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 football in 2024-25 is sponsored by The Terry Donahue Memorial California Showcase. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. There were a handful of times that the Wilson football team’s season should’ve ended on Friday night while visiting Village Christian in the second round of the […]
All of The562’s water polo coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Aqualand. Visit AqualandOfTheFree.com to learn more. The Cabrillo boys’ water polo program is headed back to a CIF Southern Section quarterfinal for the second time in three seasons after going on the road and beating Arroyo Valley 10-4 on Thursday. The Jaguars will […]
