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 Millikan Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Brian Ramsey and TLD Law. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Wilson Athletics is sponsored by Joel Bitonio, Class of 2009.
This week on the show we’re talking about the labor disputes within the Long Beach Unified School District and the elite local soccer we’ve been covering. We also caught up with our high school student intern Aidan Currie to talk about his experiences on the job. Support The562.org
The562’s soccer coverage for the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Beach Futbol Club. The top four Moore League boys’ soccer teams will start the 2023 CIF Southern Section playoffs in two divisions. The first round is Thursday. Millikan and Cabrillo are in Division 3 while Long Beach Poly and Wilson will compete in Division 2. […]