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 season previews for the 2022-23 school year are sponsored by Vertical Raise, the official team fundraising partner of The562. Long Beach Badminton is underway and everything is back to normal for the teams after finally having a full season. At Poly, the Jackrabbits swept the singles titles last season, but along with Prongha Talukder […]
The562’s coverage of Aquatic sports in Long Beach is sponsored by the Aquatic Capital of America Foundation. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial.
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. Prior to Friday night’s showdown between Wilson (3-1) and Dana Hills (4-0), Bruins head coach Raudric Curtis said his team should be fine if they could just play their game and limit their mistakes. Unfortunately for Curtis and his Bruins, the […]