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.
Long Beach Poly, Millikan and Wilson all won via shutout yesterday to set up a pair of games on Friday between the top four teams in the Moore League. Long Beach Poly 3, Cabrillo 0 Junior Kenny Barnabee’s brace was more than enough for the Jackrabbits (9-2-2, 2-0) on the road Wednesday afternoon. The strong […]
The562’s coverage of Saints athletics is sponsored in part by St. Anthony High School. Basketball royalty returned to Jack Errion Memorial Gym last Friday night, as St. Anthony legend Darrick Martin was back on campus for a jersey retirement ceremony prior to the team’s game against St. Paul. Just prior to tip-off, Martin strolled onto the […]
Sophomore guard Justina King scored 13 of her 18 points in two overtime periods to help lift Long Beach State women’s basketball to a 73-67 double-overtime victory over UC Riverside on Thursday night at Walter Pyramid. It’s the fourth consecutive win for LBSU (10-10, 5-2) and the Beach is now just a half-game behind first-place […]