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 Jordan Athletics is sponsored by John Ross, Class of 2013. The Northside is going to the championship. Jordan boys’ basketball went on the road to LA and brought home a big win over Pacifica Christian in the CIF-SS Division 4A semifinals, putting the Panthers in their first boys’ hoops title game since Ron […]
By the time the final whistle blew, tears and emotion were flowing freely on the field at Jordan. The Panthers had just won a war of attrition with Kennedy, reversing momentum several times in a game that literally came down to the last play. After stopping the Irish short on an attempted two-point conversion, the […]
The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. Quarterback Brayden Downen and his senior teammates have won games before, but on Friday night things were different for the Lakewood football program. The Lancers are playing their first games on campus since 2019, and they were able to do something they’ve […]
