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 high school volleyball in 2024-2025 is brought to you by the MLP’s Bay Area Breakers. The CIF Southern Section released its playoff brackets Saturday morning, and now five Long Beach girls’ volleyball teams know their playoff path. Four Moore League teams along with St. Anthony will open up play on Tuesday and […]
All of The562’s water polo coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Aqualand. Visit AqualandOfTheFree.com to learn more. Coming off an exhilarating week that saw a 92-year CIF title drought come to an end, the Long Beach Poly boys’ water polo team did what it needed to do on Tuesday night at the Cabrillo High […]
The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. Long Beach Poly flag football head coach Rob Shock called his defense the team’s heart and soul, and the heartbeat was strong on Wednesday afternoon at Lakewood High. The Jackrabbits defense had five sacks and an early Pick-6 by sophomore Bailey Holder, leading […]
