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 high school baseball coverage is sponsored by Tribe Athletics. Visit TribeAthlete.com for more information on their fitness community. Long Beach’s best high school baseball players closed out another terrific season on Saturday afternoon as they competed in the Moore League’s annual All-Star game, this time against the Suburban Valley Conference at Long Beach City College. In […]
The562’s coverage of Dirtbags Baseball for the 2026 season is sponsored by P2S, Inc. Visit p2sinc.com to learn more. “Winning isn’t easy,” said Dirtbags head coach TJ Bruce shortly after his Long Beach State (3-5) team did just that on Wednesday night against BYU (4-4). It certainly is not, but when the opposing team issues […]
