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 Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009 The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013
We’ve got some great shots of Hawaii’s four-set win over Lewis in the NCAA Final Four in the Walter Pyramid at Long Beach State thanks to photographer Stephen Dachman.