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 2023-24 is sponsored in part by the MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center Foundation and Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital Foundation The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. The562’s coverage of Cabrillo Athletics is sponsored by the Cohn Family. Long Beach Poly went to the Westside on […]
The562’s Athletes of the Week is sponsored by the Long Beach Century Club. Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to the Long Beach Century Club and Naples Rib Company for their support. HIGH SCHOOL Joy Anderson, Long Beach Poly Basketball Long Beach Poly senior Joy Anderson put up a huge double-double with […]
Congrats to this week’s Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship! Aliya Mesihovich, Wilson Cross Country For the second time this year, Wilson junior Aliya Mehisovich led a Moore League cross country meet wire to wire and ended up with a big first-place finish. Mehisovich won the individual gold […]