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.
http://The562.org

Related Articles

BeFunky collage(1)
Avalon Baseball Beach FC Cabrillo Century Club Club Sports Compton Jordan Lakewood Long Beach City College Long Beach Poly Long Beach State Middle Schools Millikan Shore Aquatics St. Anthony Wilson Youth Sports

COLUMN: Support Sets Tone For Long Beach Youth Sports

JJ Fiddler

From the national championships for Beach FC and Shore Aquatics to the regional tournament victories for Uptown LB and Los Altos baseball leagues — it’s been another incredibly successful summer for Long Beach youth sports. It isn’t rare to find a group of young Long Beach athletes dominating their competition, and it isn’t a coincidence […]

Screen Shot 2022 10 31 at 5.57.26 PM
Golf Millikan St. Anthony

Millikan Girls’ Golf Wins CIF-SS Championship, St. Anthony Finishes Second

JJ Fiddler

The562’s coverage of Long Beach golf for the 2023 season is sponsored from Dan and Desiree Gooch. The562’s coverage of Millikan athletics in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Curtis Boyer. The562’s coverage of St. Anthony golf in the 2022-23 school year is sponsored by Robert Klenk. The Millikan girls’ golf team made school history on Monday […]

AOTW
Athlete of the Week Compton Football Lakewood Long Beach State St. Anthony Tennis Volleyball

The562.org’s Athletes of the Week

Mike Guardabascio

Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for the sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Sone Aupiu, St. Anthony Football St. Anthony stud sophomore running back Sone Aupiu was a big part of the Saints’ critical league win over La Salle last week. Aupiu rushed 19 times for 157 yards and two […]