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.
The562’s coverage of Millikan Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Brian Ramsey and TLD Law. When the season started the Millikan and Compton football teams had high hopes for their 2025 campaigns. Millikan (2-7, 2-3) was fresh off their first outright Moore League title since 1973 and was excited about some new […]
The562’s Athletes of the Week is sponsored by the Long Beach Century Club. Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to the Long Beach Century Club and Naples Rib Company for their support. HIGH SCHOOL Caleb Safotu, Long Beach Poly Baseball Long Beach Poly beat St. Anthony in a dominant 10-2 win, and […]
