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.
Saturday’s CIF-SS Division 4 Track & Field Finals were another sign that the St. Anthony program has arrived. The Saints brought home third-place in the girls’ team standings, and saw sophomore sensation Asjah Atkinson bring home two gold medals. Atkinson won the girls’ 100 hurdles race with a time of 14.18, the best of any […]
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 Brooklyn Taylor, Long Beach Poly Basketball In a battle of first-place unbeatens last Friday, Brooklyn Taylor led Long […]
Mike Guardabascio The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Poly alum Jayon Brown and PlayFair Sports Management. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by JuJu Smith-Schuster and the JuJu Foundation. The historic Long Beach Poly girls’ flag football team is already […]
