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 high school baseball and softball coverage for the 2022 season is sponsored by LBUSD Board of Education Member Megan Kerr With one week left in the regular season, here’s a look at the Moore League and Long Beach baseball standings, with this week’s schedule below. Monday Wilson vs. Compton (3 p.m.) Jordan vs. Lakewood (3:15 […]
A stiff wind blew across the deck at Cabrillo on Tuesday evening, and the Long Beach Poly boys’ water polo team rode it to history. The Jackrabbits had a total team effort in a first-round CIF Southern Section Division 5 playoff win over Buena. While Poly has won wild card games, head coach Ish Pluton […]
The562’s coverage of Millikan Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Brian Ramsey and TLD Law. Fans of offense should have had this game circled on their calendars. Last year’s meeting between Millikan and Downey ranked 13th in California history for points scored in a game, as the Vikings emerged with a 69-68 victory […]
