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.
Twenty-five years ago, the best junior college football team in the country was at Long Beach City College when the Vikings were using an improvised offense to make history. Twenty-five years later, college teams are still using the same offense. “There’s no way we thought we’d be a national championship caliber team,” said Neo Aoga, […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. Long Beach Poly junior softball star Ki’ele Ho-Ching has always loved representing her family, her city, and her school. Now she’s going to have a chance to represent her country, as the Oklahoma commit was just named to the USA Softball U18 women’s national team. […]
The562’s standings, schedule, and rankings stories are sponsored by International City Plumbers. The562’s coverage of football in 2023-24 is sponsored in part by the MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center Foundation and Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital Foundation We’re fired up for the seventh week of football action as Moore League play continues with a clash of […]
