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.
Long Beach Poly came into Saturday’s CIF Southern Section Track & Field Masters Meet with high expectations, and things couldn’t have gone much better for the Trackrabbits, who a week prior claimed the CIF-SS Division 1 boys’ team championship and the girls’ runner up. Poly will have a shot at competing for both team titles […]
Long Beach Poly was 10 minutes away from pulling Wilson back to the Moore League boys’ soccer chase pack while also putting itself in position to grab a third consecutive league title. Wilson’s Luke Garza had other plans. A shift in formation put Garza in perfect position to net the equalizer in the 70th minute […]
The562’s coverage of football in 2024-25 is sponsored by The Terry Donahue Memorial California Showcase. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009.
