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 Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. The Wilson girls’ soccer team has a proud history and a trophy case that includes Moore League, CIF-SS, CIF State Regional, and national championship hardware. But the Bruins have just one league title in the last five years (won in […]
The562’s coverage of high school volleyball in 2024-2025 is brought to you by the MLP’s Bay Area Breakers. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. Photo courtesy of student photographer Noah Smith. The Long Beach Poly girls volleyball team has only been getting better as the season has gone on. The Jackrabbits […]
The lacrosse season should be an exciting one in the city after a great spring season and the return of a couple of schools who didn’t field teams last year. Cabrillo and Lakewood have added both boys and girls teams, while Poly added a girls team. Poly’s boys squad won the league championship last year […]
