An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 13 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He's won numerous awards 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 football in 2024-25 is sponsored by The Terry Donahue Memorial California Showcase. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009.
There’s good news and bad news for the two-time defending NCAA champion Long Beach State men’s volleyball team as they prepare to open their 2021 season this weekend against UC Santa Barbara. The good news is that the Beach are one of only two undefeated teams in the NCAA Top 15 that hasn’t lost a […]
The Long Beach high school football teams went 6-1 in the opening week of the regular season thanks to a few surprisingly big wins. Millikan 29, Carson 28 The Rams were able to win it on a touchdown pass from Qeanu Campbell-Caldwell to Ezavier Staples with 19 seconds left. READ STORY. WATCH VIDEO. SEE PHOTO […]