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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The562.org’s Athletes of the Week

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The562’s Athletes of the Week is sponsored by the Long Beach Century Club. Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to the Long Beach Century Club and Naples Rib Company for their support. HIGH SCHOOL Bryanna Moran, Jordan Basketball Bryanna Moran led Jordan to a big win at Wilson last week, scoring a […]

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CIF Girls’ Basketball: Millikan’s Late Comeback Falls Short in Loss to St. Margaret’s

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The562’s coverage of Millikan athletics in the 2023-24 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer. Despite a valiant fourth quarter comeback effort, the Millikan Rams’ season came to close Saturday night in Howard F. Lyon Gymnasium, as No. 2 seed St. Margaret’s Episcopal defeated them, 46-41.  “This last part of the season, we started showing […]

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Baseball: Wilson Walks Off Winners Against Poly

JJ Fiddler

The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009. This hasn’t been the season Diego Orozco wanted, but on Wednesday he delivered what his team needed. Orozco, who has been hampered by injury and placed in the designated hitter spot, came up with the RBI walk-off single that Wilson […]