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 girls’ flag football is sponsored by the Los Angeles Chargers The562’s coverage of Cabrillo Athletics is sponsored by the Cohn Family. The Cabrillo Jaguars girls’ flag football team made history this year, fulfilling their head coach Earl McCullouch Jr’s prediction that they’d make the playoffs in the first year of the CIF-SS postseason […]
By Tyler Hendrickson, Mike Guardabascio A historically deep Wilson team threatens to make school and city history this year along with a Long Beach Poly squad that’s loaded as always–both teams are looking to defend championships this year. The league is also packed with quality talent at the other schools as well, setting up what […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Volleyball in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Misty May-Treanor and the Dream in Gold Foundation. The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. For the second straight night, the Lakewood Lancers […]
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