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 Long Beach State athletics for the 2023-24 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. The562’s coverage of Long Beach State basketball for the 2023-24 season is sponsored by Nelson Farris. Long Beach State came away with a win in Malibu as they faced off against the Pepperdine Waves. This win helped break Long Beach’s two-game […]
It’s not possible to frame a basketball game and hang it on the wall, but if it were, the Long Beach Poly girls’ basketball team would be clearing off some wall space this evening. The Jackrabbits played a picture-perfect game to pull off a road upset of recently crowned CIF-SS Open Division champion Mater Dei, […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial The Long Beach Poly football team honored six early Signing Day players on Wednesday, all of whom will be moving on to college on scholarship next year. Poly coach Stephen Barbee said the team is anticipating another half dozen or so players continuing to […]