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 wrestling coverage for the 2023-24 school year is sponsored by Emigh Dental Care. It’s been a special year for the Long Beach Poly girls’ wrestling program. The Jackrabbits continued their historic season on Thursday night at Jordan High at the Moore League finals as Poly crowned seven champions— the most of any team. The number […]
Rivalry week continues tonight as the Lakewood Lancers (0-2) and the Mayfair Monsoons (2-0) play each other for the Milk Bucket. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Stadium. Lakewood has won 16 of the 23 Milk Bucket games that started in 1962. These schools that were originally separated by a large dairy […]
It’s been a long two years since St. Anthony High School broke ground on the new athletic facility at Clark Field. Now 2023 will always be the start of a new ear for the private school. The Saints have been using the old soybean farm acreage on the corner of Clark Ave. and Del Amo […]
