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 Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial The562’s coverage of Jordan Athletics is sponsored by former LBUSD superintendent Chris Steinhauser. The Battle for Atlantic Ave. hasn’t been this compelling in girls’ basketball for quite some time. And though the result once again favored the perennial Moore League champions from Long Beach Poly–as […]
The562’s coverage of football in 2024-25 is sponsored by The Terry Donahue Memorial California Showcase. It’s the fourth week of the high school football season and we’ve got a bunch of great games. All games 7pm unless otherwise noted. Thursday, October 3 Compton vs Wilson Friday, October 4 Long Beach Poly vs Mission Viejo (SoFi […]
The Jordan football program has been champing at the bit to get back on the field after narrowly missing the CIF playoffs last season in the first year under coach Jon Nielsen. Tonight the Panthers will get a chance to start over when they host North Torrance in the season opener. Kickoff is scheduled for […]
