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.
The Long Beach Poly girls’ basketball team has made its reputation with defense this year. In the Jackrabbits’ CIF Southern Section Open Division opener against Rosary, they made that rep flash in neon lights, locking down the Royals in an impressive win, 56-42. Poly’s season ended last year at the hands of Rosary in overtime […]
The562’s coverage of football in 2024-25 is sponsored by The Terry Donahue Memorial California Showcase. The562’s coverage of Cabrillo Athletics is sponsored by the Cohn Family. For the first eight minutes of the Millikan and Cabrillo Moore League opener, the Jaguars gave the visiting Rams everything they could handle after scoring on their opening drive. However, […]