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.
It was a Panther reunion on Friday at Peninsula High School, as the Long Beach Jordan Panthers faced off against the Peninsula Panthers after previously playing them last season. Though it wasn’t the same 41-point performance as it was a year ago, Jordan found a way to get it done, defeating Peninsula, 7-6. Down one […]
The562’s coverage of aquatic sports in Long Beach in 2025-26 is sponsored by Watersafe Swim School. The Millikan girls’ swim team delivered a statement performance at the 67th Klaus Barth Invitational, edging out a deep field to capture the team title with 110 points. Millikan relied on both top-end finishes and depth across events to […]
The Compton community was rocked last week by another shooting death of a young basketball player, Carl Lewis, who was killed near Compton High. Lewis, 19 years old, was a talented player well-known in the city. He is the third teenaged basketball player to be shot and killed in Compton in the last four months, […]
