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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Cross Country: Poly’s Will Frankenfeld Wins CIF Title, Jackrabbits State-Bound

Mike Guardabascio

Long Beach Poly senior Will Frankenfeld continued his record-setting year with a huge honor, winning the CIF Southern Section Division 1 cross country championship with an eye-popping time of 14:35.8. The Finals were held at Riverside City Cross Country course on a dusty three-mile route. Frankenfeld is Long Beach’s first individual cross country champion since […]

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Football Millikan Signing Day

Football: Millikan Sends Four More to College on National Signing Day

Tyler Hendrickson

The562’s coverage of Millikan athletics in the 2023-24 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer. The Millikan Rams doubled their 2024 football signing class on Wednesday, as four Rams joined the four early signees by signing their National Letters of Intent at a ceremony on campus. The latest foursome of Millikan football players to reach […]

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Football St. Anthony

Football: St. Anthony’s First Win Is Wild One

Mike Guardabascio

St. Anthony football coach Mario Morales was prepared for his team to get its first win any way that it could–and it ended up being one of the crazier finishes imaginable, with St. Anthony prevailing 31-28 over Gahr. The Saints (1-3) were trailing 28-23 with the ball and a little over three minutes on the […]