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 Cabrillo Athletics is sponsored by the Cohn Family. Cabrillo opens the 2022 football season at home on Friday night, welcoming in the Hawkins Hawks. This will be a rematch from last year’s season opener, which was the head coaching debut for Cabrillo’s Shane Gonzales. The Jags ended up on the wrong end […]
The562’s coverage of Dirtbags Baseball for the 2022 season is sponsored by P2S, Inc. Visit p2sinc.com to learn more. The Long Beach State Dirtbags took a collective sigh of relief on Sunday after their rubber game against North Dakota State at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field. It looked like the Dirtbags were headed towards another […]
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