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 Long Beach State athletics for the 2025-26 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. Long Beach State fell to 0-11 on Monday afternoon after a 64-43 loss against the Toledo Rockets at LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid. The Beach led 14-12 after the opening quarter, but were outscored by a combined margin of 33-12 […]
History hung thick in the air as the Long Beach Poly and Wilson boys’ lacrosse teams squared off at Burcham Field on Thursday, in the first Moore League meeting between the city’s two oldest rivals. The Jackrabbits proved the superior team Thursday in a 12-2 victory. “It was a nice game for us, we didn’t […]
