Mike Guardabascio
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.
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Girls’ Water Polo: Millikan Tops Long Beach Poly 

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All of The562’s water polo coverage for the 2021-22 school year is sponsored by Aqualand. Visit AqualandOfTheFree.com to learn more. The Millikan girls’ water polo team has high expectations this year, and with good reason. The Rams are off to a great start and have played Division 1 and 2 teams tough, and are currently […]

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CIF Football: Lakewood Wins Dramatic Semifinal At Rancho Verde

JJ Fiddler

The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. Of course it came down to the Lakewood defense. Throughout this tumultuous season, the Lakewood defense has been getting better every week and helped carry the Lancers to the CIF Southern Section Division 8 semifinals on Friday at Rancho Verde. The Mustangs needed […]

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STANDINGS: Moore League Girls’ Soccer

JJ Fiddler

This is how the Moore League girls’ soccer standings look after four weeks of action. Wilson is in first place but Millikan has two rescheduled games in hand. STANDINGS Wilson (5-1-0) 15 points Millikan (4-0-0) 12 points LB Poly (4-2-0) 12 points Cabrillo (2-3-0) 6 points Jordan (1-3-0) 3 points Lakewood (1-4-0) 3 points Compton […]