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 high school soccer coverage for the 2025-26 season is sponsored by Long Beach Poly soccer alum Kennedy Justin. The562’s coverage of Millikan Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Brian Ramsey and TLD Law. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Former Jackrabbits Wendell “WoWo” Moe, Jr. […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2022-23 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. Long Beach State fans got a nice look at the new offensive firepower in the Beach lineup on Saturday evening as LBSU (1-1) cruised to a 79-34 win over visiting La Sierra at Walter Pyramid. Senior Malia Bambrick made […]
There are almost 20 current Major League Baseball players with ties to Long Beach, and plenty more in the minor leagues ready to make their names in The Show. Wilson High alum Chase De Jong has already made his MLB debut with the Seattle Mariners, but he was traded to the Minnesota Twins organization on […]