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 Long Beach Poly Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Former Jackrabbits Wendell “WoWo” Moe, Jr. & Tyson Ruffins. A program in search of stability has turned to one of its own to lead the way, as Long Beach Poly has named Davis Towne as its new head baseball coach. Towne […]
The562’s baseball coverage in 2025 is sponsored by the Millikan, Long Beach Poly, and Lakewood baseball boosters. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. Millikan had over a month to sit with the loss to Wilson that snapped their 20-game Moore League winning streak — but it took […]
We’ve got coverage from all of this week’s football games. Long Beach Poly 42, Wilson 24 STORY / VIDEO / PHOTOS / MORE PHOTOS Lakewood 26, Millikan 20 STORY / VIDEO / PHOTOS Jordan 20, Compton 13 STORY St. Anthony 36, Harvard-Westlake 20 STORY Preview of Saturday’s LBCC Cerritos football game
