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 The Long Beach Poly boys’ basketball team ended up on the wrong end of someone else’s story on Tuesday night in the first round of the CIF State Division II basketball playoffs. Hosting an underdog Bakersfield Christian team, the Jackrabbits couldn’t overcome the scrappy […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2023-24 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. The562’s coverage of Long Beach State Basketball is sponsored by CSULB Distinguished Alumnus Nelson Farris. In their second home game in three days, the Long Beach State women’s basketball team fell 78-71 to Cal Poly after being down 31-33 […]
The562’s coverage of Millikan Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Brian Ramsey and TLD Law. The final score couldn’t begin to tell the story of Millikan’s season opener at Foothill High School in Henderson, Nevada, on Friday. At face value, the Rams cruised to a 27-14 victory over the Falcons, but overcame […]