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.
St. Anthony made an impressive run to a CIF Southern Section title game last season during coach Raul Lara’s first year. However, the Saints started that season with three tough losses before mounting a furious run to make their way into the postseason. Fast forward to this season and there might not be reason to […]
The562’s season previews for the 2022-23 school year are sponsored by Vertical Raise, the official team fundraising partner of The562. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly for the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Jayon Brown and PlayFair Sports Management It’s hard to pin down what fifth-year Long Beach Poly football coach Stephen Barbee is […]
Most of the remaining Moore League basketball storylines were sorted out on Tuesday evening, with just one day of the regular season remaining before the playoffs begin. CIF Southern Section postseason brackets will be released Sunday morning for boys’ and girls’ basketball, and we’ll be tweeting them out live @562sports. Boys’ Basketball The Long Beach […]
