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 football in 2024-25 is sponsored by The Terry Donahue Memorial California Showcase. The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. Lakewood football was in a bad way when Justin Utupo took over in 2021 as the sixth head coach in a decade, but the Lancers alum got […]
The playoff brackets for flag football were released Friday afternoon by the CIF-Southern Section office, with four Long Beach area teams finding out their postseason draws. The second season of CIF flag football playoffs sees the sport grow from five divisions to six, with 16 teams in the Division 1 bracket and 32 teams in […]
The562’s baseball coverage in 2025 is sponsored by the Millikan, Long Beach Poly, and Lakewood baseball boosters. The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. The Millikan baseball team has talent from top to bottom through their lineup that has them undefeated to start in Moore League play, but they’ve […]
