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 Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013.
Regardless of how the rest of the Moore League baseball season plays out, Friday’s clash between Long Beach Poly (17-5, 7-1) and Millikan (15-4, 6-3) should be remembered for what it was: an emotional, well-played game of baseball. After a slew of terrific plays and unexpected twists and turns, the visiting Jackrabbits emerged with a […]
Long Beach Poly and Wilson’s boys’ cross country teams both advanced out of last weekend’s CIF Southern Section prelims to qualify for Saturday’s CIF-SS Finals, which will be held in Riverside. Boys The Jackrabbits and Bruins were the headliners, with Wilson qualifying for the Finals for the first time since 2008. Poly won their heat […]