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 volleyball in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Misty-May Treanor and the Dream in Gold Foundation. The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. The562’s coverage of Millikan athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer.
After a 10-year stint as the girls’ volleyball coach at Wilson, Carlos Briceno has stepped down. Briceno’s Bruins won a Moore League title in his first year in 2011, and the Bruins have finished in the top three in the league standings ever since. Wilson is searching for a new coach–there are no teaching positions […]
