Mike Guardabascio
An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 13 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He's won numerous awards 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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CIF Girls’ Basketball: Millikan Cracks Walnut In Second Round

JJ Fiddler

Millikan girls’ basketball led wire-to-wire during its 65-53 victory over Walnut in the CIF Southern Section Division 2AA playoff game at home on Saturday night. VIDEO HIGHLIGHT The Rams rode the momentum from their running-clock playoff opener against Norco on Thursday, and led 17-4 after the first quarter. “We were rolling,” Millikan coach Lorene Morgan […]

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Lakewood Softball

CIF Softball: Lakewood Wakes Up For Big Win

JJ Fiddler

Lakewood shook off a slow start to win its CIF Southern Section Division 2 playoff opener 10-3 over visiting Kennedy on Thursday. The Lancers (26-3) will host South Torrance on Tuesday in the second round. A pair of Lakewood defensive miscues in the first inning gave Kennedy a 2-0 lead until the Lancers exploded for […]

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The562.org’s Athletes of the Week

Mike Guardabascio

Congratulations to all of our Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. This is our final awards for 2021; AOTW will return after the winter break. HIGH SCHOOL Sierra Sythe, Millikan Soccer Millikan’s Sierra Sythe earns a second consecutive AOTW honor for another big performance last week. Sythe scored […]