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.
Photo courtesy Tennessee Athletics. Heading into his final season of college football, former Long Beach Poly offensive lineman Wendell “WoWo” Moe, Jr. has been recognized as one of the best players in the sport. The redshirt senior at the University of Tennessee was recently named a Walter Camp Preseason All-American, placing him as a Top […]
After falling behind 2-1, Lakewood rallied to defeat Millikan on the road in five sets, keeping the Lancers in first place in the Moore League. A Rams win would have created a four-way tie for first place but instead with just a few weeks remaining the Lancers are in first with one loss, Poly and […]
The562’s coverage of Millikan athletics in the 2023-24 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer. The proclaimed “Sons of Oahu” showed why they’re one of the best teams on either end of the Pacific Ocean on Friday afternoon in Honolulu, as Punahou wore down the visiting Millikan Rams, racking up over 500 yards of offense […]
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