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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The562’s coverage of football in 2024-25 is sponsored by The Terry Donahue Memorial California Showcase. With the numbers Anthony League is putting up this season, he’s certainly placed himself among the best running backs in the CIF-Southern Section. If he continues that same production for the next two months, he may be remembered as one of […]

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There was plenty of hand-wringing in Ram Land earlier this year when football coach Justin Utupo stepped down to pursue collegiate opportunities (he’s an assistant at Azusa Pacific this season). The nervousness was well-founded. With the energetic young Utupo at the helm, Millikan went from a 1-9 season to being the second-best team in Long […]