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 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 Refresh the page to see the latest updates! Long Beach Poly visits Servite at Cerritos College and St. Anthony travels to St. Pius in quarterfinal games tonight, both starting at […]
Lakewood has its next football coach, as the school’s longtime athletic director Mike Wadley confirmed to The 562 Tuesday evening that the Lancers are hiring longtime local football coach Mario Morales. Morales had successful tenures at St. Anthony and Wilson, and has been on campus at Lakewood for 14 years, currently as a dean of […]
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