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.
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CIF Basketball: Millikan Moving On To Semifinals

Mike Guardabascio

The Millikan Rams boys’ basketball team got a huge road win in the CIF Southern Section Division 3A quarterfinals on Friday night, knocking off Highland 62-52. The Rams will host Dana Hills Tuesday night in the semifinals. Millikan got 16 points in the quarterfinals from senior Kamaury Washington, backed up by 14 points from sophomore […]

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PODCAST: What’s It Like To Be A Virtual Student?

JJ Fiddler

This week on the show JJ, Mike and Tyler are talking to a second grader from the Long Beach Unified School District about what life is like as a virtual student. The episode also includes an update on everything happening to the local schools this week. 01:00 Interview With LBUSD Student Vincent Guardabascio 19:30 Breaking […]

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Long Beach State Women’s Soccer Upset By CSUN

JJ Fiddler

The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. If only the final box score decided the winner, then it wouldn’t be soccer. Long Beach State women’s soccer dominated visiting Cal State Northridge statistically on Thursday night at George Allen Field, but an early Northridge goal was the only thing that mattered in […]