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.
On Monday evening at the opening game of the Bosco Winter Classic, St. Anthony played a sluggish game that saw them just narrowly edge out Hesperia thanks to great second-half defense. Just two days later, the Saints played a world apart, easily blowing out Gahr while putting on an offensive and defensive clinic, leading by […]
The562’s coverage of football in 2023-24 is sponsored in part by the MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center Foundation and Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital Foundation The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. Photos courtesy Cabrillo High student Rasheed Riveroll Castillo.