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 high school volleyball in 2023-24 is brought to you by the MLP’s Bay Area Breakers. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. There were no exceptions to Long Beach Poly’s “win or go home” mindset on Thursday night in the CIF-SS Division 3 playoffs, even when they found themselves […]
The562’s Athletes of the Week is sponsored by the Long Beach Century Club. Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to the Long Beach Century Club and Naples Rib Company for their support. HIGH SCHOOL Cedra Talaga, Long Beach Poly Volleyball Long Beach Poly versatile sophomore Cedra Talaga flashed the complete game in […]