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.
The Jordan football program is coming off of its first victory since 2016, and is facing another local program that has struggled recently. The Panthers visit Lynwood at 7 tonight where the Knights only have one winning season in the last decade. Lynwood (0-1-1) was shutout 21-0 in the season opener at Hamilton, and played […]
The562’s coverage of football in 2024-25 is sponsored by The Terry Donahue Memorial California Showcase. With the numbers Anthony League is putting up this season, he’s certainly placed himself among the best running backs in the CIF-Southern Section. If he continues that same production for the next two months, he may be remembered as one of […]
The CIF Southern Section Division 2 playoff opener on Friday at Long Beach Poly turned on just a handful of plays as the Jackrabbits were eliminated by Gahr 6-2. Poly put a runner on base in all but one inning and stranded five runners in scoring position while trying to play catch up after Gahr […]
