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. Wilson hosted Sherman Oaks Notre Dame in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 3 boys’ lacrosse playoffs, with the Bruins suffering a 10-6 defeat against the Knights.
The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. The Lakewood Lancers girls’ basketball program has achieved some major milestones recently, and they added another big one to the list last Friday night with a 66-25 over Compton on Senior Night. Thanks to that win, the Lancers improved their league record to […]
