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 football in 2024-25 is sponsored by The Terry Donahue Memorial California Showcase. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009.
NUMBER THREE It had been a few years since the Long Beach Poly boys’ water polo team had claimed a CIF-SS championship–92 years, to be exact–but the Jackrabbits got it done under coach Ish Pluton with a 14-11 win over Crespi in the Division 4 championship. “This means so much to us, it means so […]
A new era of Long Beach Poly football will kick off at Rancho Cienega Sports Complex against Dorsey tonight at 7 p.m. It’s a battle of two public schools who’ve done it the right way for generations. Poly is the CIF Southern Section’s all-time wins leader and Dorsey is the LA City Section’s all-time wins […]