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.
After a couple of tough matches against Millikan and Wilson, Long Beach Poly’s girls’ volleyball team was hoping to have a nice routine sweep at the Steve Lewis Volleyfest on Saturday. Thanks to great effort around the floor and a lineup change, the Jackrabbits got what they were looking for in a 25-16, 25-13, 25-10 […]
The new Major League Baseball season is just a few weeks old, but there’s already been plenty of action involving former Long Beach ballplayers. There was an MLB debut for former Long Beach State righthander Nick Avila, who was called up by the San Francisco Giants and made his debut on Apr. 1 at Dodger […]
The562’s football coverage for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Long Beach Poly alums Wendell “WoWo” Moe, Jr. & Tyson Ruffins. The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. The562’s coverage of Cabrillo Athletics is sponsored by the Cohn Family. The Lakewood Lancers got back into the win column on Friday […]
