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 season previews for the 2022-23 school year are sponsored by Vertical Raise, the official team fundraising partner of The562. The562’s coverage of cross country and track and field is sponsored by Bryson Financial. The Long Beach Poly girls are looking for a 12th Moore League title in the last 13 years, and with a dual meet […]
As the postseason begins, a promising track and field season for Long Beach continues to look like it might end in a special place. At last weekend’s CIF Southern Section Track and Field prelims, 46 entries from the Moore League and St. Anthony qualified for this weekend’s CIF-SS finals, which will be held at El […]
First-year Jordan coach Bryan Whitfield takes over for Roger Penticoff and has already had some success thanks to a more competitive nonleague schedule. The Panthers won just six games combined the last two years but are off to a 3-7 start already just a few weeks into the year. “We’ve got more wins in us, […]
