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 Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. Refresh the page to see the latest updates! It’s the last game day of the calendar year for Moore League boys’ soccer and the marquee matchup is first-place Wilson visiting Long […]
The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. It’s no longer a surprise when Lakewood ends up in a gritty five-set battle — the Lancers have played four of them over the last two postseasons. But for the first time in that stretch, they ended up on the wrong side of […]
