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 Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial To say it was a memorable 2023 for the Long Beach Poly baseball team would be a gross over-simplification. The Jackrabbits are one of the winningest teams in state history and have produced more two dozen Major Leaguers, as many as any other high school […]
Congratulations to this week’s Athletes of the Week, sponsored by Naples Rib Company. HIGH SCHOOL Damian Henderson, Jordan Football Two weeks after his spectacular week one debut, Jordan junior Damian Henderson has another sensational game last week in a win over Fairfax. Henderson had three touchdowns: an 80-yard kickoff return, a 20-yard run, and a […]
Long Beach State split its season opening series with Sanford on Friday at the LBSU Sand Courts 3-2 and 1-4. LBSU pair Skyler Germann and Alice Pratesi bounced back from a first set loss to take their No. 4 match 18-21, 21-17, 15-8 and were the only LBSU pair to win in the second contest. […]
