Mike Guardabascio
An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 18 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He's won numerous state and national honors 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.
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The562’s coverage of Millikan athletics in the 2023-24 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. There’s no doubt that Millikan duo Olivia Smith and Sophia Orbiso entered last week’s Moore League beach volleyball pairs title match as underdogs. Smith and […]

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The562’s baseball coverage in 2025 is sponsored by the Millikan, Long Beach Poly, Lakewood and Wilson baseball boosters. Five Long Beach high school baseball teams learned their playoff fate on Monday morning with the release of the CIF Southern Section playoff brackets. Moore League co-champions Wilson and Millikan both drew road games. Division 2 Millikan […]