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.
The first time Lakewood and Millikan met at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field this season, it was a bad day for the Lancers. Their ten-run loss was one of the biggest league defeats in 30+ years, and it stuck in the craw of the program’s players and coaches, all of whom are aware of Lakewood’s […]
The562’s Athletes of the Week is sponsored by the Long Beach Century Club. Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to the Long Beach Century Club and Naples Rib Company for their support. HIGH SCHOOL Cailey Christen, Long Beach Poly Water Polo Cailey Christen helped lead a team effort that put Long Beach […]
You could run down a checklist of what could lead an elite team to have a tough game, and Tuesday evening’s CIF State Division 1A Southern California Regional opener between Long Beach Poly and Hamilton would check off every item. It was the Jackrabbits’ first game since their CIF-SS Division 1 championship win, for one. […]