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 2025 is brought to you by the MLP’s Bay Area Breakers. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. Things were looking shaky for Wilson beach volleyball after the first set of their playoff matchup against Dos Pueblos on Thursday afternoon. The […]
Moore League baseball pitching depth ain’t what it used to be, and no one knows that better than Millikan senior pitcher Trevor Sutt. He grew up watching aces Chase De Jong, Shane Watson and Chris Castellanos dominate the local competition at Blair Field, and now with depth becoming issues across all local sports, Sutt finds […]
The sport of volleyball is having a golden age in Long Beach with the local NCAA juggernaut playing in the Walter Pyramid, but high school boys’ volleyball is looking up too. It should be an exciting year in Long Beach with a defending CIF Champion and others looking to improve after a short spring season. […]
