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 boys’ water polo is sponsored by Aquatic Capital of America Foundation. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009.
When the dust settled after an unpredictable season and improbable regular season finale on Wednesday night at Veterans Memorial Stadium, Long Beach Poly stood alone atop the Moore League boys’ soccer standings for the first time in 15 years. The Jackrabbits (15-4-5, 8-2-2) held a two-goal lead for most of the second half thanks to […]