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 girls’ flag football is sponsored by the Los Angeles Chargers. The Los Angeles Chargers hosted their second annual girls’ flag football all-star game on Monday morning at Sofi Stadium, where Leilani Utupo (Lakewood) was nominated as head coach for the Los Angeles team, and players Aaya Mclyn (Long Beach Poly), Devoni Ray […]
STORY & VIDEO BY MATT SIMON Wilson senior Samiya Terry scored a career-high 30 points and the Bruin girls basketball team defeated Bell Gardens 70-30 on Saturday in the second round of the CIF-SS Division 3A playoffs. Terry had everything going as she pulled up from behind the arc or pulled up for an off […]
The Long Beach State women’s soccer team came home to George Allen Field last Thursday night looking for its offense, but they found heartbreak as visiting UCF scored in the 90th minute to steal a 2-1 victory. The Beach (2-6-0) has only scored once in the last three games, and has been outscored by its […]
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