An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 13 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He's won numerous awards 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 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. Long Beach Poly survived a late-gamer thriller with La Serna to survive and advance in the opening round of the CIF Southern Section Division 2 playoffs. The […]
The Lakewood Lancers (4-6, 3-3) has been granted an at-large bid to the CIF Southern Section Division 9 playoffs. This marks Lakewood’s return to the postseason after missing it the last two years. “The goal was to get this team back to the playoffs in year one,” said Lancers coach Scott Meyer. Playoff brackets will […]