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 soccer coverage for the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Beach Futbol Club. The562’s coverage of Millikan athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer. It’s apropos that their final game of the season was scoreless, but a historic campaign came to a disappointing end for Millikan girls’ soccer on Wednesday as the […]
Compton football hasn’t won a CIF Southern Section playoff game since 2006, and this year will be their best chance to make history. Compton is the top seed in Division 12 and hosts Costa Mesa in the first round on Friday. Time and location is yet to be determined. “I can’t complain,” Compton coach Calvin […]
The Lakewood volleyball team got a wakeup call from Wilson last week—consider the Lancers wide awake. Lakewood clinched a share of the Moore League title on Thursday afternoon with a quick sweep of Long Beach Poly on the Jackrabbits’ Senior Day, winning 25-19, 25-14, 25-12. Lakewood coach Devon Taylor’s group is one match up on […]
