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.
Check out our photo gallery from today’s softball doubleheader between Long Beach State and LMU, taken by Jesse Carrasco. The Beach earned a pair of run-rule victories over the Lions–winning 9-1 in game one and 8-0 in the game two–to improve to 4-2 on the season. Sophomore shortstop Cam Cecil led the way for the […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009 It’s been Sammie Hamilton’s dream for as long as she can remember, and next week for the first time she’ll compete with a Team USA swim cap on. Hamilton is part of the strong USA contingent competing among more than 10,000 […]