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 Cabrillo Athletics is sponsored by the Cohn Family. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. Additional photos by The562’s student interns Allison Nguyen and Monique Thomas.
Long Beach Poly was playing as the road team at Veterans Memorial Stadium in a game that Lakewood was hosting while their campus field is renovated–but the Jackrabbits looked right a home in their regular season finale, defeating the Lancers 56-0 in dominant fashion. The Jackrabbits looked so good that their head coach’s only critique […]
Tuesday’s CIF Southern Section Division 1 Semifinal Boys Basketball game inside Errion Gym had everything a basketball fan could ask for. Raucous crowds, both teams battling every possession, and two rivals who would love to knock the other out of the playoffs. For the St. Anthony Saints, one big thing was lacking: 3-point shots. The […]
