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 coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Poly alum Jayon Brown and PlayFair Sports Management. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by JuJu Smith-Schuster and the JuJu Foundation. After a lengthy recruitment process, Long Beach Poly All-American Tyson Ruffins signed with […]
The Long Beach State women’s basketball team continued its excellent start to the season with a strong defensive win over UC Santa Barbara, 61-49. The Beach was without its most consistent offensive player in Naomi Hunt and struggled from the field, but played excellent defense to secure the win. “You’re not going to put the […]
The Long Beach State women’s basketball team dropped its first Big West game of the season to conference favorite UC Davis on Friday evening. The Beach’s nationally-ranked defense played well enough, but a 3/22 3-point shooting performance highlighted their offensive woes in a 67-52 loss. “There was a lid on the rim,” said Long Beach […]
