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 cross country and track and field is sponsored by Bryson Financial. The562’s coverage of Millikan athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer. Jason Parra was the lone Millikan representative at the 2023 CIF State Track & Field Championships on Saturday, and the junior distance runner again put on a […]
Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Jabari Steward, Compton Basketball Compton’s Jabari Steward helped lead his team to its first win over Long Beach Poly in a few years on Monday, handing the Jackrabbits their first Moore League loss of the season. Compton […]
Long Beach brought home plenty of gold in the 2024-25 school year, but the six teams that made it to the CIF-SS title game are deserving of recognition as well. Starting in the fall, a pair of football teams got the chance to play for a CIF-SS title on the same night, with St. Anthony […]
