryant bucked the trend in late October at […]