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 Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. Wilson got a piece of great news last week as the school announced that Erin Carey is returning to coach the Bruins’ girls’ basketball team after a year away from high school sports. Carey led the Bruins to the CIF […]
Five Long Beach and Moore League boys’ basketball teams open the playoffs on Friday this week, with the release of the CIF-SS playoff brackets. Click here for the brackets. Division 1 One of the most exciting games in Southern California is St. Anthony traveling to Dominguez for a first-round playoff game Friday at 7 p.m. […]