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 Long Beach State athletics for the 2023-24 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. It only took 41 seconds for Cherrie Cox to show Long Beach State women’s soccer fans why expectations are so high this season. With No. 15 Texas in town for home opener at George Allen Field on Thursday, Cox’s goal […]