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 Dirtbags Baseball for the 2022 season is sponsored by P2S, Inc. Visit p2sinc.com to learn more. After dropping the series opener against No. 15 Gonzaga (11-4) on Friday night, Long Beach State put together two very different wins to pull out an impressive series victory over the Bulldogs. The Dirtbags (7-7) slugged […]
Six players from Long Beach schools were selected in the Major League Baseball Draft this week. The Dirtbags had four players picked while LBCC and Long Beach Poly each had one. Jarren Duran – 7th Round, 220th Pick, Boston Red Sox Duran is the 61st Dirtbags player since 1989 to be selected in the first […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Former Jackrabbits Wendell “WoWo” Moe, Jr. & Tyson Ruffins. The562’s coverage of Jordan Athletics is sponsored by former LBUSD superintendent Chris Steinhauser and the Timu Foundation.
