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 Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by JP Crawford, Class of 2013. The Lakewood Lancers opened the new and improved John Ford Stadium on Friday night, hosting Orange Vista in their first football game of the season, and their first game on campus since 2019. The stadium looked incredible, but the Lancers weren’t quite […]
The Wilson Bruins have won the last 12 Moore League championships and are poised to repeat with a strong sophomore class leading the way. However, players like Zac Crenshaw, Hank Rivers and Gray Carson learned on the job last year while taking their lumps. Some tough losses and no playoff success dropped Wilson down to […]
