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 Long Beach Volleyball in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Misty May-Treanor and the Dream in Gold Foundation. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009.
This is a special day for Long Beach baseball as the premier Moore League doubleheader returns to Bohl Diamond at Blair Field. Undefeated Millikan and Wilson will battle for first place at 3:30 p.m., with second-place Poly and Lakewood going at it at 6:30 p.m. The senior class of baseball players in the Moore League […]
The562’s coverage of Dirtbags Baseball for the 2025 season is sponsored by P2S, Inc. Visit p2sinc.com to learn more. Long Beach State Dirtbags coach TJ Bruce declined a full postgame interview after his team fell to USC 12-2 on Tuesday night on Bohl Diamond at Blair Field, but did say one thing that pretty accurately summed up […]
