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 Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. “Come on, you can’t score on me. Come on, shoot it!” That’s how Alberto Gutierrez taught his four children to play soccer— standing in front of a small backyard goal with the ball at the boys’ feet. And Alberto didn’t just let them […]
Welcome to our first weekly installment of The562.org’s Athletes of the Week for this season brought to you by Naples Rib Company, and congrats to our winners. Click SUBSCRIBE up above to support local sports coverage–we can’t survive without your help. HIGH SCHOOL Elijah Dolphin, Long Beach Poly Football World, meet Elijah Dolphin. The Poly […]
