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 Jordan Athletics is sponsored by former LBUSD superintendent Chris Steinhauser. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. Hank Waddles has been coaching middle school basketball in Long Beach for more than 13 years, at Lindbergh and more recently Stanford. Last week he coached his […]