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 Millikan athletics in the 2023-24 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer. Special thanks to Chris Trevino for additional video footage.
Congratulations to all of our Athletes of the Week, sponsored by Naples Rib Company. HIGH SCHOOL Kyle Johnson, Long Beach Poly Cross Country Long Beach Poly senior Kyle Johnson won his first career varsity race last week in leading the Jackrabbits to a team victory over Lakewood. Johnson ran a 17:34 over Poly’s 5K campus […]
We’ve got some great photos from Jordan Bell’s charity basketball game in the Walter Pyramid, which raised money for the Race to Erase MS charity. All photos by photographer Stephen Dachman.