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 soccer coverage for the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Beach Futbol Club. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. Five different Bruins scored on Wednesday night to beat Compton 6-1 and push Wilson boys’ soccer into the CIF Southern Section playoffs. Brackets will be released on Saturday. […]
When Warren equalized in the 68th minute, Wilson coach CJ Brewer shuffled his lineup again to try and steal a game winner on the road. “We made all the adjustments with ten minutes to go and then I sat down,” Brewer said. “I said ‘They’re going to do it’ and I knew that we believed […]