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.
There were only two players hit by a pitch in the American League 3-2 win over the National League at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, and they were both Long Beach guys. Jeff McNeil and Travis d’Arnaud continued the tradition of having Long Beach represented in the Major League All-Star game last week, and they’re […]
The562’s cross country and track & field coverage is sponsored by Joe Carlson & Debbie Hughes. Here are the All-Moore League honorees for the 2024 boys’ cross country season, as voted on by the league’s head coaches.
During a Millikan timeout, Wilson girls volleyball coach Gerald Aquiningoc pulled senior Jaedyn Gonzalez aside and asked her how she wanted to serve for the upcoming match point. “We wanted to win it and be aggressive,” Aquiningoc said. The first-year coach said the plan was to hit it short and get the Rams out of […]