An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 13 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He's won numerous awards 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 Jordan Athletics is sponsored by former LBUSD superintendent Chris Steinhauser. For the second year in a row, the Jordan Panthers made a postseason run to the CIF-SS quarterfinals. This time, they were in Division 3A, jumping up in competition from the year prior. Unfortunately for J-Town, that’s where their playoff journey ended, […]