An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 18 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He's won numerous state and national honors 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 City of Lakewood hosted its annual Lakewood Youth Hall of Fame Awards Banquet on Monday evening, honoring the best athletes in the city in each high school sport, while also selecting an overall Athlete of the Year for 2024. Dozens of athletes, […]