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. […]
The562’s soccer coverage for the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Beach Futbol Club. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Poly alum Jayon Brown and PlayFair Sports Management. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by JuJu Smith-Schuster and the JuJu Foundation. […]
It’s the last week of the regular season and league titles and playoff spots are on the line. CIF-SS playoff brackets will be released on Sunday and we’ll have live coverage when they drop. Click here for our breakdown of the playoff scenarios. Long Beach Poly vs Lakewood preview Wilson vs. Millikan preview Compton vs. […]
