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 high school baseball and softball coverage for the 2022 season is sponsored by LBUSD Board of Education Member Megan Kerr. We’ve got a huge doubleheader today on Bohl Diamond at Blair Field as four title contenders will square off. Millikan takes on Wilson in the first game at 3:30 followed by Long Beach Poly […]
The562’s coverage of high school volleyball in 2025 is brought to you by the MLP’s Bay Area Breakers. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. Things were looking shaky for Wilson beach volleyball after the first set of their playoff matchup against Dos Pueblos on Thursday afternoon. The […]
This week, all of The562’s coverage is sponsored by Long Beach Gives. Visit LongBeachGives.org to find your cause and support local nonprofits! Donations will be accepted through Sept. 21. 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 St. Anthony kicked […]
