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 Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. Although she was wrestling up a class, Millikan’s Ashley Hernandez knew exactly what she wanted to do as she stepped onto the mat Thursday night at Wilson. The freshman wanted to help her team, and she did just that with […]
The562’s coverage of football in 2023-24 is sponsored in part by the MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center Foundation and Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital Foundation. The562’s coverage of Millikan athletics in the 2023-24 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer. The first time Jayden Icasiano ever kicked a football his mom Jasmine was his holder. “Yeah […]
Millikan alum Sherridan Atkinson helped lead Purdue to a 24-9 season, and was rewarded for her efforts by being named an AVCA First Team All-American, just the fifth in Purdue history. Atkinson is a two-time All-American after a senior season topping the Big Ten with 546 kills on a .296 hitting percentage. It was the […]
