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 high school volleyball in 2025 is brought to you by the MLP’s Bay Area Breakers. Millikan defeated Downey 4-1 yesterday in the CIF-SS Division 2 beach volleyball playoff openers. The Rams advance to Thursday’s second round, where they’ll travel to Bishop Montgomery. Wilson will host Dos Pueblos Thursday at 2pm at LBCC […]
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The562’s coverage of Aquatic sports in Long Beach is sponsored by the Aquatic Capital of America Foundation. Wilson, Long Beach Poly, Millikan and Cabrillo are officially preparing for the CIF Southern Section boys’ water polo playoffs after the brackets were released today. The lower divisions start with the first round on Tuesday and the top divisions […]
