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 Volleyball in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Misty May-Treanor and the Dream in Gold Foundation. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009.
After a year’s absence, high school girls’ soccer returned to Long Beach with a bang on Thursday afternoon as Long Beach Poly hosted two-time defending Moore League champion Millikan. The Jackrabbits led 2-0 with just a few minutes left in the game but Rams junior Natalie Paulson struck twice at the death to pull Millikan […]
