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.
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The Lakewood girls’ water polo team is hoping a new-look roster can help them move above last year’s fourth-place Moore League finish, and to improve on last year’s 8-13 overall record. Returning seniors Jenna Marsha and Morgan Yarak will be captains this year, but the Lancers will feature several starters who moved up from last […]
Welcome back to another edition of the562.org’s Athletes of the Week. HIGH SCHOOL Nolan Brown, Long Beach Poly Baseball Long Beach Poly didn’t beat any of the three other Moore League playoff baseball teams last season, and wanted to change that this year. Their power-packed lineup pulled off an 11-10 extra-innings win over Lakewood last […]
