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 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 The562’s coverage of Jordan Athletics is sponsored by former LBUSD superintendent Chris Steinhauser. The562’s coverage of Cabrillo Athletics is sponsored by the Cohn Family.
With Long Beach Poly beating Millikan on Thursday, Wilson and Lakewood’s game at Walter “Spud” O’Neill Field on the Lancers’ campus became even more important. With Poly still clear of the rest of the league with only one loss, the two-loss Bruins and Lancers were duking it out to decide who would be the potential […]
We’ve got coverage from all of this week’s football games! Wilson 49, Lakewood 14 STORY/VIDEO/PHOTOS Long Beach Poly 55, Compton 6 STORY/VIDEO/PHOTOS St. Anthony 20, St. Genevieve 14 STORY Cabrillo 20, Jordan 14 VIDEO/PHOTOS Avalon 65, Brethren Christian 8 Lancers WR/DB Adalberto Martinez had another big game for Avalon with 250 yards from scrimmage, two […]
