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.
A brand new season of Moore League Badminton is about to be underway. Here’s a look at each team as they gear up for a competitive spring. Cabrillo The Jaguars have built a powerhouse program over the past few years and are fresh off back-to-back More League titles. Nevertheless, 2024 Moore League Coach of the […]
With the new playoff format last year, the number question we got at every practice we went to was about playoff divisions. With that in mind we’re going to track where teams stand each week in the CalPreps rankings, which are used to determine the CIF Southern Section’s playoff divisions at the end of the […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by former Jackrabbits Wendell “WoWo” Moe, Jr. & Tyson Ruffins. Back in 1950 when Veterans Memorial Stadium opened its gates to Long Beach football fans for […]
