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 cross country and track & field coverage is sponsored by an anonymous donation, in appreciation of Coach Ron Allice. Here are the All-Moore League honorees for the 2024 girls’ track season, as voted on by the league’s head coaches. Subscribe to the562 on GiveButter to make a recurring donation and keep Long Beach sports […]
High School Cross Country: Long Beach Poly vs Wilson Long Beach’s two oldest rivals went head-to-head in a cross country dual meet hosted by Wilson High. For more coverage of all Long Beach sports, head to www.The562.org. We are a non-profit, community-funded media outlet in the City of Long Beach, covering primarily sports and education. […]
This week we’re talking about local college rebranding (1:00) before handing out midseason grades to all of the Long Beach high school football teams (5:00) and discussing cheating in sports (20:00).