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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Football: Millikan Assembles Another Exciting Schedule For 2024 Season

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The562’s coverage of Millikan athletics in the 2023-24 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer. Once again, the Millikan Rams have put together a compelling schedule for the upcoming high school football season. Romeo Pellum’s squad has a challenging slate of non-league games this fall, facing off against four playoff teams who posted a combined […]

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The562.org’s Athletes Of The Week

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Congratulations to this week’s Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Carlos Mota, Wilson Soccer Wilson won its first Moore League boys’ soccer championship in 12 years last week, thanks to the literally last-minute heroics of Carlos Mota, who scored the decisive goal in a 1-0 win […]

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CIF Football: Lakewood Runs Past Redondo, Into Semis

Sean Kenneally

The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. Lakewood advanced to the CIF-SS football semifinals for the first time in over a decade, as the Lancers defeated the Redondo Union Sea Hawks, 33-7.  “This is a damn good football team. We were supposed to do that,” said head coach Justin Utupo […]