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 Poly Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Former Jackrabbits Wendell “WoWo” Moe, Jr. & Tyson Ruffins. The562’s coverage of Millikan Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Brian Ramsey and TLD Law.
The562’s coverage of high school soccer is sponsored by Long Beach FC. Five Long Beach high school boys’ soccer teams will start the CIF Southern Section playoffs across four different divisions. All of the first round games are on Thursday. Millikan (22-2-3) won its third consecutive Moore League championship in dominant fashion but is going on […]
