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 high school baseball and softball coverage for the 2022 season is sponsored by LBUSD Board of Education Member Megan Kerr. With first place hanging in the balance on a cold Tuesday night at Lisa Fernandez Field, the word of the night was “defense.” Both Millikan and Lakewood made some stellar defensive plays, but it […]
Miscues cost St. Anthony in its season opening loss at Valencia, and Saints coach Mario Morales knows his team needs to clean things up if they want to beat Warren on the road tonight. “The teams understands that we cannot turn the ball over and make as many mistakes as we did if we want […]
The improbable postseason run for Millikan girls’ wrestling came to an end on Wednesday when the Rams lost to visiting Canyon Springs 54-27 in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 quarterfinals. Canyon Springs took an early lead thanks to a few forfeits and pins. Millikan made a run to get close after pins from Sophia […]