An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 18 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He's won numerous state and national honors 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 Jordan Athletics is sponsored by former LBUSD superintendent Chris Steinhauser and the Timu Foundation. It was a walk-off Wednesday on Bohl Diamond at Blair Field as the Jordan Panthers earned an exciting 1-0 win over Pasadena Poly. Freshman Ethan Fragoza delivered a two-out, bases-loaded single in the bottom of the seventh to […]
Based on data released on Tuesday afternoon by the Los Angeles County Health Department, practices and games for outdoor sports–including high school football–are eligible to return in Long Beach and LA County. Per the updated guidelines from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) released last Friday, outdoor amateur sports would be allowed to resume […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Former Jackrabbits Wendell “WoWo” Moe, Jr. & Tyson Ruffins. The second half of Long Beach Poly’s CIF-SS Division 3 quarterfinal against Glendora on Tuesday was like a bad dream that kept getting worse. It was a battle of defenses after […]
