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 Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by JP Crawford, Class of 2013. The Lakewood Lancers opened the new and improved John Ford Stadium on Friday night, hosting Orange Vista in their first football game of the season, and their first game on campus since 2019. The stadium looked incredible, but the Lancers weren’t quite […]
We are proud to announce that our fourth Athlete Of The Month award brought to you by Johnny B. Hair Care goes to Long Beach Poly girls’ volleyball Sophomore Adonia Faumuina for the month of September. The Jackrabbits needed wins over their other top Moore League foes in the last month to move atop the […]
