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 season previews for the 2022-23 school year are sponsored by Vertical Raise, the official team fundraising partner of The562. The562’s coverage of water polo & swimming is sponsored by the Aquatic Capital of America Foundation. The562’s coverage of Jordan Athletics is sponsored by John Ross, Class of 2013. There’s new leadership in J-Town as […]
Long Beach Poly (2-0) opened their home schedule with an emphatic 106-35 win over Jordan (0-2) on Friday afternoon. McDonald’s All-American Peyton Watson was locked in offensively, scoring 28 of his game-high 30 points in the first half to lead the Jackrabbits to a 54-21 halftime lead. Poly led 91-30 after three quarters and eclipsed […]
