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 Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. Phenomenal home court advantage has created a wave of emotion that Wilson boys’ basketball is riding into school history. The Bruins have won consecutive CIF Southern Section Division 4AA playoff games at home to reach their first semifinal in 15 years. […]
Long Beach Poly was 10 minutes away from pulling Wilson back to the Moore League boys’ soccer chase pack while also putting itself in position to grab a third consecutive league title. Wilson’s Luke Garza had other plans. A shift in formation put Garza in perfect position to net the equalizer in the 70th minute […]
