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.
Whether or not there’s a “Clutch Gene” is always a good sports debate. Do some athletes have an inborn ability to raise their level of performance when the game is on the line? We may never know, but senior Camryn Cruz knows why she has been clutch for Wilson girls’ soccer this season. “Not focusing […]
The562’s soccer coverage for the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Beach Futbol Club. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Poly alum Jayon Brown and PlayFair Sports Management. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by JuJu Smith-Schuster and the JuJu Foundation.
All of The562’s water polo coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Aqualand. Visit AqualandOfTheFree.com to learn more. The Wilson girls’ water polo team once again asserted its dominance in the Moore League on Wednesday by beating Millikan 19-6 and winning a fourth consecutive league title. The Bruins have now finished atop the Moore League […]
