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 football coverage for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Long Beach Poly alums Wendell “WoWo” Moe, Jr. & Tyson Ruffins. It’s a familiar story tonight at Clark Field for the St. Anthony football team (3-7). The Saints struggled in their nonleague schedule but earned the Del Rey League’s third-place spot into the playoffs, where […]
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. The last time Wilson football hosted a CIF Southern Section playoff game the world had never heard of COVID-19. Wilson is back in the postseason for the […]
