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 football in 2023-24 is sponsored in part by the MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center Foundation and Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital Foundation Refresh the page to see the latest updates! Long Beach Poly faces Wilson, Millikan faces Wilson, and Compton faces Jordan, all at 7pm. CLICK HERE if you can’t see the […]
Thursday was a historically great day for Long Beach playoff teams, as they went 8-2 to advance to the next round. Today, three teams will try to make it to the playoffs’ second week. Boys’ Basketball Division 4AA: Wilson vs. St. Monica Prep, 7 p.m. Division 4A: Jordan at Liberty, 7 p.m. Girls’ Soccer Division […]
Compton’s emotional win over Lakewood last week threw the last week of the season into chaos. What had felt like a long predictable march towards a Poly/Millikan/Lakewood finish in the Moore League has now opened up to a likely three-way tie for the league’s final guaranteed playoff spot. All three of Friday’s games will have an […]
