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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Compton also has a first-year coach who took over the program in August. Marlene Lopez-Gonzalez has only coached her own daughters soccer teams, but the Compton teacher wanted to step for the players when the school didn’t have a coach. “We’re just going to bring our A-game to the best of our ability,” Lopez-Gonzalez said. […]

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The562’s football coverage for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Long Beach Poly alums Wendell “WoWo” Moe, Jr. & Tyson Ruffins. The562’s coverage of Millikan Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Brian Ramsey and TLD Law. After a season of ups and downs, the Millikan football team got a breath of […]

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Scott Meyer Reminisces On Jordan, Lakewood Football Past

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The summer of 2003 was a turbulent time for Jordan football after head coach Willie Guillory was fired because of a passing league fight with Cabrillo. The Panthers then suffered through a forgettable season under an interim coach, but help was on the way. Scott Meyer took over the Jordan football program in 2004 and […]