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 football in 2024-25 is sponsored by The Terry Donahue Memorial California Showcase. Long Beach Poly walked into Millikan’s DeHaven Stadium with a 15-year long Moore League win streak and the rep of being the best team in the city for that stretch. The Rams walked off the field with this year’s Moore League […]
This week on the show we’re talking about how different it is to see Long Beach teams hosting CIF Southern Section championships at home. 02:00 Covering CIF Championships at home 16:30 Wilson boy’s volleyball wins CIF Championship 24:00 Millikan wrestling hosts CIF Championship 29:00 Millikan baseball winning more playoff games 31:45 Signing Day celebrations
The release of the CIF Southern Section football playoff brackets shows the fate for five Long Beach football teams. Division 2 To no surprise, Long Beach Poly was placed in Division 2 after the Division ½ pool was split on Sunday, with only eight teams making the D1 bracket. While a lot of Jackrabbits fans […]
