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.
The Jaguars are using their recent struggles as motivation with a veteran group of returning starters leading the way. “That’s big motivation,” senior Roger McMillan said. “I look back at (those games) every day, and I don’t want to take losses like that ever again.” Cabrillo went 2-8 last season, and has only won three […]
Brackets for the 2021 CIF-SS girls’ tennis playoffs were released on Monday morning, and four Moore League teams now know where they’ll begin their postseason journeys. Two-time defending Moore League champions Wilson are the only team that was sent through to Wednesday’s first round of competition, meanwhile Millikan, Poly and Lakewood will all be playing […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. The plan is business as usual for the Wilson Bruins this season. Even with an offseason coaching change that saw previous head coach Gerald Aquiningoc take the head job at rival Long Beach Poly, the Bruins remain in capable hands with […]
