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 Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Poly alum Jayon Brown and PlayFair Sports Management. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by JuJu Smith-Schuster and the JuJu Foundation. A great season for the Long Beach Poly football team came to an […]
STORY BY MATT SIMON For a set and a half, the Long Beach Poly girls volleyball team was pushed to the brink as Millikan won the first set and rolled to a 11-3 lead in the second set. The Rams (15-9, 5-3) were able to capitalize on Poly’s early miscues led by confident play from […]