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.
All of The562’s water polo coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Aqualand. Visit AqualandOfTheFree.com to learn more. A tough road atmosphere led to a slow start for the Wilson Bruins on Wednesday afternoon, but once they got going against rivals Long Beach Poly there was no looking back in a 23-6 Moore League win. […]
Three Long Beach teams are playing in the CIF Girls’ Volleyball quarterfinals tonight with a trip to Saturday’s semifinals on the line. READ OUR PREVIEW of Long Beach Poly hosting No. 1 Mater Dei in Division 1. READ OUR PREVIEW of St. Anthony hosting a big Division 5 quarterfinal match. READ OUR PREVIEW of Avalon […]
The Wilson Bruins are trying to get some solid footing before starting this spring season, and fifth-year coach James Boykin thinks this group can embrace his philosophy. “These kids are awesome and there was a lot of energy when we got back into the gym,” Boykin said. “They were just thrilled to not have to […]
