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.
It’s been a memorable wrestling season for Long Beach wrestlers, but Long Beach Poly’s Athziri Guizar had a season she’ll never forget. After capping her senior year with another Moore League title, Guizar wasn’t done as she competed at the CIF-SS Individuals tournament. Guizar won match after match before eventually winning the final to take […]
The562’s coverage of Jordan Athletics is sponsored by John Ross, Class of 2013. Jordan boys’ basketball coach Chris Francis got exactly what he wished for on Thursday night. After an emotional CIF Southern Section championship win on Saturday, his Panthers are looking to take a state title–to do so, the scrappy Jordan kids will have […]
Few regular events in Long Beach carry the history, passion, and pure electricity in the air of the annual Wilson and Long Beach Poly swim meet. Last year’s meet was canceled and had been scheduled for the exact date that the Long Beach Unified School District shuttered its campuses for what would be more than […]
