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 high school softball coverage is sponsored by Playmakers. Visit LetsBePlaymakers.org for more information on their adaptive sports programs. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. Momentum from a thrilling wild card win this week didn’t carry over for Long Beach Poly in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 3 softball […]
All of The562’s cross-country coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Bryson. Visit BrysonFinancial.com to learn more. There weren’t a lot of surprises at the Moore League cross country finals at Heartwell Park on Wednesday afternoon, but there was lots of great racing. Millikan’s Jason Parra and Poly’s Camille Lindsay brought home the […]
Long Beach State women’s basketball survived a late scare and stayed undefeated in Big West Conference action by beating Cal State Fullerton 66-64 on Saturday at Walter Pyramid. LBSU (7-1, 6-0) sits atop the Big West standings and is off to its best start since the 2005-06 season. Fullerton (0-7, 0-4) bounced back from a […]